BEAU PERE’S STAR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 257, 29 October 1937, Page 4

BEAU PERE’S STAR

WELL IN ASCENT SIRE OF JUVENILES .TxEAT RECORD IN MONTH One of the most sensational features of the curent racing season in New Zealand, now only three months old, is the striking series of successes achieved by progeny of the Son-in-Law horse Beau i’ere, who was sold at the Westmere clearing sale last January to an Australian buyer just a few’ days before the first of his yearlings topped the sales at Trentham. Within six weeks of their appearance on a racecourse in New Zealand five of his progeny have joined the ranks of winners, and still another has achieved success in Australia. When it is remembered that his first winner was recorded at Marton on September 25, and his sixth had appeared within four weeks, it may be realised how quickly Beau Pere has gone to the forefront. Should his progeny continue the wonderful run of successes —and his sons and daughters furnish indications that such may be expected —it would be safe to prophesy that spirited competition will ensue when another batch of his yearlings is submitted at trentham next January. At the 1937 sales, when Beau Pere was just an unproved sire, two of his yearlings realised 1505 and 1000 guineas respectively. Purchasers will not have such a wide choice next January, for there will not then be 18 yearlings submitted; as was the case last January.

Regret has been expressed that Beau Pere’s services will not be so readily available for New Zealand breeders, as the sending of mares to Australia is a venture not to be lightly undertaken. However, it has to be admitted that few of the Dominion's breeders were enterprising enough to seek to keep the Son-in-Law horse here. It was left to a •battler” to stay longest in the ring a hen the fight for possession was oeing waged. A bid of 3200gns. was not sufficient to win the bout for New Zealand ,and at 3300gns. Beau Pere went to Australia. What he would have brought had Mr. John Donald’s stud not been dispersed till next January can only be conjectured, but there appears no reason to doubt that it would have required three times the figure to buy him. It was just another case of “what might have been.” Six Juvenile Winners. So far Beau Pere has been represented by six juvenile winners. They are Amigo, Arvakur, Sudan, Gay Son, Taurangi and The Squire, the last-named being the Australian representative. Between them the sextette accounted for nine races, Amigo having won three and Gay Son two. It will be noted, also, that Baeu Pere has been sucessfully associated with Limond mares, the dams of Amigo and The Squire being by Mr. G. M. Currie’s famous stallion, now unfortunately defunct. Amigo first came into prominence when he won the juvenile event at Marton last month, but he went on to greater successes at Trentham. On the first day he was the unlucky runner pf the Wellesley Stakes (won by another Beau Pere youngster). On Saturday last Amigo won the Karitane Handicap by the proverbial “street,” and he followed up that feat by equalling the Australasian record for live furlongs when he won the Roseneath Handicap. He is a brown gelding out of the Limond— ! Admyra mare Adorable, a sister to Alloway, and he is being raced and trained by his breeder, Mr. L. G. Paul, of Wanganui, whose colours Alloway I —Admyra, Arisus, and other good, horses have carried. A short-coupled and strongly-made little chap, he is the typical stamp of his sire, which is also the true Son-in-Law staying conformation. Incidentally, would-be purchasers sought to induce Mr. Paul to put a price on his two-year-old, but found that Amigo was not for sale. Gay Son, who won the Nursery Handicap at Masterton and then accounted for Surmount in the Wellesley Stakes, has been responsible for impressive performances following his defeat on a heavy track at Marton. Gay Son is the first foal of that fine Lord Quex —Lady Ball mare La Moderne, who, besides being a full-sister to the crack two-year-old Gay Ballerina, was herself a good two-year-old and a champion three-year-old, her successes including the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes in time that is still a New Zealand record for 12 miles. He is being raced by his breeder, Mr. A. F. M. Symes, of Hastings, who thus has another potential classic horse in his hands. Like Amigo, Gay Son was also sought on behalf of would-be buyers from Australia but Mr. Symes would not part with him. Taurangi, decisive winner of the Taita Handicap at Trentham, brought second top price for her sex at the January sales, Mr. W. McA. Duncan paying 525 guineas for her. She is a bay daughter of the Top Gallant— Columbia mare Barbacan, who won a couple of races in a short career before going to the stud and who might have gone much further if she had been easier to train. Columbia was also dam of the useful British Columbia, who was bought in Sydney by the northern owner Mr. W. H. Maria, and of the V.R.C. Oaks winner' Barbette, so it is a very successful family. Taurangi is an exception to the marked Beau Pere stamp, particularly in her colour, but the con-

