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

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, grandsire = Biribi , dam = Fatou Gaye , damsire = Fair Copy , sex =

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, foaled = 1950 , country = France , colour =

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, breeder = Julien Décrion , owner = Julien Décrion , trainer = William Head , record = not found , earnings = not found , race =

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(1953)

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(1954)

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(1954)
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, updated= Banassa (foaled 1950) was a French

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bred and raced by Julien Décrion. Named for an ancient

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, she was sired by Décrion's multiple race winner

and out of his mare, Fatou Gaye. Banassa was trained by William Head, a descendant of the founders of the

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. Ridden by Claudius Lalanne, as a three-year-old Banassa won the

and was second in the French Classic, the Prix de Diane. At age four, at the

, she won the

and the

. At Longchamp Racecourse Banassa won the

, a prep race for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in which she finished second to

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. Her owner then sent her to Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, in the United States where as the

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favorite ran second to

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in the

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. Racing at age five, Banassa's best result in 1955 was a win in the Prix Jean Prat.

References

Banassa's pedigree and partial racing stats

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''. November 15, 1954. About the 1954 Washington, D.C. International Stakes. 1950 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 21-a Racehorses bred in France Racehorses trained in France