| Color: br Height: 17.0
(GB)
11-3-1-0, $4,551. Won: Norfolk and Suffolk Handicap, Swaffham Plate Handicap, and Chesterfield Plate Beautifully bred, by Son-in-Law out of the 1000 Guineas winner and Oaks runner-up Cinna, Beau Pere won 3 handicaps of no great importance at 4 and 5 years and went to stud in Newmarket on the strength of his pedigree, standing at the paltry sum of 9 guineas. 286 foals, 49 SW, 2.31 AEI 2x Champion NZ Sire 3x Champion Australia Sire sold to the USA for $100,000, where he sired the winners of over $1M; stood at Elbee Farms in Calif. In 1946, stood for $2,500, the highest advertised fee of any stallion in America. Purchased by Leslie Combs to stand at Spendthrift Farm, he died in 1947 before covering many mares.
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