▁of ▁Se ft on ▁St akes ). ▁Caval ry man ' s ▁dam ▁Sil vers word ▁showed ▁some ▁racing ▁ability , ▁winning ▁one ▁minor ▁race ▁and ▁being ▁narrow ly ▁be aten ▁in ▁the ▁Prix ▁de ▁Ro ya um ont . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁great - grand d augh ter ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁bro od m are ▁Bas in ▁fo aled ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁whose ▁other ▁female - line ▁descend ants ▁have ▁included ▁Nathan iel ▁and ▁Great ▁He av ens . ▁ ▁Racing ▁career ▁▁ 2 0 0 8 : ▁two - year - old ▁season ▁Caval ry man ▁was ▁r idden ▁in ▁both ▁of ▁his ▁races ▁as ▁a ▁two - year - old ▁by ▁Max ime ▁Guy on . ▁After ▁finishing ▁fourth ▁on ▁his ▁debut ▁on ▁ 7 ▁September ▁at ▁Long ch amp ▁Race course ▁he ▁recorded ▁his ▁first ▁success ▁in ▁a ▁minor ▁event ▁over ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁metres ▁at ▁Saint - Cloud ▁Race course ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁October , ▁coming ▁home ▁two ▁lengths ▁clear ▁of ▁his ▁eight ▁oppon ents ▁at ▁odd s ▁of ▁ 3 . 1 / 1 . ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 : ▁three - year - old ▁season ▁On ▁his ▁three - year - old ▁debut ▁Caval ry man ▁ran ▁fourth ▁behind ▁Al ly bar ▁in ▁the ▁Prix ▁Franco is ▁Math et ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁metres ▁at ▁Saint - Cloud ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁March ▁but ▁then ▁produced ▁a ▁much ▁better ▁performance ▁over ▁the ▁same ▁course ▁and ▁distance ▁on