Harry Bassett

Harry Bassett was a chestnut stallion, foaled on 27 April 1868, that was sired by Lexington and out of the mare Canary Bird. Canary Bird was by the imported stallion Albion and out of the mare Panola, who was sired by the imported stallion Ainderby. Canary Bird's second dam, or maternal grandmother, was the imported mare Sweetbriar by Recovery. Harry Basset was bred either by R. A. Alexander or by A. J. Alexander, both of the Woodburn Stud of Woodburn, Kentucky, and was the second of Canary Bird's foals.Bruce American Stud Book 1 p. 275 He was sold at the 1869 S. D. Bruce yearling sale to trainer David McDaniel for $315 ({{inflation|US|315|1869|r=-2|fmt=eq}}).{{Inflation-fn|US}}

Harry Bassett was trained by his owner David McDaniel; his jockey was W. Miller. As a two-year-old he won the 1870 Nursery Stakes at Jerome Park Racetrack, the Central Stakes, the Kentucky Stakes, and the Saratoga Stakes.Hogan Index to Stakes Winners p. 144 He made a total of four starts as a two-year-old of which he won three, placing third in the other.

Harry Bassett won the fifth running of the Belmont Stakes in 1871 at Jerome Park Racetrack in a time of 2 minutes 56 seconds. He carried {{convert|110|lb|kg|abbr=off}} pounds in the race, and won $5,400 ({{inflation|US|5400|1871|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) for his owner.New York Racing Association "Belmont Stakes" Belmont Stakes{{Inflation-fn|US}} The race was run on June 10 over a distance of {{frac|1|5|8}} miles (13 furlongs/2,600 meters) on a fast track. Harry Bassett won by three lengths from the second-placed finisher Stockwood; the third place went to August Belmont's By The Sea.New York Racing Association "1871 Belmont" Belmont Stakes This was the first of three consecutive wins of the Belmont Stakes by David McDaniel as both owner and trainer, as he went on to win the 1872 race with Joe Daniels and the 1873 race with Springbok.

As a three-year-old, Harry Bassett also won the Jerome Handicap, the Travers Stakes, the Reunion Stakes, the Kenner Stakes, the Champion Stakes and the Jersey Derby. During his three-year-old year Harry Bassett started 11 times and won eight, finishing second in the remaining three. At four he increased his win record to 14, with wins in the Westchester Cup and a victory in a {{convert|2|mi|m}} heat, before he was beaten in the Monmouth Cup by Longfellow. He then won the {{frac|2|1|4}} mile Saratoga Cup, in which he defeated Longfellow. His jockey in that race was James Rowe Sr., who went on to become a leading trainer for James R. Keene.Robertson History of Thoroughbred Racing p. 211 At age five, Harry Bassett started eight times, winning two, placing second in two, and third once. At six, he started four times, winning once and placing third once.

Harry Bassett's racing career spanned five years and ended with 23 wins from 36 starts; he finished second five times and third three times. His total earnings on the racetrack were $55,920 ({{Inflation|US|55920|1870|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).{{Inflation-fn|US}} He was awarded the title of Champion Two-Year-Old Male in 1870,Daily Racing Form American Racing Manual p. 545 the title of Champion Three-Year-Old Male in 1871,Thoroughbred Times Staff Thoroughbred Times Racing Almanac 2008 p. 81 and the Champion Older Horse title in 1872.Hewitt Great Breeders p. 18

When his racing career ended Harry Bassett was retired to McDaniel's stud farm in Trenton, New Jersey, where he sired stakes winners such as Bowstring and Lettina out of the imported mare Letty by imported Australian.Hogan Index to Stakes Winners p. 593 Lettina won the Young America Stakes (Nashville), the Jackson Stakes and the Ladies Stakes in 1881, when she was two years old.Hogan Index to Stakes Winners p. 302

Harry Bassett died on October 27, 1878, at McDaniel's farm in New Jersey.Staff "Death of a Famous Racer" New York Times He was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2010.National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame "Harry Bassett" Hall of Fame: Horses

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• [http://www.pedigreequery.com/harry+bassett Harry Bassett Pedigree] at Thoroughbred Pedigree Database
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=_20_AAAAYAAJ Famous Horses of America], pages 32–33

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