Busanda

For the parliamentary constituency in northern Tanzania, see Busanda Constituency.

Busanda
Sire	War Admiral
Grandsire	Man o' War
Dam	Businesslike
Damsire	Blue Larkspur
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1947
Country	United States
Colour	Black
Breeder	Ogden Phipps
Owner	Ogden Phipps
Trainer	James E. Fitzsimmons & Bartholomew Sweeny (Assistant)
Record	65: 10-5-13
Earnings	$182,460
Major wins
Alabama Stakes (1950) New Castle Handicap (1951) Suburban Handicap (1951) Top Flight Handicap (1951) Saratoga Cup (1951, 1952) Diana Handicap (1952)
Honours
Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack

Busanda (foaled 1947 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best remembered as the dam of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Buckpasser. Busanda was sired by 1937 U.S. Triple Crown champion War Admiral, a son of Man o' War who was ranked No. 1 in the Blood-Horse magazine list of the top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century. Busanda's dam, Businesslike, was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Blue Larkspur and out of the extremely important broodmare La Troienne.

Busanda was conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons, who handled a large string of horse for the Phipps family. In some of her races, though, Fitzsimmons' assistant Bartholomew Sweeney is recorded as the trainer.

In an era when most Thoroughbreds were raced frequently and for two to three years, Busanda made sixty-five starts during four seasons of competition. At age two, her best showing was a third-place finish to winner Bed o'Roses in the Selima Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse. Although as a three-year-old in 1950 she won the important Alabama Stakes, it was at age four in 1951 when she had her best campaign. That year, her performances included wins against male horses when she captured the New Castle, Suburban, and Top Flight Handicaps as well as the Saratoga Cup. In 1952, in addition to her second straight Saratoga Cup, she won the Diana Handicap before being retired to broodmare duty.

Bred to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Tom Fool, in 1963 Busanda produced the colt Buckpasser, who was the 1966 American Horse of the Year and a 1970 U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee.

References

• Busanda 's pedigree and partial racing stats