ok racehorse from memory was only small,not a great sire imo.
On the racing side of things JustBilly, did you know Brian Gath, from Victoria, travelled over to America to drive Genghis Khan in the world's richest harness race? I think it was late 1970's.
Here's the link to the 1982 World Cup at Roosevelt Raceway, NY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE8ZRvut5G4
Hi again Brodie, are you using Billy for riding?
His dam Barwick (a NZ bred mare) could not have been easy to breed from
From 9 seasons in the breeding barn she only produced 3 foals - you probably have seen that yourself on the HRA site by clicking on Billy's dam
You have to go to the NZ site to research his earlier dams
Here is the link to his second dam Hestitant
http://harness.hrnz.co.nz/gas/wa/r/i...e&Arg=Hesitant
Click on 'Progeny' under her name to see them listed
Just click on Hesitant's dam name to go back further and then hers etc to go back as far as you like
His 3rd dam, Regal Belmer is the closest direct line relative to make it on ClassicFamilies
http://classicfamilies.net/HorseDeta...rseID=10016525
But if you go right back to his 6th dam Purple Patch and click on her Descendants
http://classicfamilies.net/CF/Descen...rseID=10016035
and click on all those + boxes you will see all the stars in Billy's maternal family tree
He belongs to this maternal family N15 (not Khans Thunders)
http://classicfamilies.net/cf/Family...meGroup&AD=ASC
There are some nice horses that he is a distant relative of
Champion trotter Knight Pistol shares Billy's 6th dam Purple Patch
Smudge Bromac who has won a couple of Country Cups this season and is still racing very well is a reasonably close relative as he shares Billy's 3rd dam Royal Belmer (as his 4th dam)
per un PUGNO di DOLLARI
Genghis Khan was the Winner in 1982, The race was only run for a few years before it was discontinued.