ALAN PORTER
MATINGS ANALYSIS

BEAU GENIUS is a grade one winner of over $1,000,000 by multiple Leading Sire Bold Ruckus. With 33 stakes winners and the earners of over $28,000,000, BEAU GENIUS ranks among California’s leading sires.

BEAU GENIUS is sire of group one winning Champion Belle Genius out of a mare by Mr. Leader, a son of Hail to Reason. From the Hail to Reason line through Halo and his son Devil’s Bag (brother to Saint Ballado), he is sire of the multiple graded stakes winner Beau’s Town. He also has a stakes winner out of a mare by Temperence Hill, a son of the Hail to Reason stallion, Stop the Music. From a mare descending from Hail to Reason’s sire, Turn-to, BEAU GENIUS has a stakes winner out of a mare by Out of Place (by Cox’s Ridge).

BEAU GENIUS is out of a mare by Champion Viceregal, a son of Northern Dancer. Out of a mare by Viceregal’s brother, Vice Regent, he has sired graded stakes winner Gentleman Beau, and he also has a stakes winner out of a mare by Regal Classic, a son of Vice Regent. He should also do well with mares descending from Vice Regent’s son, Deputy Minister. BEAU GENIUS also has a stakes winner out of mare from the Storm Cat branch of the Northern Dancer line. BEAU GENIUS also has a stakes winner out of a mare by Phone Trick (by Clever Trick), from the Icecapade branch of the sire line of Northern Dancer’s sire, Nearctic.

BEAU GENIUS has a daughter of Raise a Native, and he has worked well with Raise a Native line mares. From the Mr. Prospector branch of the Raise a Native line, BEAU GENIUS has stakes winners out of mares by Fappiano and Two Punch. He also has a stakes winner out of a mare by Talinum, from the Alydar branch of the Raise a Native line.

BEAU GENIUS has done well with mares descending from Ribot. Our of a mare from the Graustark branch, he has a stakes winner from a daughter of Superbity, and out of a mare from the branch descending from Graustark’s brother, His Majesty, he has a stakes winner out of a mare by Pleasant Colony. He also has two stakes winners out of mares by Badger Land, who descends from Ribot through Arts and Letters and Codex (also sire of Lost Code).

BEAU GENIUS has three stakes winners out of mares from the Damascus line, including out of daughters of Crusader Sword and Timeless Moment (sire of Gilded Time),. From the sire line of Damascus’ old rival, Buckpasser, he has stakes winners out of mares by Bucksplasher and Spend a Buck. He also has a stakes winner out of a mare descending from Buckpasser’s sire, Tom Fool, via Tri Jet.

There are stakes winners by BEAU GENIUS from several different branches of the Hyperion sire line, including out of mares by No Robbery (Khaled/Swaps branch), Regal Humor (Vaguely Noble branch), Singular (Noholme II/Nodouble branch) and Broadway Forli (Forli branch).
Other broodmare sires whose daughters have produced stakes winners for BEAU GENIUS include Swing Till Dawn, who is by Grey Dawn II, and Big Spruce, who is by Grey Dawn II’s sire, Herbager; Pass the Tab (by Al Hattab), Vying Victor (by Flying Paster, from the Gummo/Fleet Nasrullah line) and Is It True (by Raja Baba, a son of Bold Ruler).

ALAN PORTER has been professionally involved with Thoroughbreds for over 30 years. He has been a writer on racing and breeding for more than 25 years, and has been planning matings for over 20 years. He is Publisher of Owner-Breeder International and is author of "Patterns of Greatness, Volume I" and is co-author of "Patterns of Greatness, Volume II: The Americans." His matings work has resulted in more than 100 stakes winners, including champions and classic winners in at least ten countries.