Albatross, who was born in 1968 and died aged 30 in 1998, is generally considered to be one the greatest pacers of all time, and was the sire and grand-sire of two of others in the GOAT mix, his son Niatross and that horse’s son Nihilator, both now like their sire long dead.
On the Wings of an Angel – The Last Grandson of Albatross Still Racing – And the Memory of a Good Man Racing on With Him