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Darley's Astern looks to make a splash at this year's yearling sales with his first crop of American yearlings. Darren Fox spoke to us on Astern's rich pedigree, and how that has translated onto his progeny. Having raced exclusively in Australia for trainer John O'Shea, Astern won on debut before taking the G2 Silver Slipper S. and the G3 Kindergarten S. From there, he won the G2 Run to the Rose followed by the G1 Golden Rose. Astern is out of the winning mare Essaouira, who also produced Alizee (Sepoy),...

GI winner Mastery was a standout first-crop sire with his first weanlings averaging over six times his stud fee last year. We spoke with breeder Arthur Hancock, as well as Claiborne's Bernie Sams about the son of Candy Ride. There are many unknowns about the son of Candy Ride (Arg), as he may have never reached his full potential on the track when an injury forced him to retire prematurely. But his four-for-four career start had garnered talk of Kentucky Derby favoritism after dominating performances in the GI Los Alamitos...

26-year-old Tale Of The Cat has had an illustrious career both on the track as a Grade I winner and at stud as a 7-time Grade I producer. We visited the son of Storm Cat at Coolmore's Ashford Stud. Tale of the Cat's pedigree is infused with Coolmore-affiliated blood, both old and new, with his grandsire Storm Bird the founding stallion at Ashford Stud. His dam Yarn (Mr. Prospector), part of a prominent breed-shaping broodmare duo with her full sister Preach, also produced Minardi (Boundary), who was bred like Tale...

Lane's End's GI-winning millionaire Connect sees his first yearlings take on the sales season this fall. The son of Curlin was noticed for his commercial appeal at last year's weanling sales, and his farm hopes that he can emulate the success again this year. Advertised at a $20,000 stud fee for the past three years, his first weanlings averaged $65,120 with 29 of 38 sold. A total of 68 Connect yearlings are cataloged for the Keeneland September Sale, including hip 649, a half-sister to Grade I winner and this year's...

Gun Runner's first crop of yearlings are set for the start of the 2020 sales season. After leading his class as a first-crop weanling sire, the two-time Eclipse champion looks to make headlines again with his yearlings. The son of Candy Ride (Arg) led all sires of first weanlings with an average of $275,923 with 13 of 14 sold, including a filly out of two-time Grade I winner Love and Pride (A.P Indy) who was the highest-priced weanling at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale, selling for $750,000 to Mike Ryan. A...

The first two-year-olds for the fastest Grade One Miler in history hit the tracks in 2020. Tourist, standing at WinStar Farm.

With multiple Graded Stakes wins, Audible is the best Into Mischief we've ever seen. Audible, standing at WinStar Farm.

Sire of Belmont Stakes contender Tiz The Law and numerous Graded Stakes winners, he's the son of Tapit we've been waiting for. Constitution, standing at WinStar Farm.

WinStar's Speightster was represented by a $1.1-million dollar juvenile at the OBS Spring Sale. He's also already had his first winner, a filly named Queen Arella. We spoke to Sean Tugel about the freshman sire. WinStar's Speightstown continues to prove himself as an accomplished sire of sires. Already, he's had four sons go on to produce Grade I winners and just in the last two years, he's seen eight additional sons, including GISW Force the Pass and the multiple graded stakes-winning Qurbaan, begin their stud careers. In 2017, WinStar welcomed...

It is the commitment of all those who work behind the scenes that has gotten this great sport through unprecedented times. Soon we will all Runhappy again. Runhappy, standing at Claiborne Farm.

Darley's Street Sense could be primed for his biggest year yet with the likes of GI winner McKinzie, Derby hopeful Maxfield, and TDN Rising Star Cazadero. We spoke with Darren Fox about the hot sire. This year, Street Sense is a stallion sales manager's dream. The three time GI winner's race record speaks for itself, but now his top progeny are looking to make this their sire's biggest year yet. Street Sense spent a year in Japan in 2013 after starting off his first five years at stud at his...

A leader in his sire crop in every category and a top five sire by black type winners. His progeny includes Grade 1 winners Cistron and Noted And Quoted. With dozens of six digit yearling sales he's a proven sire of the track of the sales ring. The Factor, standing at Lane's End.