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The TDN Europe Team is on sight at the 2021 Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale.

Agent David Ingordo has had great luck purchasing yearlings bred by Dixiana Farm with successful graded stakes winners Express Train and Midcourt. He went back to the well this year at the Keeneland September Sale for a $1.15 million colt by Quality Road.

Rosilyn Polan, the breeder of GIII-winning TDN Rising Star Wit, had a Keeneland September Sale to remember when her City of Light colt sold for $1.7 million. We visit her Sunday Morning Farm consignment here.

City of Light's first yearlings have been in high demand at the Keeneland September Sale with his leading progeny selling as the current topper, going for $1.7 million in Book 2. We took a look at some of his youngsters slated for Book 3.

The 2021 Keeneland September Yearling Sale got off to a hot start when 11 youngsters sold for seven figures during Book 1 of the annual auction. We checked in with Keeneland's Shannon Arvin and Tony Lacy, as well as a few top buyers and consignors.

Lynn Hancock is the fifth generation of her family to sell yearlings at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. We spoke with her about the Uncle Mo colt that brought $1.6 million this year and she shared a bit about her passion for the industry and her family's Stone Farm.

On the 100th edition of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale, the magic that is often associated with the town of Saratoga Springs was apparent throughout the two-day auction, which was delayed last year due to the pandemic. We spoke with a few consignors and buyers about the energy and atmosphere on the sales ground.

The highly-anticipated first crop of yearlings from Triple Crown hero Justify will hit the sales ring this summer, starting at the 100th edition of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. We visited a few cataloged for the annual showcase and spoke with Coolmore's Adrian Wallace on the trends he's seeing in the champion's young progeny.

Beautiful physical horses ruled the day at the 2021 July Sale, with Into Mischief taking home top honors with an $800,000 sale. Katie Ritz talks to the top buyers and sellers, as well as Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Brown, about the day which surpassed 2019.

This year, Essential Quality's victory in the Belmont S. gave Tapit his fourth winner in the Test of the Champion. One of the champion sire's other Belmont-winning sons Tapwrit will have his first crop of yearlings hit the market this year. Gainesway's Sean Tugel said that he believes Tapwrit is throwing his good-looking physical on to his first crops and that many of his yearlings reflect the balance and athleticism seen in their grandsire Tapit.

As the calendar reaches the midpoint of June and the summer heat starts to rise in the Bluegrass, yearling inspections for the 2021 Keeneland September Sale are well underway. Former bloodstock advisor and consignor Tony Lacy, who was named as Keeneland's Vice President of Sales this April, is in his element as his team travels across Kentucky and beyond inspecting the many young Thoroughbreds that will soon make up the massive catalog lineup come September. We tagged along with Lacy for an inspection of the yearlings at Three Chimneys Farm.

There's been a palpable good feeling all week at OBS for the auction house's marquee Spring 2-Year-Old Sale, and you need look no further than the full parking lot to explain why. Business is booming, but perhaps equally responsible for the positive vibes is the easing of coronavirus restrictions as the country rapidly becomes vaccinated, which means old friends seeing and hugging each other for the first time in a long time. Wednesday morning, Joe Bianca and Jon Green talked about that and much more with four consignors and buyers...