Basin (foaled May 12, 2017) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019

Hopeful Stakes The Hopeful Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to two-year-old horses, the Hopeful is the first Grade I stakes for two-year-olds each season and historically has ...

Career

Basin's first race was on June 14, 2019 at Churchill Downs, where he came in second. He earned his first victory in his second start on July 21, 2019 at

Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the country, but is actua ...

where he won a Maiden Special Weight race. Basin competed in his first Grade 1 race on September 2, 2019, where he won the 2019

. His 2020 season was an up and down season. He came in third place in the March 14, 2020 Grade 2

Rebel Stakes The Rebel Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in March, at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The event currently offe ...

and then came in fourth in the ungraded April 11, 2020 Oaklawn Stakes. On May 2, 2020, he came back with a win in the Grade 1

Arkansas Derby The Arkansas Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is currently a Grade I race run over a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) on dirt. In 2004, t ...

, after Charlatan, the original winner, was disqualified, but in July 2020, came in a disappointing 10th in the

Blue Grass Stakes The Blue Grass Stakes, currently the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes due to sponsorship by the Toyota Motor Corporation, is a horse race for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds held annually in April at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky. The race is run ...

. The Arkansas Derby win helped put him in the running on the

2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby The 2020 Road to the Kentucky Derby was a series of races through which horses qualified for the 2020 Kentucky Derby, which was held on September 5 (rescheduled from the traditional first Saturday in May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus pa ...

. On April 20, 2021, Charlatan's victory in the 2020 Arkansas Derby was restored.https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/247554/arkansas-regulator-restores-wins-by-charlatan-gamine

Pedigree

References

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