| 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) | |
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.
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 Baldski who was a son of the 1970 English Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky. [1] 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.[2]
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.