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Classification he was also rated twelve pounds behind Troy, making him the sixth-best British-trained colt of his generation. In 1980, Niniski was rated 118 by Timeform. Dick Hern said that Niniski was "as game and genuine as any horse I ever handled. He was also very sound and easy to train".
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On his four-year-old debut, Niniski was brought back in distance for the John Porter Stakes over one and a half miles at
Newbury in April and started at odds of 2/1. He looked beaten when boxed in on the rail approaching the last quarter mile and when Carson had to switch to the outside of the field
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Niniski a rating, but awarded him a "p", indicating that he was likely to make more than usual improvement, commenting that he would "do better over middle distances at 3 yrs". In the following year he was rated 125 by Timeform, twelve pounds behind Troy. In the official
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Niniski was retired from racing at the end of the 1980 season and began his career as a breeding stallion at the
Lanwades Stud at Newmarket, standing at a fee of £2,500. He made an immediate impact at stud, siring the champion two-year-old
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to obtain a clear run he was eight lengths behind the leaders. Niniski produced an unexpected burst of acceleration, taking the lead inside the final furlong and winning by three lengths from Morse Code. In the
Ormonde Stakes at
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Geoffrey Freer Stakes over thirteen and a half furlongs at Newbury. Ridden by
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a month later, he was made the 4/7 favourite but was less impressive, winning narrowly from Two of
Diamonds and Son Fils. At Epsom in June, Niniski started favourite for the Group One
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and almost died. He was not seriously trained as a two-year-old and did not race until
October. He made his only appearance of 1978 in a six
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216:. In the spring of 1981 he won the
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527:Stud record
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413:Group Three
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323:, Niniski,
278:Pearl Diver
262:Shahrastani
258:Sky Classic
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1070:. Lanwades
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726:Romanella
585:euthanised
558:Aral-Pokal
514:Assessment
508:Gold River
500:Joe Mercer
228:Background
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679:Our Page
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587:in 1998.
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