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Grade I winner Perfect Alibi will be offered at this year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale in foal to champion sire Into Mischief. We sat down with her connections and learned more about the winner of the 2019 GII Adirondack S.and GI Spinaway S. at Saratoga.

Swiss Skydiver won the hearts of many in her battle with Kentucky Derby winner Authentic in the 2020 Preakness S. Now, the champion prepares to go through the ring at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. We spoke with Kenny McPeek on his special filly.

Champion Monomoy Girl arrived at Spendthrift Farm, where she will visit Into Mischief next year. We spoke with Ned Toffey on the fan-favorite chestnut and seven-time Grade I winner.

2016 Broodmare of the Year Leslie's Lady, the dam of Grade I winners Into Mischief, Beholder and Mendelssohn, has officially retired as a broodmare this spring. We visited the 25-year-old mare at Clarkland Farm and met her last two progeny-- a juvenile filly by Not This Time in training at Keeneland with Brad Cox named Marr Time and a yearling filly by Kantharos named Love You Irene.

Foaling Around With Laurens

Days after her victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff, Blue Prize was named the sales topper of the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November Sale when OXO Equine's Larry Best went to $5 million to purchase the $2.6 million earner for his growing broodmare band. She was initially paired with Spendthrift's Into Mischief and this year had her first foal, a filly foaled on Feb. 9 at Taylor Made Farm.

Anapurna (GB) won the Investec Oaks, G1, in 2019 as well as the Qatar Prix de Royallieu, G1 for her owner/breeder Meon Valley Stud. On the 25th of January this year Anapurna foaled her first foal, a chesnut filly by Lope De Vega (Ire). Mark Weinfeld, Managing Partner of Meon Valley Stud, said of the foal "As you can imagine we're absolutely delighted, to have a filly as her first foal is fantastic." Anapurna is due to visit Dubawi (GB) this year.

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...