Sassafras was a champion

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. Sent initially to the Ballylinch Stud at Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Sassafras was the sire of winners for over 72 races. Sassafras sired Galway Bay who was a stakes winner in Great Britain and Australia before becoming a sire of stakes winners. The sire line for Sassafras, an extension of the

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branch, which extends down through West Australian, back to

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, down to foundation sire

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, was known to continue to exist as recently as 2009, but was known to be dwindling.

Sire line tree

*Sassafras **Henri le Balafre ***Thignon Lafre ****RoxinhoBrazil's Horse of the Year Now U.S. Resident
/ref> ****Thignon Boy **Galway Bay

References

External links

Sassafrás' pedigree
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