{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Basqueian , image = , caption = , sire =

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, grandsire = Grey Dawn , dam = Valse Musette , damsire =

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, sex = Gelding , foaled = 1991 , country =

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

, colour = Bay , breeder = Frank Stronach , owner = Frank Stronach , trainer = 1)

Daniel J. Vella Daniel J. "Dan" Vella (born November 18, 1955) is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Vella was introduced to thoroughbred horse racing by an uncle who owned horses. After graduating from high school, Ve ...

Joe Orseno Joseph F. Orseno (born October 4, 1955 in Philadelphia) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He began his career as a professional trainer in 1977 and in 1997 joined Frank Stronach's racing stables. In 2000, Orseno conditioned Red Bul ...

(1997) , record = Won 8 stakes races , earnings = $1,094,767 , race = Durham Cup Handicap (1994, 1995, 1996)
Red Bank Handicap (1997)

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(1997) Canadian Classic Race wins:

Queen's Plate The King's Plate (known as the Queen's Plate between 1860 to 1901 and 1952 to 2022) is Canada's oldest Thoroughbred horse race, having been founded in 1860. It is also the oldest continuously run race in North America. It is run at a distance of ...

(1994)

Breeders' Stakes The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in T ...

(1994) , awards= Canadian Champion Older Male Horse (1995) , honours = , updated= Basqueian (foaled 1991) is a Canadian

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racehorse best known for winning two of the 1994 Canadian Triple Crown races. Basqueian was bred and raced by prominent businessman and major stable owner Frank Stronach. Racing at age three in 1994, at Toronto's

Woodbine Racetrack Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The tra ...

Basqueian finished second by less than a nose to

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in the 1994

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. The two horses then reversed their positions in Canada's most prestigious race, the

. The win was the first in the Queen's Plate for trainer Dan Vella and the second for jockey Jack Lauzon. The two horses again ran one-two in the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales Stakes, and this time Bruce's Mill came out on top. In the final leg of the series, Basqueian won on

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in the

. That same year, he won the first of three straight editions of the Durham Cup. Basqueian went on to race in both Canada and the United States. In 1995, he won his second Durham Cup and at the

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near

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, ran second in the

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. His performances that year earned him the 1995

Sovereign Award for Champion Older Male Horse The Canadian Champion Older Male Horse is a Canada, Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing honour. Created in 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada, it is part of the Sovereign Awards program and is awarded annually to the top horse four years or older co ...

. In 1997 at

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Retired from racing with earnings in excess of $1 million, Basqueian, a gelding, now serves as a pony horse used to calm the young

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undergoing race training at owner Frank Stronach's Adena Springs South in

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References

Basqueian's pedigree and partial racing stats

Article in the September 2008 issue of ''The Florida Horse''
1991 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Canada Racehorses trained in Canada King's Plate winners Sovereign Award winners Thoroughbred family 4-k