{{short description|American Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Beaugay | image = | caption = | sire = Stimulus | grandsire = Ultimus | dam = Risk | damsire = Sir Gallahad III | sex = Filly | foaled = 1943 | country = United States | color = Bay | breeder = Arthur B. Hancock | owner = Maine Chance Farm | trainer = 1) Tom Smith<br>2) James W. Smith | record = 18: 9-3-0 | earnings = US$$148,070 | race = Polly Drummond Stakes (1945)<br>Princess Pat Stakes (1945)<br>Arlington Lassie Stakes (1945)<br>Matron Stakes (1945)<br>Fashion Stakes (1945)<br>Colonial Handicap (1946)<br>New Rochelle Handicap (1947) | awards = American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1945) | honors = Beaugay Stakes at Belmont Park | updated= }} '''Beaugay''' (foaled 1943 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the 1945 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.<ref>[http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf ''The Bloodhorse.com'' Champion's history charts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231151949/http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf|date=2013-12-31}}</ref> Bred by Arthur B. Hancock at his Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky, she was purchased at the 1944 July Selected Yearling sale for $22,000<ref>[http://www.drf.com/news/when-keenelands-july-sale-was-king Daily Racing Form - October 6, 2011]</ref> by cosmetics queen Elizabeth Arden who campaigned her under the name of her Maine Chance Farm.
==Racing career== For U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Tom Smith, Beaugay won her first six starts including five major events for her age and gender. In winning the Polly Drummond Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack, she set a new track record for five furlongs of fifty eight seconds flat. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/06/15/archives/delaware-record-is-set-by-beaugay-poliy-drummond-stakes-victor-runs.html|title=Delaware Record Is Set By Beaugay|publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 15|date=1945-06-15|access-date=2020-08-18}}</ref> In what would be her final start in 1945 she went up against male opponents in the Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park. Coming down the homestretch, Beaugay veered towards the rail and crashed into the fence. She suffered multiple lacerations, a deep cut on her left hind ankle, and a left shoulder bruise.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1945/09/30/archives/beaugay-is-injured-a-spill-near-the-finish-in-rich-futurity-at.html New York Times - September 30, 1945]</ref> The injuries severely affected her career and was never again the dominant runner she had been. Under new trainer, Canadian James W. Smith, Beaugay did return to race the following year and notably won the 1946 Colonial Handicap at Garden State Park Racetrack and the 1947 New Rochelle Handicap at Jamaica Race Course.
The Beaugay Stakes at Belmont Park is named in her honor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyra.com/Belmont/Stakes/Beaugay.shtml |title=Beaugay Stakes history at the NYRA |access-date=2011-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109134918/http://www.nyra.com/Belmont/Stakes/Beaugay.shtml |archive-date=2011-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Category:1943 racehorse births Category:Thoroughbred family 2-n Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky Category:Racehorses trained in the United States Category:American Champion racehorses