Beaumaris won the 1950 Wellington Cup, then went on to win the 1951 Auckland Cup establishing a new NZ record for the two miles

Riccarton trainer Jack Shaw was the under-bidder for the BEAU REPAIRE colt BEAUMARIS, but he successfully enticed the winning bidder, Bill Dwyer, with an immediate profit of £25 on his 300-guineas acquisition, resulting in the colt becoming Jack's property. Beaumaris competed throughout his career under the direction of owner/trainer Jack Shaw and was bred by Northland dairy farmer, Mr. Robert Comer in 1946, who acquired the dam MABEL ROSE from the 1940 National Yearling Sale for 300 guineas. The mare was a half-sister to NIGHTMARCH to PENSACOLA, winner of the NZ Derby, Canterbury Cup and other good races.

His sire BEAU REPAIRE, a distinguished New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse and stallion, was sired by BEAU PERE out of the mare MODISTE II. He served as a prominent sire for notable runners throughout the 1940s, such as the NZ Hall of Fame inductee BEAU VITE. Throughout that decade, Beau Repaire produced several progenies who became significant contributors to the New Zealand racing industry, including MISS REPAIRE (1945), a notable mare who played a crucial role in subsequent New Zealand broodmare lines, and BEAU LE HAVRE (1943), a successful brown stallion who produced multiple quality offspring.

BEAUMARIS secured two victories from seven starts during his two-year-old season. As a three-year-old, he achieved an incredible series of four second-place finishes in six starts, notably placing second to the exceptional GOLD SCRIPT in the Group 2 Wellington Guineas, before subsequently triumphing over Gold Script in the Harcourt Stakes at Trentham just two days later. He experienced a rather gruelling campaign of 21 starts, two of them being over two miles as a three-year-old which reflected his tough nature and raw ability.

During his visit to Riccarton, he participated in all three days of their Cup Carnival, securing victories in both the Gr.1 CJC New Zealand Derby and the weight-for-age Churchill Stakes, and achieving a second-place finish in the Canterbury Gold Cup. It was somewhat of a sensation going down to BHUTAN as he was considered an odds-on certainty and jockey Jim Ellis was hauled in front of the stewards to explain. In the 1949 Gr.1 Auckland Cup, the three-year-old colt delivered a commendable performance, finishing third to Foxbridge mare SWANEE, an exceptional stayer of her era. Following a second-place finish to the exceptional filly SWEET SPRAY in the Gr.1 Great Northern Derby at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day, Beaumaris subsequently triumphed in the Gr.2 Clifford Plate the following day. BEAUMARIS met SEA SPRAY six times in their 1949-50 three-year-old season with the Shaw horse winning two and Sea SPRAY two.

In the 1950 Gr.1 Wellington Cup, contested over two miles, BEAUMARIS decisively defeated SWANEE, the Auckland Cup winner. Subsequently, in March, he secured victory in the Gr.2 Awapuni Gold Cup. Following a third-place finish in the Gr.1 Easter Handicap at Ellerslie, carrying 9st 13lb (63kg), he established a new New Zealand record for 1¾ miles in the Gr.2 ARC Great Northern St Leger, triumphing over SWEET SPRAY and TUDOR PRINCE, but the latter would claim the Trentham and Gloaming Stakes.

During his four-year-old season, he secured a second victory in the Gr.2 Harcourt Stakes at Trentham. At the Riccarton Cup Meeting, he achieved a decisive win against THE UNICORN in the Gr.2 Canterbury Gold Cup, subsequently placing third behind The Unicorn in the Gr.3 Churchill Stakes at Riccarton. The following week, in the inaugural Waikato RC Gr.3 Foxbridge Plate, he narrowly lost by half a length to the esteemed galloper MAINBRACE.

Beaumaris was then strategically prepared for the 1951 Gr.1 Auckland Cup with victory in the Cup Trial at Pukekohe, then went on to win the elite feature at Ellerslie which he won carrying 9st 3lb (58½ kg), establishing a new New Zealand record in the process. The win lifted his stake earning to £29,816, the greatest amount won by a galloper raced exclusively in New Zealand.

After failing in all four runs in the latter part of 1951, the Riccarton owner-trainer decided to retire his horse. Beaumaris retired at five and stood at stud for two seasons before dying prematurely from a virus. He established new records for the Dominion, achieving 3 minutes 20 seconds over two miles in the Auckland Cup, 2 minutes 29.5 seconds over a mile and a half at Riccarton, and 2 minutes 56 seconds over a mile and three-quarters in the St Leger. Of all the famous horses of the era, only GLOAMING, LIMERICK, HIGH CASTE and NIGHTMARCH superseded him in prize money at the time. Beaumaris died at Salisbury Stud, Tairei in 1954.

RACE RECORD - 48 starts: 14 wins - 17 placings

STAKES EARNINGS - £30,816

CRC New Zealand Derby

Churchill Stakes

Clifford Plate

Wellington Cup

Great Northern St Leger

Harcourt Handicap

Canterbury Gold Cup

Auckland Cup