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{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Basqueian
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [[Bounding Basque]]
| grandsire = [[Grey Dawn II|Grey Dawn]]
| dam = Valse Musette
| damsire = [[Halo (horse)|Halo]]
| sex = [[Gelding]]
| foaled = 1991
| country = [[Canada]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = [[Frank Stronach]]
| owner = Frank Stronach
| trainer = 1) [[Daniel J. Vella]] 2) [[Joe Orseno]] (1997)
| record = Won 8 stakes races
| earnings = $1,094,767
| race = [[Durham Cup Stakes|Durham Cup Handicap]] (1994, 1995, 1996) [[Red Bank Stakes|Red Bank Handicap]] (1997) [[Longfellow Stakes]] (1997)

'''[[Canadian Classic Races|Canadian Classic Race]] wins:''' [[Queen's Plate]] (1994) [[Breeders' Stakes]] (1994)
| awards= [[Sovereign Award for Champion Older Male Horse|Canadian Champion Older Male Horse]] (1995)
| honours =
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}}
'''Basqueian''' (foaled 1991) is a Canadian [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] best known for winning two of the 1994 [[Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|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|Toronto's]] [[Woodbine Racetrack]] Basqueian finished second by less than a nose to [[Bruce's Mill]] in the 1994 [[Plate Trial Stakes]]. The two horses then reversed their positions in Canada's most prestigious race, the [[Queen's Plate]]. The win was the first in the Queen's Plate for trainer [[Daniel J. Vella|Dan Vella]] and the second for jockey [[Jack M. Lauzon|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 [[Grass|turf]] in the [[Breeders' Stakes]]. That same year, he won the first of three straight editions of the [[Durham Cup Stakes|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 [[Hawthorne Race Course]] near [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], ran second in the [[Hawthorne Gold Cup]]. His performances that year earned him the 1995 [[Sovereign Award for Champion Older Male Horse]]. In 1997 at [[Monmouth Park]] in [[Oceanport, New Jersey]], Basqueian won the [[Red Bank Stakes|Red Bank Handicap]] and [[Longfellow Stakes]]

Retired from racing with earnings in excess of $1 million, Basqueian, a [[gelding]], now serves as a pony horse used to calm the young [[colt (horse)|colt]]s and [[Filly|fillies]] undergoing race training at owner Frank Stronach's [[Adena Springs South]] in [[Williston, Florida]].

==References==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/basqueian Basqueian's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101201034905/http://www.thefloridahorse.com/content.php?id=158&type=feature Article in the September 2008 issue of ''The Florida Horse'']

[[Category:1991 racehorse births]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Canada]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in Canada]]
[[Category:King's Plate winners]]
[[Category:Sovereign Award winners]]
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Basqueian - Revision history

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