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‘Pharoah’ Doubles Up in February S.

Café Pharoah (American Pharoah) returned to the winner's circle for the first time since landing the 2021 G1 February S. in the 2022 version, and became the second horse to win two editions after Copany Rickey (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) in 2014/15. A “Win And You're In” for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic in November, the 1600-metre race saw the Noryuki Hori-trained runner draw off by 2 ½ lengths from T M South Dan (Jpn) (South Vigorous), with the popular white filly Sodashi (Jpn) (Kurofune) ran third, another half-length back.

In touch with the first flight as Sunrise Hope (Jpn) (Majestic Warrior) cleared the field, the 4-1 shot perched in between horses in fifth. The bay edged closer to the vanguard once Yuichi Fukunaga relaxed his hold as T M South Dan took over pacesetting duties from Sunrise Hope and hit the half-mile pole in :46.80. Sunrise Hope began a gradual retreat and Sodashi had dead aim on T M South Dan. Surging three deep, Café Pharoah began to let down strongly as Sodashi tired at the quarter pole, and took over the lead from T M South Dan with 200 metres to travel. He maintained the advantage all the way to the line, covering the 1600 metres in a snappy 1:33.80 in the mud, tying the track record.

“Mr. Hori and I went over the tactics before the race and everything went as planned,” said pilot Yuichi Fukunaga, who was returning from an injury sustained during the Longines Hong Kong International Races. “Cafe Pharoah's start wasn't that sharp but he recovered well and we were able to sit in a good position, in third, where he didn't have to bear too much sand in his face, which was what I was hoping for. After that I just tried to keep him focused especially after taking over the lead in the final stages. I'm grateful to the connections who offered me this ride even before I had fully recovered from the fall in Hong Kong and am happy that I was able to do a good job.”

Knocked down for $475,000 to Narvick International, agent, after breezing a quarter in :21.1 at the OBS March Sale in 2019, the 5-year-old entire won his first three starts at two and three, with stakes victories in the Listed Hyacinth S. and G3 Unicorn S. Later that year, he added the G3 Sirius S. and, after a sixth-place run in the G1 Champions Cup in December fo 2020, put it all together in the 2021 February S. The Paul Pompa, Jr.-bred bay was off the board in his next three starts, among them the Champions Cup at Chukyo on Dec. 5 when last seen.

 

Pedigree Notes
One of three Grade/Group 1 winners for his American Triple Crown-winning sire, Café Pharoah is also the first of the trio to win twice at the highest level. Of the Coolmore Ashford resident's 24 stakes winners, 13 have been grade/group winners.

Since his February S. win last year, Café Pharoah's year-older half-sister Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) became a Grade I winner herself with an 2 1/2-length win in the GI Matriarch S. at Del Mar in the colours of Peter Brant's White Birch Farm. Also a winner of four other graded stakes including Saratoga's GII Lake Placid S. over her career, she had sold for $975,000 out of the Paul Pompa, Jr. Dispersal at Keeneland January in 2021, while their dam, Mary's Follies had been knocked down to BBA Ireland on a bid of $500,000 at the same sale. The first foal out of the dam was the GIII Dania Beach S. and GIII Transylvania S. hero Night Prowler (Giant's Causeway). Mary's Follies's 4-year-old colt by Uncle Mo died, while she also has a 3-year-old colt by Candy Ride (Arg) and a juvenile colt by Connect. She aborted after being bred to Curlin in 2020, and re-visited Coolmore Ashford's American Pharoah last spring.

 

