I think Nijinsky's only defeat was in the Arc de Triomphe, and in my opinion Piggott left it abit late to make his challenge on Sassafras, but what a tussle, right to the post !!
@timpinn...I was new to horseracing and thought I'd invest on the Brigadier each way in that race against Mill Reef and My Swallow. Boy, you should have seen the faces of the smart guys who backed Mill Reef !! I couldn't live it down over the years since; but sadly most of my mates have passed on. J Mercer rode the Brig and Geoff Lewis, Mill Reef.
He won the King George and broke the track record Over 12f ! Great horses in their day all of them. Stats will always show that when Mill Reef took on the Brigadier, there was only one outcome. History shows Brig 1 Mill Reef nil !
@timpinn superb though the Brigadier was he was never at his imperious best over 10 to 12 furlongs. He was essentially a miler whose sheer depth of class got him home over longer. Both Nijinski and Mill Reef would have beaten him comfortably over 12 furlongs whereas neither would get a blow in at less than 10.
Nice to look back, however none of those would have got near the Brigadier who in my opinion was the greatest of them all. Just a shame he was not entered for the Derby.
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legapelo 2 weeks ago
I love Nijinsky!!!!!!! The best Horse for me!!!
Amado2009able 4 months ago
black caviars great grandfather!
EllenD159 4 months ago
I think Nijinsky's only defeat was in the Arc de Triomphe, and in my opinion Piggott left it abit late to make his challenge on Sassafras, but what a tussle, right to the post !!
macvatu 4 months ago
@timpinn...I was new to horseracing and thought I'd invest on the Brigadier each way in that race against Mill Reef and My Swallow. Boy, you should have seen the faces of the smart guys who backed Mill Reef !! I couldn't live it down over the years since; but sadly most of my mates have passed on. J Mercer rode the Brig and Geoff Lewis, Mill Reef.
macvatu 4 months ago
He won the King George and broke the track record Over 12f ! Great horses in their day all of them. Stats will always show that when Mill Reef took on the Brigadier, there was only one outcome. History shows Brig 1 Mill Reef nil !
timpinn 4 months ago
@timpinn superb though the Brigadier was he was never at his imperious best over 10 to 12 furlongs. He was essentially a miler whose sheer depth of class got him home over longer. Both Nijinski and Mill Reef would have beaten him comfortably over 12 furlongs whereas neither would get a blow in at less than 10.
tigerarmyrule 4 months ago
@jim582011 disagree nijinsky would have beaten sea the stars easy
ricknblack 4 months ago
Nice to look back, however none of those would have got near the Brigadier who in my opinion was the greatest of them all. Just a shame he was not entered for the Derby.
timpinn 6 months ago
I am old enough to remember nijinsky,mill reef,sir ivor,but none of them would beat sea the stars .He was brilliant with a street fighters attitude.
jim582011 7 months ago