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This year Claiborne Farm is celebrating the arrival of the first foals from 2018 GI Travers S. winner Catholic Boy. We visited the very first Catholic Boy foal to arrive at the farm, a colt out of the War Front mare Line. Claiborne's assistant broodmare manager Mary Ormsby said these first foals reflect "exactly what we want to see in a freshman sire.

In this edition of our "Foalin' Around" series, we stopped in at Claiborne Farm and met the first foal out of Grade I winner Elate. Assistant Broodmare Manager Mary Ormsby worked with Elate when she was a foal at Claiborne, and said that this newborn filly is Elate's mini-me. Elate was one of the top racehorses of her division not long ago, but now she's thriving in her new career as a mother.

Champion Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) arrived at Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa Thursday afternoon after completing her final phase of rehabilitation at WinStar Farm. The five-time Grade I winner will visit Hill 'n' Dale flagbearer Curlin. Midnight Bisou was preparing for her Breeders' Cup bid this fall when an sesamoid fracture incurred during a work at the end of September forced connections to retire the mare prematurely. Midnight Bisou shone as one of brightest stars at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Nov. 8. Co-owner Chuck Allen of Allen Racing couldn't...

Monomoy Girl has 12 wins in 14 starts and will wrap up her career in the November 7 Breeders' Cup Distaff, one day before she'll be offered for sale at Fasig-Tipton November. Monomoy Girl has been entered in the Fasig-Tipton November sale and it was widely believed that she would be retired after this year's Breeders' Cup. But on a teleconference Wednesday to announce the pre-entries for the Breeders' Cup, Cox said the possibility of her racing next year has been raised. After her outstanding 3-year-old campaign, Monomoy Girl dealt...

Although a minor injury prevented Midnight Bisou from making a final appearance at the Breeders' Cup this year, Jeff Bloom has found peace in remembering the unforgettable career of the Bloom Racing color-bearer as the highest-earning dirt mare of all time. Midnight Bisou wrapped up her 3-year-old season with two more graded victories, never finishing out of the money in her nine starts. But she upped her game further at four, finishing first in seven of eight starts and adding a trio of Grade I wins, highlighted by one of...

Six-time Grade I-winning turf specialist Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) will be offered at this year's Fasig-Tipton Night of Stars sale. As she prepares for her final Breeders' Cup appearance, her e5 family reflects on her unforgettable career. One year after their very first Breeders' Cup win with New Money Honey (Medaglia d'Oro) in 2016, Bob and Kristine Edwards of e5 Racing Thoroughbreds found themselves in the winner's circle once again for the same race, with the same trainer-jockey duo, when Rushing Fall (More Than Ready) claimed the Breeders' Cup...

Three-time Grade I winner Bast will be offered at this year's Fasig-Tipton 'Night of Stars' November Sale. Trainer Bob Baffert, Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura, and Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning speak on the daughter of Uncle Mo who will be offered in foal to Triple Crown hero Justify. After running second in her first start, Bast ran back in the GI Del Mar Debutante S. a few weeks later, soundly defeating the filly who had beaten her on debut and winning by almost nine lengths. She then made the quick trip...

She'll make just one more start in the Breeders' Cup Mile before she sells at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Michael Dubb talks about his horse of a lifetime. After Uni (GB) (More Than Ready)'s five-year-old campaign which concluded in the Champion Turf Female award, bloodstock advisors suggested to the partners in her ownership group that it might be time to retire and sell her. After all, the owners had probably already gotten more than they had bargained for: they had campaigned her at 3, 4, and 5, and watched her...

Dual Grade I winner She's a Julie will be offered on Nov. 8 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Owners Pete Bradley and Tim Cambron, and Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning talk on the daughter of Elusive Quality. Bradley first saw She's a Julie (Elusive Quality) at the 2016 Keeneland September Sale, and while impressed with her physical, a simple vet issue kept him from bidding. She was purchased by Steve Asmussen as agent for Carol Castille's Whispering Oaks. A favorite in the Asmussen barn for her bright personality and namesake Julie Asmussen,...

Nearly a decade after her last start on the racetrack, Hall of Famer and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta is still thriving in her career as a broodmare. We met her new foal, a filly by Candy Ride, at Lane's End Farm. Zenyatta's exceptional talent on the track has yet to be seen in her offspring, with her first foal Cozmic One (Bernardini) running unplaced in five starts, but now succeeding in the show ring. Her other son Ziconic (Tapit) also never visited the winner's circle. But in the...

Perfect Sting received an Eclipse Award in 2000 for Champion Grass Mare after she took the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. The homebred mare had a successful career as a broodmare at Adena Springs, and was recently retired after producing a filly by Awesome Again last year. Raced by Stronach Stables, Perfect Sting was a stakes winner by her third start as a juvenile and a three-time graded stakes winner as a sophomore, including consecutive Grade I victories in the Garden City Breeders' Cup H. and the Queen...

We visited Breeders' Cup champion Dayatthespa at her home at Stonestreet Farm and we relived some of her greatest moments in racing, particularly her many achievements at the Saratoga. We also met her new foal, a filly by Medaglia d'Oro.