Brazen Beau

Pedigree notes

Brazen Beau is the leading sire son of multiple Champion Sire I Am Invincible. He has sired over 5% Stakes winners to runners from 450 runners and is the clear leader in this department among his peer group of stallions.

These excellent stats have been recognised in the marketplace where his yearlings have averaged well over $100,000 in all six sales seasons, with 57 of his 321 sales horses making $200,000 or more and selling for up to $1.15 million. He has attracted strong books every season so his tally of 24 Stakes winners and 36 total Stakes performers is certain to keep rising.

It is noticeable that with a return of Danzig in the mare Brazen Beau’s strike rate is just below his average but if the mare carries Danehill his strike rate is way below his average.

Nevertheless, 2023’s G2 Blue Diamond Prelude (Fillies) winner Exploring and G2 Silver Slipper runner-up Tassort are both out of Exceed And Excel mares, while the $500,000-plus Staes winners Larimer Street and Bello Beau are out of mares by Redoute’s Choice and Flying Spur respectively.

G1 Statistics
Brazen Beau is the sire of FIVE G1 performers to date. Two are out of Lonhro mares with another having a second dam by Octagonal from the same Zabeel sire line. His G1 winner Pretty Bubbles is out of a mare by Sebring whose dam is by Flying Spur, while his multiple G2 winner, G1-placed Pretty Brazen has a dam by Encosta de Lago who is closely related to Flying Spur and both those sires descend from the same female line as Brazen Beau himself.

Best Nicks
Brazen Beau’s best nicks are with Lonhro, Shamardal and his son Lope de Vega, and the closely related leading broodmare sires Encosta de Lago and Flying Spur.
THREE of his 13 Group winners are out of Lonhro mares, a great return from 11 runners.
From just SEVEN runners out of mares by Shamardal or his son Lope de Vega, Brazen Beau has sired TWO Stakes winners and THREE Stakes placings for 5/7 Stakes horses (71.4% Stakes performers to runners), which is a very strong nick. The data set is still quite young but the early evidence is very convincing.
Brazen Beau has a Stakes winner each out of just a few mares each by More Than Ready and his son Sebring. He also has a Stakes winner and a Stakes placing out of 15 runners from Exceed And Excel mares (12% Stakes horses to runners).

Inbreeding / Linebreeding options
Brazen Beau’s fifth dam Windy Answer is also the sixth dam of Encosta de Lago and fifth dam of Flying Spur. This female line is more familiar to breeders through the mare Rolls closer up in those two great sires and broodmare sires.

Inbreeding to Rolls (by Mr Prospector) has been very successful leaving a long list of elite performers including Alligator Blood, Fangirl, Mizzy, Mascarpone, Speak Fondly, Sejardan, Aethero, The Astrologist and rising star Buenos Noches.

Brazen Beau is also inbred to the blue hen mare Lady Angela who is the dam of Nearctic and grandam of Northern Taste, both champion sires who are now appearing further back in pedigrees. Nearctic’s son Northern Dancer is ubiquitous in modern pedigrees so his descendants often provide multiple reinforcements of Lady Angela when mated with Brazen Beau.

Strategy One
Brazen Beau loves Lonhro mares, THREE Stakes winners from 11 runners is 27.3% Stakes winners to runners. Mares by Lonhro’s sons such as Pierro, Exosphere or Denman should suit him. Zabeel blood close up in the mare could be just as satisfactory as indicated by the Brazen Beau cross over Zabeel anywhere in the mare which has 34 runners for FIVE Stakes winners (14.7% Stakes winners to runners).

Strategy Two
Brazen Beau has some of his best results with mares by Shamardal and that stallion’s son Lope de Vega. This cross has SEVEN runners, SIX winners, FIVE Stakes horses, TWO Group winners - home run!
Other sources of Shamardal would include mares by Puissance de Lune, Belardo or Crackerjack King.

Strategy Three
Inbreeding to Brazen Beau’s female family using mares by Encosta de Lago and Flying Spur or with those two sires anywhere in their pedigrees.
Brazen Beau/Encosta de Lago anywhere in the mare has 21 runners, 18 winners, TWO Stakes winners including G2 winner, G1-placed Pretty Brazen.
Brazen Beau/Flying Spur anywhere in the mare has 21 runners, 14 winners, TWO Stakes winners including G1 winner On The Bubbles.
Both crosses are producing around 10% Stakes winners to runners from early returns.