Beau Purple

Beau Purple
Sire	Beau Gar
Grandsire	Count Fleet
Dam	Waterqueen
Damsire	Johnstown
Sex	Stallion
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Hobeau Farm
Owner	Hobeau Farm
Trainer	George P. Odom; H. Allen Jerkens
Record	32: 12-4-2
Earnings	US$445,785
Major wins
	Derby Trial Stakes (1960); Appleton Handicap (1962); Brooklyn Handicap (1962); Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1962); Man o' War Stakes (1962); Suburban Handicap (1962); Widener Handicap (1963)

Beau Purple (foaled in 1957) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is most famous for defeating the champion gelding Kelso and champion colt Carry Back in three of their four meetings.

Background

He was trained by George P. Odom until mid 1962, when H. Allen Jerkens, a 1975 inductee into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame, took over. Beau Purple was the first horse ever bred by Hobeau Farm of Wall Street mutual-fund developer Jack Dreyfus.

Racing career

After winning the 1960 Derby Trial Stakes, Beau Purple was withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby as a result of a sore left front shin.[1] This injury kept him out of the U.S. Triple Crown series and severely limited his racing for nearly two years. He ran only four times in 1961, but had his best year at age five in 1962. Among his major wins, Beau Purple defeated Kelso in the 1962 Man o' War Stakes, and he twice broke the track record for a mile and a quarter on dirt at Aqueduct Racetrack[2] in winning both the 1962 Suburban Handicap and Brooklyn Handicap. In February 1963, Beau Purple beat Kelso for the third time, making it three of four wins over Kelso in his career, when he won the Widener Handicap at Hialeah Park Race Track in Florida.[3]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Beau Purple
Sire Beau Gar	Count Fleet	Reigh Count	Sunreigh
		Reigh Count	Contessina
		Quickly	Haste
		Quickly	Stephanie
	Bellesoeur	Beau Pere	Son-in-Law
		Beau Pere	Cinna
		Donatrice	Donatello
		Donatrice	Tivoli
Dam Water Queen	Johnstown	Jamestown	St. James
		Jamestown	Mille. Dazie
		La France	Sir Gallahad III
		La France	Flambette
	Admiral's Lady	War Admiral	Man o' War
		War Admiral	Brushup
		Boola Brook	Bull Dog
		Boola Brook	Brookdale

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References

"Beau Purple Scratched from Derby",Milwaukee Sentinel, 5 May 1960,p.47 of 55, Google News.
"Beau Purple Sets Track Record in Brooklyn Handicap",Reading Eagle, 22 July 1962, p.31 of 95, Google News.
"Beau Purple Beats Kelso in Widener",The Pittsburgh Press, 23 February 1963, p.39 of 91,Google News.

Sources

Beau Purple's pedigree and partial racing stats, PedigreeQuery.com.

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[1] "Beau Purple Scratched from Derby",Milwaukee Sentinel, 5 May 1960,p.47 of 55, Google News.

[2] "Beau Purple Sets Track Record in Brooklyn Handicap",Reading Eagle, 22 July 1962, p.31 of 95, Google News.

[3] "Beau Purple Beats Kelso in Widener",The Pittsburgh Press, 23 February 1963, p.39 of 91,Google News.