The Independent - London, May 3rd, 1999
On Wednesday 1 May, 1971, a small but select field of six contested arguably the greatest 2,000 Guineas ever run. The strongly fancied My Swallow came with an unbeaten record; Mill Reef, the favourite, had lost only once, in a photo finish with My Swallow; Brigadier Gerard was also unbeaten and Lester Piggott was aboard Nijinsky's brother, Minsky. This is how the Sunday Express reported the race. JOE MERCER on Brigadier Gerard dropped like a thunderbolt on the leading horses to turn the 2,000 Guineas - boosted as the classic mile of the century - into a May-Day massacre of the favourites. Mi...
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