{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Budpath , image = Budpath.tif , caption = Racehorse Budpath , sire = Buddy Bauer , grandsire = North Star , dam = Luress , damsire = Sweepster , sex =

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Harry C. Hatch Harold Clifford "Harry" Hatch (1884–1946) was a millionaire industrialist from Prince Edward County, Ontario specializing in the business of wine and spirits. Hatch started out with a small liquor store in Whitby, Ontario and prospered to t ...

, owner = Harry C. Hatch , trainer = Loyd Gentry, Sr. , record = 12: 5-3-2 , earnings = $16,740 , race = Hare Memorial Handicap (1941)

Canadian Derby The Canadian Derby is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the Century Mile Racetrack and Casino in Leduc County, Alberta. A Grade III event held in August, it is open to three-year-old horses and is raced on dirt over a distance o ...

(1941) Canadian Classic Race wins:

King'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 ...

(1941) , awards = , honours = , updated = Budpath (1938–1942) was a Canadian

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racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic ...

best known for winning Canada's most prestigious race, the

. Owned and bred by distilling magnate and prominent Thoroughbred owner

, he was out of the mare Luress. His sire Buddy Bauer competed in all three of the 1927

American Classic Races In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three ...

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and his grandsire North Star, was imported from England by

Edward R. Bradley Edward Riley Bradley (December 12, 1859 – August 15, 1946) was an American steel mill laborer, gold miner, businessman and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorse ...

to stand at his

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in Kentucky where he sired

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winner, Bubbling Over. Trained by Loyd Gentry, Sr., from twelve career starts Budpath finished out of the money only two times. As a two-year-old, his best result in a major race for his age was a third in Mrs. Orpen's Cup and Saucer Handicap. Racing at age three in 1941, he was ridden by future

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jockey

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. Budpath and Watson won the

at Toronto's

Old Woodbine Race Course Greenwood Raceway (originally Woodbine Race Course) was a horse racing facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. History Woodbine Race Course Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned a ...

then traveled 1,300 miles by train to

Polo Park Racetrack The Polo Park Racetrack was a Canadian horse racing facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Considered one of the finest racetracks in Western Canada, it was built by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee R. James Speers. The six-furlong track o ...

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where he won the

. Sent back to race at age four in 1942, Budpath collapsed on the track and died of a

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References

Budpath's pedigree and partial racing stats
1938 racehorse births 1942 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Ontario Racehorses trained in Canada King's Plate winners Thoroughbred family 20-b