Sunday, Tokyo, Japan
FEBRUARY S.-G1, ¥232,980,000, Tokyo, 2-20, 4yo/up, 1600m, 1:33.80, my.
1–CAFE PHAROAH, 126, h, 5, by American Pharoah
                1st Dam: Mary's Follies (MGSW-US, $338,889),
                                by More Than Ready
                2nd Dam: Catch the Queen, by Miswaki
                3rd Dam: Wave to the Queen, by Wavering Monarch
($475,000 2yo '19 OBSMAR). O-Koichi Nishikawa; B-Paul P.
Pompa (KY); T-Noryuki Hori; J-Yuichi Fukunaga. ¥123,486,000.
Lifetime Record: 11-6-0-0. *1/2 to Night Prowler (Giant's
Causeway), MGSW-US, $475,682; and Regal Glory (Animal
Kingdom), GISW-US, $1,529,884. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click
   for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–T M South Dan (Jpn), 126, h, 5, South Vigorous–Moving Out
(Jpn), by Langfuhr. 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (¥17,280,000
Ylg '18 JBBAAUG). O-Masatsugu Takezono; B-Grand Farm
(Jpn); ¥48,996,000.
3–Sodashi (Jpn), 121, f, 4, Kurofune–Buchiko (Jpn), by King
Kamehameha (Jpn). O-Makoto Kaneko Holdings; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥30,498,000.
Margins: 2HF, HF, NK. Odds: 4.10, 7.90, 7.20.
Also Ran: Soliste Thunder (Jpn), Time Flyer (Jpn), Red le Zele (Jpn), Arctos (Jpn), Sunrise Nova (Jpn), Air Spinel (Jpn), Mutually (Jpn), Inti (Jpn), Sunrise Hope (Jpn), Suave Aramis (Jpn), Teorema (Jpn), Daiwa Cagney (Jpn), K T Brave (Jpn).
Click for the JRA chart & video or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Regal Glory Goes Gate To Wire In Matriarch Stakes At Del Mar

No one wanted the lead in the Matriarch Stakes so Jose Ortiz and Regal Glory decided to take it all the way to the winner's circle. The 5-year-old mare went gate to wire in the Grade 1 stakes on the final day of the Bing Crosby season at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.

The field of six fillies and mares were all group or graded stakes winners, including Princess Grace, who was a last-out third in the G2 Goldikova on the Breeders' Cup undercard Nov. 6 at Del Mar, and Regal Glory, who shipped west from her last-out second-place finish in the First Lady at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. With no obvious early speed in the race, the field broke evenly, Jose Ortiz taking advantage of the absence of a clear pacesetter to send Regal Glory to the lead by 2 1/2 lengths. Zofelle was second and Viadera third as Regal Glory set fractions of :24.06 and :48.50, controlling the pace around the first turn and down the backstretch.

Into the far turn, Regal Glory held a two-length lead, as Zoffelle and Viadera started their closing moves. The daughter of Animal Kingdom was able to maintain her lead down the stretch, striding out to a three-length lead in the last sixteenth. Zofelle held on for second, with Princess Grace passing Viadera late to take third.

The final time for the one-mile Matriarch was 1:35.33. Find this race's chart here.

Regal Glory paid $5.20, $3.00, and $2.10. Zofelle paid $5.40 and $3.00. Princess Grace paid $2.40.

Bred in Kentucky by the late Paul Pompa, Regal Glory is out of the More Than Ready mare Mary's Follies, a graded stakes winner. She is owned by Peter Brant and trained by Chad Brown, who scores his second stakes win of the day after Juddmonte Farm's Verbal won the G3 Cecil B. DeMille earlier on Sunday's card. Consigned by Lane's End, the 5-year-old mare was sold to White Birch Farm for $925,000 at the January 2021 Keeneland Horses of All Ages Sale. With her win in the G1 Matriarch, Regal Glory has three wins in five starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of 16-9-4-0 and career earnings of $1,244,884.

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American-Bred Figure Prominently In Japanese Group Races

The summer season in Japan customarily sees that country's heaviest turf hitters awaiting major late summer and early fall, and a pair of American-bred runners should have a say in the outcome of this weekend's two major races at group level on the turf.

Cafe Pharoah (American Pharoah), winner of this year's G1 February S. going a mile over the Tokyo dirt track (video) and one of 14 winners from 18 Japanese starters for his sire, switches to the grass for Sunday's $709,167 G3 Hakodate Kinen over the metric mile and a quarter at Hakodate Racecourse. The 4-year-old, bred by the late Paul Pompa, Jr., has an outstanding pedigree for the turf, as he is out of Mary's Follies (More Than Ready), a two-time graded winner on the grass, first for the late John Forbes in the 2009 GIII Boiling Springs S. and later for Pompa and Chad Brown in that year's GII Mrs. Revere S.

Mary's Follies has gone on to an outstanding career in the breeding shed, accounting for dual turf graded winner Night Prowler (Giant's Causeway) and 'TDN Rising Star' Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom), who saluted in the GII Lake Placid S. and GIII Lake George S. in 2019 before adding last year's GIII Kentucky Downs Ladies' Turf S. Following Pompa's unexpected passing last fall, Mary's Follies sold for $500,000 in foal to Curlin at Keeneland January, while Regal Glory fetched $925,000 as a racing/broodmare prospect from Peter Brant.

