"Hearts Of Joy" - The Story of Nashwan - Racing TV

[@Flightwithoutwings]

Nashwan had a stride that was breathtaking. I would be transfixed watch him glide across the turf. One of my favourites.

[@lisanelson7846]

Beautiful story and a wonderful horse

[@blueknight6645]

Nashwan got me into racing loved the horse

[@ericbullock6553]

Awesome machine. I remember I was the fastest runner in my class and remember always saying to myself I run like Nashwan. Great tribute video. Thanks ❤🙏🏽

[@tonyperrin1343]

Brilliant film. One of the all time greats. In memory of the great Brian Procter. Top man.

[@SpursFanCanada]

Beautiful film and one of my all time favourites.

[@davidwills3107]

Wonderful program, brings back a time when racing held more nostalgia in my eyes. Great horse, great times. Thanks for uploading

[@mrk24107]

Thank you for this...One of my favourite horses of all time... it looked like he could float on water.

[@jamesbaker6834]

He was a monster on the track one of the greatest horses to ever be on a race track thank you for all the memories willy Carson

[@katyevans5658]

The best trainer and jockey and god bless the sheik for keeping faith ..great man xxx

[@darrenbagnall7415]

35 years on and still one of the best derby winners I've ever seen

[@judithcampbell1705]

Beautiful tribute to a fantastic horse and jockey! Thanks for sharing

[@markperryman1797]

I loved the late 80s and 90s, great horses around, Old Vic and Belmez in the 1990 King George Ascot was brilliant.

[@harpalchauhan428]

Thanks for increasing my knowledge of the past greats. I started getting into racing in 95, 96. So this was before my time but great to have a look back at the past. And really well produced.

[@davebragg2615]

Great story. I was only 1 when Nashwan hit the track, always good to learn about past greats.

[@harpalchauhan428]

Nashwan was 10 years before I fell in love with horse racing to this day. But nice to see back in the past some true great horses we missed. And have seen so many since lol.

[@jcanyiam8309]

40:20 ''MONSTER'' what a STRIDE! Willie Carson in the DRIVE POSITION, I LOVE IT!!!

[@michaelhill6230]

Wonderful video, providing a real insight into one of my favourite flat horses..👏👏👍👍👌👌

[@jimfeeney7256]

Loved this, brings back memories.

[@vasileiosvazakas6813]

1989 was the year that i first started follwing horse racing and Nashwan was the first great horse that i watched, a true champion. Being emotional about him as a result, in my mind he was a super horse up there with all the super stars before and after him. It seems now that the horse was forced to do too much in a short period of time and upon reflection it would have been wiser to run him to the St. Leger after the Derby instead of the Eclipse and the King George. If he had won it he would have been up there with Nijinsky. I have a feeling that Sheikh Hamdam being new to Great Britain's racing scene and life, probably not accepted the way he is now, an outsider to the establishment then, wanted to prove something to them and to himself, similarly Major Hern after his ordeal with health issues and after sacked by the Queen, he also had something to prove to him and the Queen, both went over ambitious with Nashwan, and against their better judgement took erroneous decisions and mishandled the horse. If they had planned his races more prudently he might have lived up to his true potential. If Carson is right maybe the Eclipse race caused him an injury that affected his health and racing. Nashwan possessed the speed of a world class sprinter although a stayer. It is also a coincidence that another son of Blushing Groom like him, Arazi, showed the same phenomenal speed but a knee surgury probbably led to its demise. Unfortunately both looked like conquering the World but they did not reach the expectations and one has to wonder if Blushing Groom was a factor, maybe produciong horses that run a mile to a mile and a half with the speed of a sprinter but with inherited physical problems that prevented these horses from becoming the greatest.

[@Tiffany-q8f]

I could watch this again and again a stunning tribute to a great horse thank you for sharing

[@ademoezdemir233]

Nice Video, thanks.

[@effeo9962]

Willie Carson is so honest and self-critical. What a testament to Major Dick Hern, too.

[@liamophronnsias]

Full credit to Willie for being so honest regarding his ride in the Eclipse.

[@frankschlanker]

after watching the Irish Derby yesterday you can understand why he did it!!

[@kevinohara8671]

I was at newmarket for the guineas I don't often back favourites I couldn't believe when the parade was over and he turned and flicked his hooves and he glided across the turf and a few seconds he was a hundred yards away poetry in motion

[@Brilliantnash]

My absolute favourite.

[@jimmybsy]

RIP Sh Hamdan

[@radleysmith7528]

I remember Carson tipping it on mainstream the day before @1/1......Thanks Willie

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

Incredible film. Well done RTV. How about telling the Lammtarra story ?

[@bruceblackburn9423]

I picked Lammtarra in my Ten to follow just to fill the numbers (it had won two races in first year)....What an amazing choice that was 😊🐴

[@nightowl7459]

@@bruceblackburn9423 I thought he had only won the one race as a two year old?

[@bruceblackburn9423]

@@nightowl7459 yep it did, I had in my mind it won two , anyway it didn't help me win the ten to follow even though it had an excellent year 🐴

[@nightowl7459]

@@bruceblackburn9423 I only remember because I changed my mind at the last minute about backing him for the Derby, I thought he was the best bred in the race but didn't like the fact that he had only had one race, but I was a Stakes race and not a maiden he won as a two year old.

