Damsire
Nureyev is also the damsire of several top international horses, including:
- Peteski - the 1993 Canadian Triple Crown champion
- Bago - the 2004 European Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt
- Spinning Queen - sold in November 2006 for three million guineas, becoming the most expensive filly ever sold at public auction in Europe
- Desert King - winner of the 1996 National Stakes, the 1997 Irish 2,000 Guineas and Irish Derby Stakes
- Zabeel - won 1989 MRVC Stakes (1989), the 1990 Australian Guineas and Craiglee Stakes. Twice Champion Australian sire and four-time Champion New Zealand sire
- Big Brown - 2008 Kentucky Derby winner and the 2008 Preakness Stakes winner
- Manistique - California millionaire mare who won three Grade 1 races.
Nureyev died at the age of 24 on October 29, 2001. He is buried at Walmac International in Lexington, Kentucky.
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