Racing plate of 1970 Triple Crown winner Nijinsky, mounted on lid of onyx cigarette box, surrounding a silver plaque hallmarked Wakely & Wheeler, London 1970 and inscribed NIJINSKY, WINNER OF THE TRIPLE CROWN 1970, PRESENTED TO STABLE LADS BOXING ASSOCIATION BY CHARLES W. ENGLEHARD [sic], 11 by 18 by 5cm.Canadian-bred by the legendary Northern Dancer, Irish-trained by Vincent O'Brien and owned by Charles W. Engelhard whose wife named him after the Polish ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, he was Europe's outstanding two and three-year-old and the first horse for 35 years (following Bahram in 1935) to win the English Triple Crown, a feat not since repeated. During 1970, he also won the Gladness Stakes, Irish Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and was voted Horse of the Year. At stud in Kentucky, Nijinsky proved as outstanding and versatile as on the racecourse, siring 155 Group and Stakes winners over distances ranging from six furlongs to a mile and a half. Lester Piggott, his jockey for the majority of races, said "I think Nijinsky probably on his day was the most brilliant horse I've ever ridden"
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Racing plate of 1970 Triple Crown winner Nijinsky, mounted on lid of onyx cigarette box, surrounding a silver plaque hallmarked Wakely & Wheeler, London 1970 and inscribed NIJINSKY, WINNER OF THE TRIPLE CROWN 1970, PRESENTED TO STABLE LADS BOXING ASSOCIATION BY CHARLES W. ENGLEHARD [sic], 11 by 18 by 5cm.Canadian-bred by the legendary Northern Dancer, Irish-trained by Vincent O'Brien and owned by Charles W. Engelhard whose wife named him after the Polish ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, he was Europe's outstanding two and three-year-old and the first horse for 35 years (following Bahram in 1935) to win the English Triple Crown, a feat not since repeated. During 1970, he also won the Gladness Stakes, Irish Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and was voted Horse of the Year. At stud in Kentucky, Nijinsky proved as outstanding and versatile as on the racecourse, siring 155 Group and Stakes winners over distances ranging from six furlongs to a mile and a half. Lester Piggott, his jockey for the majority of races, said "I think Nijinsky probably on his day was the most brilliant horse I've ever ridden"