The hoped-for scenario for a freshman stallion heading into the fall of his debut season involves having runners at the Breeders’ Cup. Getting one in position for an Eclipse Award with a strong effort would be even better. Each of the four Breeders’ Cup races for 2-year-olds features a pair of entrants from the first crop of their respective sires, seeking to provide the same boost that champion Nyquist gave sire Uncle Mo by winning the 2015 Juvenile. Other recent freshman-sired Breeders’ Cup winners include Hootenanny, by Quality Road, in the 2014 Juvenile Turf, and George Vancouver, by Henrythenavigator, in the 2012 edition. The Juvenile features two runners by freshman sires standing outside of Kentucky: The maiden Bahamian and Grade 1 winner Firenze Fire. Firenze Fire is by Poseidon’s Warrior, who stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Fla. Poseidon’s Warrior, by champion Speightstown, was himself a Grade 1-winning sprinter. “If [Firenze Fire] pops up and even shows, it’s going to put Poseidon just over the moon,” Pleasant Acres’s Helen Barbazon said. “He’s got a lot of nice, good-looking babies.” Bahamian is by Freedom Child, who resides at Country Life Farm in Maryland. The Juvenile Fillies will be a crucial tilt in the race for North America’s leading freshman sire by earnings, as multiple Grade 1-placed Piedi Bianchi looks to extend sire Overanalyze’s lead in the standings. Overanalyze, a Dixie Union horse who stands at WinStar Farm, is North America’s only freshman stallion with progeny earnings in seven figures through Oct. 31, at $1,360,501. He is also the top freshman by winners, with 22. WinStar executive Elliott Walden said he has been heartened to see Overanalyze’s runners improving. “They’re good 2-year-olds, yet they continue to improve as their distances get further along,” Walden said. “They’re getting better, and that’s a very encouraging thing. They didn’t just come out in April and May and now you can’t find them.” Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Fort Larned is represented in the Juvenile Fillies by Blonde Bomber. She is the first stakes winner for the Adena Springs stallion. Violence, North America’s second-leading freshman by earnings, will aim to make up ground on Overanalyze in the Juvenile Turf with stakes winner Encumbered. A Hill ‘n’ Dale stallion, Violence is also the sire of stakes winners Buy Sell Hold and Barry Lee. “The Breeders’ Cup is the epitome of class,” Hill ‘n’ Dale’s John Sikura said. “If you’re able to have a horse of that caliber in the first crop, it speaks volumes about the potential of the horse moving forward.” Sikura said that Violence’s foals have sold “extremely well” so far and that interest in the stallion for 2018 has been high. “The success in the sales ring and on the racetrack, I think, bodes well for his future as a potentially important sire,” Sikura said. “He’s done everything right.” Challenging Encumbered will be Grade 2 winner Untamed Domain, from the first Northern Hemisphere crop of Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom. The Leroidesanimaux horse is based at Darley’s Lexington, Ky., farm, and also has stakes winners Sunny Skies and Continental Divide. Kentucky Derby winner Orb puts stakes winner Orbolution in the gate for the Juvenile Fillies Turf. A Claiborne stallion, Orb’s commercial stock has soared this year, with a $1.25 million colt at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training and a $1 million colt at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale. “Orbs have been selling so well, and for him to back it up on the track on arguably the biggest stage, the Breeders’ Cup, would be humungous,” Claiborne’s Walker Hancock said. “We already think there’s a high ceiling on Orb, but this would just further prove it.” Stakes winner Fatale Bere, from the first crop of French stallion Pedro the Great, also runs in the Juvenile Fillies Turf.