Pin Oak Stallions Add Enhanced Report

re: Pin Oak Stallions Add Enhanced Report

John T — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:58:30 GMT

Hi Alan

It was the only time I saw Nijinsky in the flesh that first race as a 2 year old but I often think back to it as you never forget the great ones. Of the horses I saw in the flesh in those days before coming to Canada in 1970 the one I think back the most to is the one and only time I attended the Arc in 1968 when Vaguely Noble got the better of Sir Ivor. He was not classic entered and I have often wondered what kind of record he could have had as Sir Ivor had won the Epsom Derby and Lester Piggott rated him very highly. It was a great thrill for me to watch his daughter Dahlia win the 1974 Canadian International at Woodbine.

re: Pin Oak Stallions Add Enhanced Report

Alan Porter — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:23:55 GMT

Hi John,

I didn't see Nijinsky II in the flesh, but he is the first great horse I remember racing (I was a child in England). What's scary is that you could be 40+ and he'd still be nothing but a name from history!

re: Pin Oak Stallions Add Enhanced Report

John T — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:24:07 GMT

It was great to go to Woodbine and watch Sky Classic run, he never disappointed and it was beautiful to watch when Pat Day was on his back. It seems just like yesterday when I watched his sire Nijinsky run as a 2 year old on July 12th 1969 at The Curragh and realize what great potential that son of Northern Dancer had.