Nimbus V
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| Nimbus | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Nearco |
| Grandsire | Pharos |
| Dam | Kong |
| Damsire | Baytown |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1946 |
| Country | Great Britain  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | William Hill |
| Owner | Marion Glenister |
| Trainer | George Colling |
| Record | 9: 6-2-1 |
| Earnings | $ 95,072 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| July Stakes (1949) British Classic Race wins: |
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| Racing Awards | |
| British Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (1949) | |
| Infobox last updated on: 16:50, Wednesday June 11, 2008 (UTC). | |
Nimbus (1946-1972) was an British Thoroughbred racehorse. One of several horses named Nimbus, he is designated as Nimbus "V" in accordance with his birth year. He was bred by William Hill who would go on to win the St. Leger Stakes in 1959 with Cantelo. Sired by Nearco, one of the most important sires of the 20th century, his dam was Kong, a daughter of Baytown who won the 1928 Irish 2,000 Guineas and Irish Derby.
Purchased and raced by Mrs. Marion Glenister, Nimbus was trained by George Colling. At age two, his best major race performances were a second-place finish in the Coventry Stakes and a second by six lengths to Abernant in the 1948 Champagne Stakes.
More fully developed at age three, Nimbus was unbeaten, earning British Champion Three-Year-Old Colt honors for 1949. Ridden by Charlie Elliott, Nimbus defeated Abernant in winning the 2,000 Guineas. He then won Britain's most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby, in which a photograph of the finish was used by officials for the first time.
Retired to stud duty for the 1950 season, the offspring of Nimbus met with limited racing success. However, a daughter, Lucy Lufton, was the dam of Greek Money who won the 1962 American Classic, the Preakness Stakes. Sent to a breeding operation in Japan in 1963, Nimbus died there in 1972.
