Sires With First Yearlings in 18 Look to Be A Special Group

It's been 11 years since the first yearlings from Tapit, Candy Ride (Arg), Medaglia d'Oro and Speightstown hit the market. That epic sire class now has 68 Grade I winners between them, according to the TDN Sire Lists, and no fewer than 88 active sire sons. We haven't seen a comparable group since—and really, not many before. But the incoming freshman, those with their first yearlings in 2018, hold as much latent promise as any of the past three decades, and it wouldn't be a shock if we look at them the same way 11 years from now.

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