 Stravinsky is a powerfully built bay horse standing 15.3 hands high, with a white star and a white sock on his near foreleg.He was sired by the disqualified 2000 Guineas winner Nureyev out of the mare Fire The Groom.Apart from Stravinsky, Nureyev was the sire the winners of at least forty-five Group One/Grade I including Peintre Celebre, Spinning World, Zilzal, Fasliyev and Wolfhound.