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Just a few weeks into breeding season, the TDN paid a visit to Denali Stud and met the foals out of elite mares like champion Shamrock Rose and Grade I winner Dream Tree. Cuteness overload!

The famed Haras du Quesnay prepares for the final dispersal of their breeding stock at the Arqana Vente d'Elevage Sale.

G1 Matron Stakes winner Pearls Galore is one of the headline acts for the Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions and along with her impressive race record she hails from a strong maternal family that should continue to develop with the help of her owner breeder Andreas Putsch of Haras de Saint Pair. Her trainer Paddy Twomey tells us more about Pearls Galore.

Team Valor have a reputation for selling high class fillies who have gone on to become top broodmares and at this year's Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions they are offering La Petite Coco who is G1 winner. Barry Irwin of Team Valor outlines the reason why La Petite Coco is an interesting prospect.

Desert Berry is the dam of this year's Derby winner Desert Crown and is one of the highlight lots for the inaugural Sceptre Sessions at Tattersalls December Mare Sale. Her owner Gary Robinson tells about Desert Berry and the reasons she is entered in the sale.

Dual G1 winner Saffron Beach has an entry for the Hong Kong International meeting but before she might take up that entry she is due to sell at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale, Sceptre Sessions. Her trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam reflects on the career of Saffron Beach.

Alcohol Free, a G1 winner at two, three, and four, is one of the headline acts catalogued for the inaugural Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale. Her trainer Andrew Balding tells us what she has been like to train and why is she one to take note of at the sale.

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay has become one of the country's top echelon of breeders, and this fall, he'll offer one of the jewels in his crown when he offers Pizza Bianca for sale in Fasig-Tipton's November Sale. We talk to her trainer, Christophe Clement.

For over two years, Campanelle has been a consistent presence in Ward's converted tobacco barn adjacent to the Keeneland grounds. The Stonestreet Stables representative has thrived on racing's biggest stages throughout her career, earning two victories at Royal Ascot and claiming the 2020 G1 Darley Prix Morny in Deauville, but soon she will make what could well be the final start of her career on her home turf in Lexington for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. From there, Campanelle will travel to Fasig-Tipton for the 'Night of the Stars'...

Separated by just one year in age, Bellafina (Quality Road -Akron Moon, by Malibu Moon) and Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo - Coin Broker {Ire}, by Montjeu {Ire}) were both $800,000 2-year-old purchases for owner-breeder Kaleem Shah. Both were brilliant juveniles on the racetrack, with one becoming a 'TDN Rising Star' on debut and the other winning a pair of Grade I contests at two, and they each went on to achieve further graded stakes success throughout their careers. Retired from racing after their 2020 campaigns, they now both have one...

Bell's the One is by far the best horse Neil Pessin has ever trained. While she will soon sell at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars Sale, we visited the Grade I-winning mare and her conditioner as they enjoy their last few weeks together.

Five-time Grade I winner and champion Gamine will sell in foal to Quality Road at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars Sale.