Leading rider Christophe Lemaire has the call on the $475,000 OBS March graduate from gate one in a field of 16.

The progressive Lotus Land (Point of Entry) has earned her way back into group competition with three facile victories in a row and should have her fair share of backers in Sunday's $683,287 G3 Toyota Sho Chukyo Kinen at Kokura Racecourse.

Bred in Kentucky by Dr. Naoya Yoshida and Dr. Aaron Sones, has finished outside the top three just once in her career, when down the field in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in 2019, but is three-for-four in 2021, including a 1 3/4-length tally when last seen in the Listed Yonago S. going a mile at Hanshin June 19 (see below, gate 13).

One of a half-dozen females in a field of 12, Lotus Land will be ridden by Kota Fujioka in the nine-furlong test.

 

WATCH: Lotus Land winning the Listed Yonago S.

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Pompa Dispersal Marks End of an Era

The late longtime owner and breeder Paul Pompa, Jr., was a prominent figure in horse racing over the past two decades. The former owner of Truck Rite Corp. campaigned the likes of dual Classic winner Big Brown (Boundary) and champion Stardom Bound (Tapit) in partnership and was the sole owner of Grade I winners Connect (Curlin) and Backseat Rhythm (El Corredor). Several Pompa homebreds carried his silks to graded victories, such as Night Prowler (Giant’s Causeway), Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) and Turned Aside (American Pharoah).

The latter two are among a group of 39 Pompa-owned horses to be offered in a complete dispersal at the upcoming Keeneland January sale due to Pompa’s unexpected passing Oct. 10.

“Paul’s family was really not involved in horses,” said Jerry McClenin, Pompa’s cousin-in-law and stable manager. “They’d come to the track to see a race here and there. Paul had instructed me, that if anything were to happen to him, to disperse all of the horses. He had cancer a few years ago and he told me this back then. He placed it in his will also.”

Lane’s End is handling the dispersal, which includes 17 racing/breeding prospects, 12 broodmares and 10 short yearlings, most of whom are by Pompa’s GI Cigar Mile hero Connect.

“Honestly, this is the kind of situation you hate to be in as a farm and as a consignor,” Lane’s End’s Director of Sales Allaire Ryan said. “It goes without saying that we are doing this with heavy hearts. Mr. Pompa was such a hands-on owner. Anything I did for him, I always worked directly with him from start to finish. He was so passionate about horses and racing as a fan, caretaker and investor. Those are the types of people this industry needs.”

Ryan continued, “This dispersal is a sad thing to go through, but at the same time we are very proud of it. For Mr. Pompa to entrust Lane’s End with his breeding stock and his stallion Connect was huge. It was a big honor for us. He was a client you quickly grew to love and admire. We hope it goes well and is something he would be proud of.”

One of the most attractive offerings in the sale is Pompa’s homebred MGSW Regal Glory (Hip 403). Out of fellow MGSW Mary’s Follies (More Than Ready), the 5-year-old mare currently boasts a record of 11-6-3-0 with earnings of $773,884. Trained by Chad Brown, the chestnut captured the Penn Oaks, GIII Lake George S. and GII Lake Placid S. in 2019 and placed in two additional graded events. Kicking off 2020 with a second to her MGISW stablemate Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in Belmont’s GIII Intercontinental S. June 6, Regal Glory was fourth to that foe again in that venue’s GI Just a Game S. 21 days later and closed out the year with a win in the GIII Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf S. Sept. 12.

“She is a lovely mare,” said Ryan. “Mr. Pompa was such a good caretaker of his horses. He always did right by the horses. This mare was so well managed between Mr. Pompa and Chad Brown. On top of her race record, she is a beautiful physical. She is going to have a lot of appeal to buyers.”

Her dam Mary’s Follies (Hip 725) and her now-yearling half-brother by Connect (Hip 726) will also be available at Keeneland next week. Pompa privately purchased Mary’s Follies after her victory in the 2009 GIII Boiling Springs S. at Monmouth Park for trainer John Forbes. Transferred to Rick Dutrow, the bay finished second in the Lake George in her first start for Pompa and went on to win the GII Mrs. Revere S. at Churchill in 2010. The now-15-year-old mare has been a blue hen for Pompa’s operation. Her first foal, Night Prowler, carried Pompa’s silks for five seasons, winning two graded events and placing in two others. He was claimed away from Pompa in 2018 and won the Barbados Gold Cup this term. Regal Glory was her fourth foal and she was followed by Café Pharoah (American Pharoah), a $475,000 OBSMAR buy, who is a multiple graded stakes winner in Japan.

