LESS than two years ago Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm paid $925,000 for the then five-year-old Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux) mare Regal Glory at the dispersal sale in Keeneland of the late Paul Pompa of Sam-Son Farms.

A stakes winner at two, a Grade 2 winner at three, Regal Glory was also a graded stakes winner at four. Possessing a strong pedigree as a full-sister to the Japanese Group 3 winner Café Pharoah (American Pharoah) and half-sister to the Grade 3 winner Night Prowler (Giant’s Causeway), Regal Glory was one of a trio of stakes winning offspring from Mary’s Follies (More Than Ready), herself a Grade 2 winner.