Editing Nijinsky (horse) (section)

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On his first appearance as a three-year-old, Nijinsky beat the four-year-old Deep Run<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMFDJfYT2UEC&q=Nijinsky+%22Deep+Run%22&pg=PA154 |title=Encyclopedia of British horseracing – Wray Vamplew, Joyce Kay – Google Books |isbn=9780714653563 |access-date=5 January 2012|last1=Vamplew |first1=Wray |last2=Kay |first2=Joyce |year=2005 }}</ref> in the [[Gladness Stakes]] at the Curragh in April. The colt was then sent back to Newmarket for the [[2000 Guineas]] over one mile. He started the [[Fixed odds betting#Fractional odds|4/7]] favourite against thirteen opponents. Nijinsky took the lead two furlongs from the finish and, without being put under any pressure by Piggott,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lpJAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4106,6488917&dq=nijinsky&hl=en |title=Nijinsky promoted Derby favourite |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |date=30 April 1970 |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> pulled clear to win by two and a half lengths from Yellow God. The second had won the Ascot 2,000 Guineas trial and the previous year's [[Gimcrack Stakes]], as well as finishing a close second in the [[Middle Park Stakes]].