formation is nevertheless something after the style of the others who have raced. Between them, Taurangi, Amigo and Gay Son won all four two-year-old events on the Trentham programme, making a clean sweep of the juvenile events for Beau Pere, a feat which had not previously been registered by the progeny of any sire. Sudan outclassed her opponents in the Nursery Handicap at the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club spring meeting. She is a bay filly by Beau Pere from the Grandcourt —Desert Gold mare Sahara. Sudan is Sahara's second foal, the tirst, a Ally by Hunting Song and named Sand Blast, being owned in Australia, where she is due to race as a three-year-old this season. Sudan was sent down by her breeder, Mr. T. H. Lowry, to last January’s Trentham sales, and she was acquired by an agent on behalf of Mrs. J. N. Lowry, of Fernhill, for 325 guineas. There is a story that Mr. T. C. Lowry was bidding that day against Mrs. Lowry's agent, but that when he realised what was happening he dropped out of the battle for ownership. A little later a partnership was registered in the filly between Mrs. J. N. and Mr. T. C. Lowry, and the youngster was handed to Mrs. A. w. McDonald to train.

Arvakur, the Auckland winner for Beau Pere, registered a convincing victory in the Musket Stakes at Ellerslie. From the Chief Ruler mare The Begum, Arvakur is a big colt with plenty of speed, and he is owned by Mr. T. Impey, who won at the same meeting with Round Up. This youngster is a half-brother to Mazir, a consistent performer in the north. The Beau Pere colt The Squire made a successful debut when he displayed pace and stamina to win the Greystanes Juvenile Stakes, of five furlongs, at the Warwick Farm Meeting recently in 61sec. The Squire was prominent throughout the race and won by a neck. The Squire, who is by Beau Pere from the Limond —Bonny Portland mare Helen ,was bought at the last Trentham sales on behalf of Mr. E. J. Watt, of Sydney, by Mr. T. H. Lowry, of Hawke's Bay, for 1050 guineas, the top price at the sales. The colt received his early education at Awapuni under the direction of Mrs. A. W. McDonald, being taken over by the well-known trainer G. Price on his return to Sydney after his holiday trip to the Dominion. Still More To Come? Though the youngsters described are the half-dozen winners so far, they do not exhaust the possibilities of the present season, for there are several Beau Pere juveniles yet to earn their winning brackets. One such is the filly Peerless, a daughter of the Limond mare Prestige. She was runner-up to Gay Son at Masterton, and was almost in line with Minga (third), Amigo and Russian Ballet behind Gay Son and Surmount in the Wellesley Stakes. Lord Cavendish, a half-brother to Golden Hair, both being from the Absurd mare Lady Cavendish, has yet to do himself justice. Two from Hawke's Bay are Ivar and Imogen. Ivar is a bay colt by Beau Pere from the Leighton—Shrill mare High Art, a half-sister to Father’s Voice (winner of the y.A.f.C. Futurity Stakes) and to Hign Pitch (A.RC. Railway and W.tt.U. Parliamentary Handicap;). Shrill was a good race mare hezself, winning among other events the W.H.C. Thompson Handicap. Mr. F. Ormond, who bred and owns Ivar, also has Imogen, who is a brown filly by Beau Pere out of Martian— Lady Lucy mare Lucinette, so she is a half-sister to the speedy Flammarion. As Lady Lucy was a New Zealand Cup winner, this is another excellent family. Further, there are some in Australia that have gone close to winning, notably Beau Frere and Bonheur de Pere. The last-named is out of Silver Rule, and at Trentham last January she was bought by Mr. W. J. Smith, purchaser of Beau Pere, for 425gns. Altogether, there is wonderful material to represent Beau Pere in New Zealand during the current season, and the chances are that these youngsters will place the Son-in-Law horse high on the list of winning sires. McCarten’s Appeal. A Press Association cablegram , from Melbourne yesterday stated that M. McCarten's appeal against his I month’s suspension was dismissed, ! and E. Bartle will ride Mala in the [ Melbourne Cup.