Sire
Some of Nureyev's prominent offspring are:
- Theatrical (1982) - winner of the 1987 Breeders' Cup Turf. Voted U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse and Champion Older Horse in Ireland
- Miesque (1984) - twice won the Breeders' Cup Mile (1987 & 1988) and earned two United States Champion Turf Horse as well as seven championships in France and the United Kingdom
- Zilzal (1986) - United Kingdom Horse of the Year (1989)
- Spinning World (1993) - a Champion in France and Ireland, he won the 1996 Irish 2,000 Guineas, the 1996 & 1997 Prix Jacques Le Marois, and the 1997 Breeders' Cup Mile
- Peintre Celebre (1994) - won the 1997 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, voted European Horse of the Year
- Reams of Verse (1994) - United Kingdom Champion 2-year-old filly, won 1997 Epsom Oaks
- Unusual Heat (b. 1990) - California leading sire and with combined progeny earnings of over $24 Million.
- Crystal Music (1998) – winner of 2000 Fillies' Mile at Ascot
- Fasliyev (1997)- unbeaten European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
- Stravinsky (1996) European Champion Sprinter
During his breeding career Nureyev sired 135 stakes winners and more than twenty champions, despite fertility problems. In 1998, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum set a European sales record when he paid three million guineas for a yearling colt by Nureyev at the Newmarket sales.
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