This article is about the racehorse. For the opera singer see Ezio Pinza.Pinza (1950–1977) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career which lasted just over a year– from July 1952 until July 1953– he ran seven times and won five races. He was the best British colt of his generation in 1953, when he won the Epsom Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He was then retired to stud, where he had little success.