- Tompion
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Tompion
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sire =Tom Fool
grandsire =Menow
dam = Sunlight
damsire =Count Fleet
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1957
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Brown
breeder =Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
owner = Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
trainer =Robert L. Wheeler
record = 39: 11-11-6
earnings = $545,173
race = Hopeful Stakes (1959)
Malibu Stakes (1960)Santa Anita Derby (1960)Blue Grass Stakes (1960)Travers Stakes (1960)Bernard Baruch Handicap (1960)Malibu Stakes (1960)Aqueduct Handicap (1961)
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updated= December 4, 2006Tompion (born 1957) was an American
Thoroughbred race horse owned byCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney . Immaculately bred, Tompion was the son of the Hall of Fame horseTom Fool . His damsire wasCount Fleet , the 1943 U.S. Triple Crown champion.Trained by
Robert L. Wheeler , as a two-year-old, Tompion won the Hopeful Stakes, and placed in the Champagne Stakes, the Hollywood Juvenile Championship, theSaratoga Special Stakes and theSanford Stakes . He came third in the Garden State Stakes and the Haggin Stakes.Ridden by
Willie Shoemaker , at age three Tompion won theSanta Anita Derby and theBlue Grass Stakes . The favorite going into the 1960Kentucky Derby , the colt threw a shoe and finished fourth behind winnerVenetian Way and runners-upBally Ache and Victoria Park. After losing the shoe, Tompion's hoof was injured by one of the nails and as a result he missed thePreakness Stakes but still went into theBelmont Stakes as the betting favorite. After a head-to-head duel with Derby winner Venetian Way, he tired in the longer 1½ mile race and finished fourth to winnerCeltic Ash . That year Tompion went on to win theTravers Stakes ,Bernard Baruch Handicap andMalibu Stakes . He placed in the Jersey Derby, theLawrence Realization Stakes , and the Leonard Richards Stakes. In theSan Miguel Stakes he came home third.Racing at age four, Tompion won the
Aqueduct Handicap , placed in theUnited Nations Handicap , and the San Fernando Stakes. He took third place in the Saratoga Handicap and the Fayette Handicap.Tompion was sent to
France to stand at stud, and then at the age of 18, went toJapan . He was the sire of eleven stakes winners.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/tompion Tompion's pedigree]
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