Conditioned for racing by
Gerry Belanger, at age two Beau Genius began his racing career from a base at
Woodbine Racetrack in
Toronto. He won the 1987
Display Stakes, notably defeating third-place finisher
Regal Intention and was second to Regal Intention in the
Kingarvie Stakes. As a three-year-old, Beau Genius had his best result with a win in the important
Autumn Handicap then at four, racing for new trainer
Gerald Bennett, he won Florida's
Okeechobee Handicap and later at
Thistledown Racecourse in
Ohio, the
Thistledown Breeders' Cup Sprint Handicap. Competing at age five, Beau Genius had the best year of his racing career, winning on both fast and sloppy track surfaces. He won nine stakes races in 1990, beginning in January when
Bill Shoemaker rode him to victory in the
Hallandale Handicap at
Gulfstream Park. The win was the last of the
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee's illustrious career as a jockey. Among his other 1990 wins, Beau Genius handily defeated
Black Tie Affair to capture the
Isaac Murphy Handicap at
Arlington Park, beat
Opening Verse in winning the
Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap and won the Grade I
Philip H. Iselin Handicap at
Monmouth Park for his 6th straight win! Beau Genius made two more starts at age five, 3rd in the
Meadowlands Cup then 10th in the
Breeders Cup Classic then was retired to
stud having won more than $1 million. ==Stud career==