| Color: b Height: 16.3hh
(CAN)
13-11-2-0, $677,117. Won eleven races including: Railway Stakes, Anglesey Stakes, Beresford Stakes, Dewhurst Stakes, Gladness Stakes, Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, Derby Stakes, Irish Sweeps Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, St. Leger Stakes. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt in England (1969) Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt in Ireland (1969) 15th English Triple Crown Champion (1970) European Horse of the Year (1970) Timeform rating: 138 Leading sire in GB & Ireland (1986) North American leading broodmare sire (1993 & 1994) Inducted into the Canadian Racing Hall Of Fame in 1976. Named STALLION OF THE CENTURY in 2000 by Northern Hemisphere Breeders Association.    See: http://www.barbaralivingston.com/albums/onthefarm/Nijinsky.jpg Breeder: E. P. Taylor
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