A star from the legendary Vincent O'Brien stables Nijinsky carried almost all before him in the 1970 season. The year before as a two year old he raced and won five times, but it was as a three year old that Nijinsky really made his mark. He managed to pull of wins in the 2000 Guineas, the Derby and the St Ledger becoming the first horse to win the triple crown since 1935. He also won a high class renewal of the King George VI Stakes that year. After winning all of his first eleven races Nijinsky was to be defeated by just a head in that season's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. After one more race that ended in defeat Nijinsky was retired to stud. His story doesn't end there as he produced three Derby winners and countless other class horses.