Editing Nijinsky (horse) (section)

==Assessment and honours==
Nijinsky was given a rating of 138 by [[Timeform]], the second-highest for a winner of the Epsom Derby up to that time.<ref name="Timefrom">{{cite web |url=http://www.chef-de-race.com/articles/timeform_highweights.htm |title=Dosage |publisher=Chef-de-race.com |access-date=5 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522080411/http://www.chef-de-race.com/articles/timeform_highweights.htm |archive-date=22 May 2012 }}</ref> He was Timeform's Horse of the Year for 1970. Nijinsky was also voted British Horse of the Year by the Racecourse Association, gaining 38 of the 40 votes.<ref name="Guinness">{{cite book | last1 = Morris | first1 = Tony |last2=Randall|first2=John| title = Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions| publisher=Guinness Publishing | year = 1990| isbn = 0-85112-902-1| edition = Third }}</ref>

In 2018 Nijinsky was rated the greatest-ever Epsom Derby winner by a panel of experts assembled by the ''Daily Telegraph''.<ref>'Why Nijinsky reigns supreme as greatest champion of all'. ''Daily Telegraph'', 2 June 2018.</ref> In 2021, the ''Sporting Life'' ranked Nijinsky's Derby win no. 1, ahead of [[Sea Bird]], in their top-40 runnings of the race.<ref>[https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/the-derby-the-top-40/181408 'Ben Linfoot counts down the 40 greatest renewals of the Derby from Diamond Jubilee to Nijinsky']. ''The Sporting Life'', 31 May 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2022</ref> In their book ''A Century of Champions'', John Randall and Tony Morris rated Nijinsky as a "great" Derby winner and the best Irish racehorse of the 20th century.<ref name="century">{{cite book|last1 = Morris | first1 = Tony |last2=Randall|first2=John|title=A Century of Champions|publisher= Portway Press|year=1999|isbn=1-901570-15-0}}</ref>

Vincent O'Brien named Nijinsky and [[Sir Ivor]] as the best horses he had trained, placing Nijinsky first "for brilliance."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Horse+Racing%3A+Lester+loves+Nijinsky.-a0182109805 |title=Horse Racing: Lester loves Nijinsky. – Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> Lester Piggott concurred: "I think Nijinsky probably on his day was the most brilliant horse I've ever ridden".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/great-partnerships-lester-piggott-and-vincent-o-brien/193487|title = Great partnerships: Lester Piggott and Vincent O'Brien &#124; Horse Racing News &#124; Racing Post}}</ref> Piggott added later that Nijinsky, during the summer of 1970 when he won the 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, was "an unbeatable horse"<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/SIK-id4V74Q Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210504103309/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIK-id4V74Q Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIK-id4V74Q| title = Lester Piggott relives Nijinsky's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes win | via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Piggott was adamant, however, that running in the St Leger led to the horse not winning at Longchamps.<ref>[https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/piggott-returns-to-scene-of-nijinsky-glory-40-years-after-triple-crown-1961246 'Piggott returns to scene of Nijinsky glory 40 years after Triple Crown']. ''Yorkshire Evening Post'', 8 September 2010, retrieved 15 June 2023</ref>

The Manchester City footballer, Colin Bell, was given the nickname, Nijinsky, by his coach, Malcolm Allison, because of his (Bell's) unrivalled stamina.

In 1970, a film was made about his racing career entitled ''A Horse Called Nijinsky''. Narrated by [[Orson Welles]], it was released in British cinemas and in 1988 released on [[VHS|VHS video]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430194/|title=A Horse Called Nijinsky|date=12 June 1970|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> The Nijinsky team also was voted winners of the 1970 [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/spoty_teams.shtml |title=Press Office – Sports Personality of the Year: team winners key facts |publisher=BBC |date=10 February 2004 |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> Among the more unusual tributes, a [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] wine<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wineonline.ie/cgi-local/browse.pl?view_wine=916 |title=L'Esprit de Nijinsky |publisher=Wineonline.ie |access-date=5 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016060536/http://www.wineonline.ie/cgi-local/browse.pl?view_wine=916 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a variety of [[winter wheat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.limagrain.co.uk/news/52/index.phtml |title=Two New Outstanding Nickerson Wheat Varieties Added to the Hgca List! At Limagrain |publisher=Limagrain.co.uk |date=1 December 2003 |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref> have been named in Nijinsky's honour. Bronze statues of him stand at [[Ballydoyle]] and at The Curragh racecourse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/9544188/Aidan-OBrien-and-Camelot-ready-for-their-race-into-the-history-books-by-completing-Triple-Crown-with-St-Leger.html|title=Aidan O'Brien and Camelot ready for their race into the history books by completing Triple Crown with St Leger|first=Paul|last=Hayward|date=14 September 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}</ref>