Sassafras was a champion racehorse.
Sent initially to the Ballylinch Stud at Thomastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Sassafras was the sire of winners for over 72 races. Sassafras sired Galway Bay who was a stakes winner in Great Britain and Australia before becoming a sire of stakes winners.Galway Bay (FR) Retrieved on 2009-6-9
The sire line for Sassafras, an extension of the Solon branch, which extends down through West Australian, back to Matchem, down to foundation sire Godolphin Arabian, was known to continue to exist as recently as 2009, but was known to be dwindling.On Herod and Matchem but not Eclipse
Sire line tree
SassafrasSire Line: MatchemTHOROUGHBRED ORIGINS: THE GODOLPHIN ARABIAN MALE BLOODLINE PART 1 Henri le BalafreBrazil: A leading country for "outcross" in international breeding. As de Pique Quintus Ferus Henry Junior Ken Graf Thignon LafreArgentine-based Sires & Dams RoxinhoBrazil's Horse of the Year Now U.S. Resident Thignon Boy Galway Bay
References
External links Sassafrás' pedigree