Beau Purple
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| 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.
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.