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Godolphin had a Derby weekend to remember after their celebrated Grade I victories from Pretty Mischevious, Cody's Wish and Matareya. We visited the dams of each of these top-class performers and met their latest foals.

Florent Geroux rode Monomoy Girl in all but one of her 17 career starts, and this spring the pair reunited at Spendthrift Farm. We tagged along as "Flo" caught up with the champion mare and met her first foal by Into Mischief.

Grade I winner and Canadian Horse of the Year Starship Jubilee was a star on the racetrack and is now thriving in her new career as a broodmare. We stopped by Blue Heaven Farm to meet her second foal by Quality Road.

Bonne Chance Farm celebrated an unforgettable run with Ivar, the Brazilian-bred son of Agnes Gold who won the 2020 GI Shadwell Turf Mile S. at Keeneland. While their leading earner has now retired to stud, they recently welcomed his half-sister. The filly by Uncle Mo was born in March at Bonne Chance.

Just a few weeks into breeding season, the TDN paid a visit to Denali Stud and met the foals out of elite mares like champion Shamrock Rose and Grade I winner Dream Tree. Cuteness overload!

The famed Haras du Quesnay prepares for the final dispersal of their breeding stock at the Arqana Vente d'Elevage Sale.

G1 Matron Stakes winner Pearls Galore is one of the headline acts for the Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions and along with her impressive race record she hails from a strong maternal family that should continue to develop with the help of her owner breeder Andreas Putsch of Haras de Saint Pair. Her trainer Paddy Twomey tells us more about Pearls Galore.

Team Valor have a reputation for selling high class fillies who have gone on to become top broodmares and at this year's Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions they are offering La Petite Coco who is G1 winner. Barry Irwin of Team Valor outlines the reason why La Petite Coco is an interesting prospect.

Desert Berry is the dam of this year's Derby winner Desert Crown and is one of the highlight lots for the inaugural Sceptre Sessions at Tattersalls December Mare Sale. Her owner Gary Robinson tells about Desert Berry and the reasons she is entered in the sale.

Dual G1 winner Saffron Beach has an entry for the Hong Kong International meeting but before she might take up that entry she is due to sell at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale, Sceptre Sessions. Her trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam reflects on the career of Saffron Beach.

Alcohol Free, a G1 winner at two, three, and four, is one of the headline acts catalogued for the inaugural Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale. Her trainer Andrew Balding tells us what she has been like to train and why is she one to take note of at the sale.

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay has become one of the country's top echelon of breeders, and this fall, he'll offer one of the jewels in his crown when he offers Pizza Bianca for sale in Fasig-Tipton's November Sale. We talk to her trainer, Christophe Clement.