“She looks like a 10-year-old mare,” Ryan said of Mary’s Follies. “She is a beautiful mare, all quality and looks a lot like More Than Ready. She is correct and is just one of those solid citizen mares that, when you see her, you can completely understand why she has been so successful. Unfortunately, she is not pregnant, but she would be a very valuable addition to anyone’s breeding program. She has been a very versatile mare and the cornerstone of his breeding operation to date.”

Another major highlight of the Pompa consignment is the ultra-consistent Grade III winner Turned Aside (Hip 1563). Winning twice as a juvenile in 2019, the Linda Rice trainee kicked off his sophomore season last term with a second in Belmont’s Sir Cat S. and scored a decisive victory in Saratoga’s GIII Quick Call S. next out. The bay did not appear fond of the unusual turf course at Kentucky Downs when fifth in the GIII Franklin-Simpson S. in September. Turned Aside got right back to his winning ways when he returned to New York, defeating the likes of GI Woodbine Mile winner El Tormenta (Stormy Atlantic) in the Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship S. last time out Nov. 28. Only off the board twice in his career thus far, the homebred currently has a record of 9-4-2-1 and earnings of $241,967.

“He’s definitely an exciting prospect,” Ryan said. “Obviously, a turn-key opportunity for somebody looking to go back to the racetrack and have some fun. He has been a really honest, consistent racehorse. American Pharoah is off to a great start. He is out of a young, stakes-placed War Front mare, who Mr. Pompa raced himself. He is coming into this sale in very good shape and I think he is going to generate plenty of interest.”

Turned Aside’s graded stakes-placed dam Sustained (War Front) is offered as Hip 463 and her short-yearling colt by Connect follows her as Hip 464. The 10-year-old mare is back in foal to Connect.

Pompa’s broodmare band is full of quality, but two other standouts are the Bernardini mares Proper Mad (Hip 793) and Seaside Escape (Hip 425). Out of SW Private Gift (Unbridled), Proper Mad is a half to MSW & GSP Secret Someone (A.P. Indy) and the dam of Grade I-winning millionaire Dunbar Road (Quality Road). A daughter of GSW & MGISP Promenade Girl (Carson City), Seaside Escape is a half to MGISW and multi-millionaire Cavorting (Bernardini). Both mares are in foal to Connect.

Country Grammer (Tonalist), who also carried Pompa’s red, green and white colors to a graded win in 2020, is likely to be popular with buyers at Keeneland (Hip 1568). A $450,000 OBSAPR acquisition, the bay was third in his seasonal debut last June in a Belmont allowance, but captured the GIII Peter Pan S., which was run at Saratoga last year, in his next start. Last seen finishing fifth in the GI Runhappy Travers S. Aug. 8, the Chad Brown pupil currently has a record of 6-2-0-1 and earnings of $157,320.

“He is back in training at WinStar and looks magnificent,” said Ryan. “He was given a little time off, but is back under tack now and jogging up to the sale. He is a picture of a horse, talk about size, scope and balance. He is an accomplished horse already and quality individual.”

The Pompa dispersal also includes a promising group of newly minted sophomores, topped by impressive debut winner Spirit Maker (Empire Maker) (Hip 1561). Running well back off the pace in eighth in his Nov. 28 unveiling at Aqueduct, the $330,000 OBSAPR buy rallied smartly in the lane to earn his diploma for trainer Todd Pletcher.

“He is definitely an exciting prospect just based on the talent that he showed in his first start back in November,” Ryan said. “He is another horse who has been really well managed and is owned in partnership with WinStar. He should also appeal to anybody looking for something turn key. It was a race that gave him a bit of an education. It was not an easy trip and he handled it professionally.”

Some of the Pompa Estate’s other 3-year-olds could have some timely updates in races this weekend. Homebred Carillo (Union Rags) (Hip 1566) debuts in race six at Aqueduct Friday against fellow Pompa colorbearer Cost Average (Speightster) (Hip 1567). The former is trained by Brown and the latter is making his third start for Pletcher. Brown is also unveiling Untreated (Nyquist) (Hip 1564), a $550,000 KEESEP acquisition, in the fifth race at Gulfstream Saturday.

The Keeneland January Sale kicks off Monday, but the first Pompa horse to go through the ring will be Regal Glory at the start of Tuesday’s session.

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