Beauty Generation

Beauty Generation's dam was a descendant of Eulogy (foaled 1911), a British mare who was exported to New Zealand and was the ancestor of numerous major winners including Dundeel, Red Handed, Bonecrusher and Ambitious Dragon.

On 6 February Randwick Racecourse he took on older horses in a handicap race over 1600 metres and won again, coming home more than two lengths in front of Kellyville Flyer.

[4] At the end of the season Montaigne was sold privately to Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen and exported to Hong Kong where he was renamed Beauty Generation and sent into training with John Moore.

On 27 December the gelding ran second on his Hong Kong debut and then recorded his first success for his new connections when he won the Violet Handicap over 1600 metres on 17 January, beating California Disegno by a head.

In April he was dropped back in class for the Jinbao Street Handicap over 2200 metres and won again, beating Eagle Way by a short head.

[6] On his final run of the season he was stepped up in trip for the 2400 metre Queen Mother Memorial Cup and finished unplaced behind Eagle Way.

[8] In the Jockey Club Mile on 19 November he started favourite, but in a closely contested finish he was beaten into third place behind Seasons Bloom and Helene Paragon.

[11] On 28 January Beauty Generation finished only seventh to Seasons Bloom in the Stewards' Cup after which Leung lost the ride on the gelding.

After racing in second place he took the lead 400 metres out and accelerated away from the field to win in "impressive" style by two and three quarter lengths from Ping Hai Star.

[16] On 20 October he repeated his 2017 success in the Sha Tin Trophy, winning by half a length from Singapore Sling, to whom he was conceding sixteen pounds, after leading from the start.

[18] On 9 December Beauty Generation attempted to repeat his 2017 success in the Hong Kong Mile and started odds-on favorite in a fourteen-runner field.

Beauty Only, Singapore Sling and Southern Legend were again in opposition while the international contingent included Vivlos (Dubai Turf), Persian Knight (Mile Championship) and Mozu Ascot (Yasuda Kinen) from Japan, One Master (Prix de la Forêt) and Beat The Bank (Summer Mile Stakes) from England, Comin' Through (Doomben Cup) from Australia and Inns of Court (Prix du Palais-Royal) from France.

On 28 April the gelding attempted to repeat his 2018 success in the Champions Mile and went off at odds of 1/20 against six opponents headed by Conte and Singapore Sling.

[27] His victory made him the first horse to win eight races in a Hong Kong season and took his lifetime earnings to HK$84,770,000 beating the record set by Viva Pataca.