Nijinsky 1970 Arc de Triomphe

Nijinsky loses his unbeaten record.

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[TheDarleyarabian]

the owner just got greedy and ruined his record by asking to much of him. the triple crown aswell as the king george an irish derby took to much out of him vincent o brien admitted that an no one knew nijinsky better. he told the owner as much. he was a fantastic horse with a great burst of speed. would of been great in any era

[an08p]

his style of running looks so much like sea the stars

[starclusteruk]

There was only Inches in it after a tremendously long season of Group 1 races for Nijinsky. Head to Head I'd expect Nijinsky to beat Sassafras, good horse that he was, but lady luck was on his side that day.

[ramierechristiane]

Un très grand moment de sport. Personnellement, j'attendais beaucoup de Gyr (4e) mais le duel entre Sassafras et Nijinsky fut extraordinaire. Ce fut aussi un beau duel entre les deux plus grands jockeys européens de l'époque, Lester Pigott et Yves Saint-Martin. A graver dans les mémoires

Merci pour cette vidéo.

[shaffi1]

Nijinsky lost this race in the final few yards, because lester drew the whip and Nijinsky veered away from it , although it isn't visible at this camera angle, the head on shows it clearly to be the case.

That apart i also think that lester kept nijinsky too far off the pace , got boxed in early in the straight and therefore Nijinsky had to use too much energy to get to the winner then having got his head in front he couldn't sustain his final effort and veered away from the whip.

[ianzanshin]

Surely Lester got the horse into a winning position if the horse had been good enough on the day. Still Nijinsky is probably my favourite racehorse ever & even if i look at it objectively i think that at his best would beat Mill Reef, Shergar, Dancing Brave, Brigadier Gerard and Sea the Stars over a mile & half.

[timpinn]

I remember this race like it was yesterday ! Many pundits reckoned that Lester timed his final burst too late. However if you watch the race closely, and he stated this himself, he actually came just a little too early.That cost him the race.

[jnmklo9]

This is simple not enough respect to the winner from Lester and consequently not enough urgency approaching the line

[tigerarmyrule]

Lester is the greatest big race jockey ever. No argument no discussion but this was a poor effort by The Maestro's unequalled standards.

[blkbruv]

i think that sir ivor was beaten fair and square by vaguely noble in 68. in 69 he openly admitted that he messed up big time on park top and on nijinsky on another day the horse would have won if he didn't veer off to the left with the race at his mercy.i believe that the horse wasn't 100% fit that day.we would be calling nijinsky the horse of the century or dare i say of all time if he had won.