Beautiful Pleasure
Beautiful Pleasure (March 31, 1995 – August 11, 2011) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who won the 1999 Breeders' Cup Distaff and was voted that year's American Champion Older Female Horse.
| Beautiful Pleasure | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Maudlin |
| Grandsire | Foolish Pleasure |
| Dam | Beautiful Bid |
| Damsire | Baldski |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1995 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Farnsworth Farms (Mike Sherman) |
| Owner | John C. Oxley |
| Trainer | John T. Ward Jr. |
| Record | 25:10-5-2 |
| Earnings | US$2,734,078 |
| Major wins | |
| Matron Stakes (1997) Beldame Stakes (1999) Personal Ensign Handicap (1999, 2000) Hempstead Handicap (2000) Shuvee Handicap (2000)
Breeders' Cup wins: | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Older Female Horse (1999) | |
Bred in Florida by Farnsworth Farms, winner of the 1996 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder, Beautiful Pleasure was sired by multiple stakes winner Maudlin, a son of 1975 Kentucky Derby winner and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Foolish Pleasure. She was and out of the mare Beautiful Bid, a daughter of Baldkski who was a son of the 1970 English Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky. She was a full sister to the speedy Mecke, a multiple Grade 1 stakes winner in track/course record times on both dirt and turf racing surfaces.
Beautiful Pleasure was sold to John Oxley for $480,000 by Farnsworth Farms through the April 1997 Keeneland sale for two-year-olds in training.