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Come along with bloodstock agent and co-owner of Highgate Sales, Jacob West, as he looks for future stars in Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

MarketWatch Interview: Dean Roethemeier

First crop stallion Coal Front, a graded stakes winning son of Stay Thirsty, was represented by his first black-type stakes winner Sept. 9 when Xtreme Diva captured the Northern Lights Debutante Stakes at Canterbury Park.

The scholarship recipients will participate in the 2024 Irish National Stud Thoroughbred Breeding Management Program.

Spendthrift Farm’s Tamara conjured memories of her Hall of Fame mother Beholder while stamping herself as the likely Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) favorite with an emphatic win by 6 3/4 lengths in the Sept. 9 Del Mar Debutante (G1). 

With Flightline’s dominating performance in the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) embedded in the minds of many at TOBA’s National Awards Dinner Sept. 9 in Lexington, his owners landed one of the coveted national awards.

While a glance at the past performances for the Sept. 9 $1.7 million Kentucky Turf Cup (G2T) may have suggested a farfetched target for 19-1 shot Get Smokin, co-owner Harlan Malter was convinced this was the perfect spot for his gutsy gelding.

Spendthrift Farm’s Tamara conjured memories of her Hall of Fame mother Beholder while stamping herself as the likely Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) favorite with an emphatic win by about eight lengths in the Sept. 9 Del Mar Debutante (G1). 

Closing Remarks was last early in the John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) at Del Mar Sept. 9 but had the last word thanks to a strong stretch move.