[@bruceblackburn9423]

@@nightowl7459 It was a race at Newbury (Washington stakes), I was thinking of another horse I picked which had won twice at Salisbury ...this is a side issue to the reason I looked at this video which is about my all time favourite horse Nashwan 😊

[@richardwalker1880]

WIllie Carson was major HEARN s Best jockey

[@frankschlanker]

His run in the Prix Niel wasnt actually that bad. He was trying to give 7lbs to a future Arlington Million and a Japan Cup winner. This was also the last time Group1 winners gave weight away in the Prix Niel.

[@jcanyiam8309]

One of the GREATEST Racehorse of ALL TIME!!! But as a STALLION, NASHWAN was a ''MILLIONAIRE'' who did NOT PASS ON THE SECRETS of His Success to HIS SONS & DAUGHTERS at the Stud!!!

[@marciamcgrail5889]

Just because a horse is able to race, doesn't mean it should. Willing and obedient, to force a hastily prepared 3 year old beyond the limits of its endurance is unconcionable. Yet another marvellous talented animal sacrificed far too early at the altar of greed/money/fame/records.

[@nightowl7459]

@Marcia McGrail But if it wasn't for racing they wouldn't exist.

[@tp938]

May the boss rest in peace.

[@mikerainham]

Sometimes great racehorses are underrated, look at Royal Palace who won almost everything and even beat Sir Ivor in the eclipse but wasn’t rated best racehorse of the year and isn’t even in most people’s “racing hall of fame”.

[@johnjones1722]

nice

[@Kevjohno]

My Era the golden age of Flat racing .when group 1 horses were rated 130 + not 118 ,this is a bit if me this ..W.Carson welling up for whst he asked the horse to do in the K.G Q,E Diamond stakes ..jockeys today not fit to shine his Boots

[@mrforevernever517]

Such a fantastic looking racehorse!. A real shame he didn't become a successful stallion, he would have kept the Blushing Groom line going a bit longer.

[@jcanyiam8309]

35:20 NASHWAN- On this Day STUCK 2 FINGERS UP TO THE QUEEN for EVICTING HIS TRAINER from Her property!!! (Good Boy NASHWAN!)

[@ThefightingCelt]

Many horses , including the great ones , have run in the King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes after having competed in the Eclipse . Nashwan was a very good horse but he was just short of the superstar category .

[@frankschlanker]

Only one has won the Guineas, Derby, Eclipse and King George though...……. Cacoethes won 2 Breeders Cups and Opening Verse won a Breeders Cup Mile

[@tomtheeagle1]

Rubbish!

[@michaelhill6230]

Nonsense. Those 4 Group 1 wins Nashwan achieved have yet to be repeated in the 30 years since - that tells you something. Remember there was only 2 weeks gap between the Eclipse and the KG that year, there is usually a 3 week gap. That said he shouldn't of run in the KG anyway, instead may of been more prudent to give him a break in prep for the Arc(he wouldn't of got 14 furlongs in the St Leger)Willie Carson freely admits he got it wrong in the Eclipse and asked him to do too much in a short amount of time - remember Opening Verse went on to win the Breeder's Cup Mile so was no slouch. Also the two horses who beat him in the Prix Neil, to whom he was conceding 7lb to each would go on to win the Canadian International, Arlington Million and Japan Cup subsequently. A superstar of a racehorse was Nashwan.

[@michaelhill6230]

@@frankschlanker I think Cacoethes won the Turf Classic as a 4 year old but I agree with the point you are making. A lot of so called experts crabbed at the form when the season was over - for me harshly so. I wonder how long we'll wait for the next horse to win the Guineas, Derby, Eclipse and King George in the same season...We've been waiting 30 years..👍👍

[@michaelhill6230]

The great Sea the Stars didnt, swerved the KG after winning the Eclipse to run in the Irish Champion Stakes.

[@judithwalker3600]

Amazing how they 'justify' wrecking a great horse! "It was worth it"! Sad.

[@christophedallaporta8836]

Nashwan is an Arab word that translates by being elated after having achieved something special.

[@livetwice7702]

At the end of the Derby Nashwan was flicking his head , they do that when they have given all , Willie was right it was a quarter mile too far , but his speed and class pulled him through.......you go to the well too often .....the greed of men

[@أحمدالصاعدي-ك3ل]

he was a very good horse,but people usually remember great ones.

[@benbim540]

nashwan was a great horse.

[@michaelhill6230]

He was a great horse.

[@nightowl7459]

@@benbim540 I truly believe people never saw the best of what he could do.

[@harrish6]

Wonderful career yes , but too much was asked of the horse.

[@anotherblonde]

Dam means blood in arabic

[@lulabellegnostic8402]

Terrible advice to TQ to sell Height of Fashion. Terrible.

[@nightowl7459]

Not really, do you think the queens advisors would sent Height Of Fashion to America to be covered by stallions like Blushing Groom or Northern Dancer? I doubt it, she most likely would have been kept in Britain and sent to stallions with more stamina influence than speed.

[@lulabellegnostic8402]

@@nightowl7459 do you presume to know what TQ would or would not have done? the mare had great bloodlines. who knows if she were bred to the outstanding stallions in the uk at the time she could have produced better to race ON TURF.

[@johnobrien8398]

This was all fixed racing so bent all non triers run against him very bad

[@TheJepster2010]

Idiot.

[@jimmymalone9139]

TREGONING TALKING CRAP. SEA THE STARS BETTER THAN HIM ARC IRISH DERBY CHAMPION STAKES GUINEAS EPSOM DERBY ETC.

[@Tiffany-q8f]

Fabulous insight into a training great and always followed his horses