Graham Buddry looks back at a flying filly who conquered all

In the mid 1980’s, racing was blessed with some superb fillies. In the space of just four years, for example, the 1,000 Guineas was won by the likes of Pebbles, Oh So Sharp and, possibly the best of them all over a mile, Miesque. With the normal top class pedigree of being related to Northern Dancer, Miesque’s sire was his scintillatingly brilliant son, Nureyev, himself a winner of the 2,000 Guineas before losing the race in the steward’s room, a barging match caused by a panicking French jockey whe...