On his last European start Lorenzaccio ran in his second Champion Stakes at Newmarket in October. The favourite was the outstanding three-year-old colt Nijinsky, who had become the first Triple Crown winner for thirty-five years and beaten older horses in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Although he had been narrowly beaten by Sassafras in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Nijinsky, ridden by Piggott, was expected to redeem his reputation and started at odds of 4/11 while Lorenzaccio, ridden by Geoff Lewis was a 100/7 outsider.
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