# Beaugay

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{{short description|American Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Beaugay
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = Stimulus
| grandsire = [Ultimus](/source/Ultimus_(horse))
| dam = Risk
| damsire = [Sir Gallahad III](/source/Sir_Gallahad_III)
| sex = [Filly](/source/Filly)
| foaled = 1943
| country =  [United States](/source/United_States)
| color = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = [Arthur B. Hancock](/source/Arthur_B._Hancock)
| owner = [Maine Chance Farm](/source/Maine_Chance_Farm)
| trainer = 1) [Tom Smith](/source/R._Thomas_Smith)<br>2) [James W. Smith](/source/James_W._Smith_(horse_trainer))
| record = 18: 9-3-0
| earnings = [US$](/source/United_States_dollar)$148,070
| race = [Polly Drummond Stakes](/source/Polly_Drummond_Stakes) (1945)<br>[Princess Pat Stakes](/source/Princess_Pat_Stakes) (1945)<br>[Arlington Lassie Stakes](/source/Arlington-Washington_Lassie_Stakes) (1945)<br>[Matron Stakes](/source/Matron_Stakes_(United_States)) (1945)<br>[Fashion Stakes](/source/Fashion_Stakes) (1945)<br>Colonial Handicap (1946)<br>[New Rochelle Handicap](/source/New_Rochelle_Handicap) (1947)
| awards = [American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly](/source/American_Champion_Two-Year-Old_Filly) (1945)
| honors =  [Beaugay Stakes](/source/Beaugay_Stakes) at [Belmont Park](/source/Belmont_Park)
| updated= 
}}
'''Beaugay''' (foaled 1943 in [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky)) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) racehorse who was voted the 1945 [American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly](/source/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](/source/Arthur_B._Hancock) at his [Claiborne Farm](/source/Claiborne_Farm) near [Paris, Kentucky](/source/Paris%2C_Kentucky), she was purchased at the 1944 [July Selected Yearling sale](/source/Keeneland_Sales) for $22,000<ref>[http://www.drf.com/news/when-keenelands-july-sale-was-king Daily Racing Form - October 6, 2011]</ref> by [cosmetics](/source/cosmetics) queen [Elizabeth Arden](/source/Elizabeth_Arden) who campaigned her under the name of her [Maine Chance Farm](/source/Maine_Chance_Farm).

==Racing career==
For [U.S. Racing Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) trainer [Tom Smith](/source/R._Thomas_Smith), Beaugay won her first six starts including five major events for her age and gender. In winning the [Polly Drummond Stakes](/source/Polly_Drummond_Stakes) at [Delaware Park Racetrack](/source/Delaware_Park_Racetrack), she set a new track record for five [furlong](/source/furlong)s 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](/source/Belmont_Futurity_Stakes) at [Belmont Park](/source/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](/source/James_W._Smith_(horse_trainer)), Beaugay did return to race the following year and notably won the 1946 Colonial Handicap at [Garden State Park Racetrack](/source/Garden_State_Park_Racetrack) and the 1947 [New Rochelle Handicap](/source/New_Rochelle_Handicap) at [Jamaica Race Course](/source/Jamaica_Race_Course).

The [Beaugay Stakes](/source/Beaugay_Stakes) at [Belmont Park](/source/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>

==References==
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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

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