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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2021 MONOMOY GIRL TARGETING BAYAKOA POMPA DISPERSAL Champion Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) will make her 2021 debut MARKS END OF AN ERA in the GIII Bayakoa S. Feb. 15 at Oaklawn, trainer Brad Cox told the track=s notes team. A lock to win her second championship after a perfect 2020 season capped by a victory in the GI Breeders= Cup Distaff in November, the chestnut was purchased by Spendthrift for $9.5 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale and returned to the Cox barn for a 2021 campaign. AHonestly, with her breeze this past weekend, she=s probably a little ahead of schedule, as far as where I thought she would be,@ Cox said. AWe never took her out of training. We just backed off of her. She=s as good as ever, to be honest with you. She=s a monster.@ Cont. p6 Paul Pompa and Regal Glory | Sarah Andrew IN TDN EUROPE TODAY By Christie DeBernardis VALUE SIRES PART 1: THE NEWCOMERS The late longtime owner and breeder Paul Pompa, Jr., was a Kelsey Riley checks out the stallions who are retiring to stud prominent figure in horse racing over the past two decades. The this year in Europe. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN former owner of Truck Rite Corp. campaigned the likes of dual Europe. 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. APaul=s family was really not involved in horses,@ said Jerry McClenin, Pompa=s cousin-in-law and stable manager. AThey=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. AHonestly, 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. 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Ray Villa [email protected] [email protected] WORLDWIDE INFORMATION International Editor Kelsey Riley @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 9 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JANUARY 8, 2021 Regal Glory | Sarah Andrew Ryan continued, AIt 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. 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. AShe is a lovely mare,@ said Ryan. AMr. 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. Cont. p4 THE FASTEST BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC WINNER EVER. Thoro-Graph VINO ROSSO -6 ¼ Arrogate -5 Saint Liam -4 ¾ Ghostzapper -4 ½ Curlin -4 American Pharoah -3 ½ Curlin – Mythical Bride | $25,000 S&N TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • JANUARY 8, 2021 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 Cafe Pharoah (American Pharoah), a $475,000 OBSMAR buy, who is a multiple graded stakes winner in Japan. AShe looks like a 10-year-old mare,@ Ryan said of Mary=s Follies. AShe 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.@ Turned Aside | Sarah Andrew 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. Cont. p5 JANUARY MON, JAN. 11 – THURS. 14 SUPPLEMENTS TO BOOK 1 Selling Monday, Jan. 11 and Tuesday, Jan. 12 HIP 400A NEW! HIP 400G HIP 800F THIS JUST IN ’19 PIONEEROF THE ‘20 GUN RUNNER- Daughter of War Front out of the NILE- MY BABY BABY FILLY Smart Strike mare Verdura and from KOODORI DAWN FILLY Out of a Grade 3-winning mare and half- the family of Group 1 winner 2-year-old filly out of the Tale of the sister to Stakes winner Wholehearted. War Command. Cat mare Koodori Dawn, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Dance to Bristol HIP 400B and from the family of G1 winners HIP 800H General Assembly, Chief Honcho and ’20 MENDELSSOHN- WICKED RIDE Poet’s Voice (GB).