Basil's Genealogy

Basil is an ex-racehorse and I bought him when he was 6 years old and had already been re-schooled to some extent.  Not long after I had him I began to wonder about his racing career.  To be honest I can't remember how I found his race record and now it doesn't seem to be available on line through Weatherby's. However, I did manage to find it here http://www.attheraces.info/form.aspx?id=2119275&ref=formcardmain&dte=2014-08-12&refsite=atr&npl=yes

In 2003 he won a race at Catterick. I am not sure that I agree with racing horses young as I don't believe that they have grown and matured enough, Basil was only 2 years old when he won this race.  He was born in 2001 and ran a total of 16 races between April 2003 and July 2004.  He did only win one and I am not sure why he stopped racing - perhaps he just wasn't good enough, or perhaps he injured himself. 

Luckily for him he found a new owner prepared to have him re-school and although he proved a little too much for her he is now settled with me in his 'Forever' home.  I wish all ex-racehorses were so lucky!  

After I found his race record I thought it would be interesting to find out about his ancestors and see how far back I could go! His official name is Barras, he is Irish and his passport lists his Sire and Dam so he was easy to find on the All Breed Database http://www.allbreedpedigree.com

                                                                                Raphy (1985)     

                                 Raphane (1994)

                                                                                Fast Nellie (1987)

Barras (2001)

                                                                                Double Scwartz (1981)

                                  Lady Fleetsin (1989)

                                                                                Fleetsin (1976)

By following this back on the Thoroughbred Database I found ancestors of Basil's born in:-

1944 Tudor Minstrel

1940  Nasrullah

1893 Bay Ronald

1881 St Simon 

1880 The Sailor Prince

1822 Camel

1811 Dr Syntax

1773 Woodpecker

1675  Spanker Mare

1612 Family Number 6  (obviously they didn't have proper names then!)

Once you get back a few decades you find that the same names tend to come up in different lines!

The internet has made this great fun and I am going to see what I can find out about Chesney too as he has his Sire and Dam on his passport!

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Until next time!

Jo