| Busybody | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Busybody_(horse).jpg) Busybody parades before the Oaks, from Illustrated London News, May 1884 | |
| Sire | Petrarch |
| Grandsire | Lord Clifden |
| Dam | Spinaway |
| Damsire | Macaroni |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1881 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth |
| Owner | Lord Falmouth George Baird |
| Trainer | Mathew Dawson Thomas Cannon, Sr. |
| Record | 6:5–1–0 |
| Earnings | £10,620 |
| Major wins | |
| Middle Park Stakes (1883) Great Challenge Stakes (1883) 1000 Guineas (1884) Epsom Oaks (1884) | |
Busybody (1881–1899), was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won two British Classic Races in 1884. In a racing career which lasted from September 1883 until May 1884 she ran six times and won five races. As a two-year-old in 1883 she won her first three races including the Middle Park Plate and the Great Challenge Stakes before sustaining her only defeat when conceding weight to the winner Queen Adelaide in the Dewhurst Stakes. As a three-year-old she won the 1000 Guineas over one mile at Newmarket and The Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse a month later. She was then retired to stud where she became a successful broodmare.