(Nashwan - Moonlight's Box (Nureyev))
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- 2001 foal, owner bred by the Niarchos family and trained in France by J. Pease. Won 8 of his 16 starts between 2yo to 40 including his first 6 outings and 8 of the first 10 runs. Won all four as a juvenile all at 8f including a Group 1 event at Saint-Cloud by 6 lengths (from Top Seed). Triple Group 1 winner at 3yo at 9-10f in the Spring then finishing the season with success in the 12f Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe. Ran 7 times at 4yo winning his opening start in the 11f Group 1 Prix Ganay. Placed at best in later races, including a 3rd in the 'Arc' to Hurricane Run, and form tailed off in later season when he travelled to the US (Breeders' Cup Turf) and Hong Kong.
- At stud in Japan in 2009 when he has his first runners.