Questionnaire (horse)
Questionnaire was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and raced by James Butler, president and owner of Empire City Race Track, who owned his sire Sting and grandsire Spur.
Questionnaire was race conditioned by Andy Schuttinger, who was his trainer through 1930, after which Edward J. Bennett took over.
Questionnaire had an outstanding year at age three. Although he did not run in the first two legs of the 1930 U.S. Triple Crown series, he finished third to Triple Crown champion Gallant Fox in the Belmont Stakes. Overall, he won nine important races in 1930 and then in 1931 captured the prestigious Brooklyn, Empire City and Metropolitan Handicaps.
At stud
After two more important wins in 1932 at age five, Questionnaire was retired to stud for owner James Butler. However, Butler died in 1934 and his estate sold Questionnaire at auction. He was purchased for $15,000 by Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stud, Inc. for whom he served stallion duty at their breeding farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Among the successful runners he sired was Stefanita, the 1943 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, and multiple stakes winners Hash, Requested, Coincidence, Carolyn A., and Double Brandy.Questionnaire died of colic at age twenty-three on August 25, 1950.
Sire line tree
- Questionnaire
- *Hash
- *Requested
- *Coincidence
- *Free For All
- **Rough'n Tumble
- ***Yes You Will
- ***Conestoga
- ***Flag Raiser
- ***Dr. Fager
- ****Tree of Knowledge
- ****Dr. Patches
- ***Minnesota Mac
- ****Great Above
- ****Mac Diarmida
- ***Ruffled Feathers
- *Double Brandy
Pedigree
Questionnaire is inbred 5S x 3D to the stallion Domino, meaning that he appears fifth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and third generation on the dam side of his pedigree.Questionnaire is inbred 5S x 6S x 4D to the stallion Himyar, meaning that he appears fifth generation and sixth generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.