In order to be chosen for the boutique Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale, horses must possess stellar pedigrees and outstanding physical conformation. Before the yearlings arrive on the sale grounds the first week of August for their conformation and athleticism to be analyzed, here is a short list of those who, on paper, bring the most sparkling pedigrees. This list of horses to watch accounts for catalog updates and sale outs through July 25. Night 1 – Monday, Aug. 7 Hip No. 23, colt by Quality Road – Come a Callin, by Dixie Union. Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent. This is a Florida-bred full brother to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and divisional Eclipse Award champion Caledonia Road. The winning Come a Callin also is the dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Officiating; stakes winner One of a Kind; and the unraced Lady Esme, dam of Grade 2 winner Lord Miles. Grade 1 winners Data Link and Hymn Book appear on the catalog page. Hip No. 26, filly by Not This Time – Count to Three, by Red Ransom. Consigned by St George Sales, agent. A share in the successful young sire Not This Time will be auctioned at the start of the second session. Multiple stakes winner Count to Three is the dam of a pair of multiple Grade 1 winners, Count Again and Ransom the Moon. Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Knicks Go appears on the catalog page of this Ontario-bred. Hip No. 38, filly by Curlin – Enchanted Rock, by Giant’s Causeway. Consigned by Elite Sales, agent. This May filly by perennial leading sire Curlin is from the first Saratoga consignment of the boutique Elite Sales operation. Enchanted Rock is the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Verrazano, Grade 2 winner El Padrino, and stakes-placed La Madrina. This is the outstanding family of champion Queena, with Grade 1 winners Chic Shirine, Harmonize, Keen Ice, Olympiad, Preservationist, Serra Lake, and Somali Lemonade appearing on the catalog page. Hip No. 74, colt by Constitution – Icon Project, by Empire Maker. Consigned by Lane’s End, agent. Young classic sire Constitution has established his commercial popularity. Grade 1 winner Icon Project is the dam of Grade 2 winner Fashion Business. Multiple graded stakes winner and prominent sire Munnings appears on this catalog page. Night 2 – Tuesday, Aug. 8 Hip No. 123, colt by Tapit – Paola Queen, by Flatter. Consigned by Gainesway, agent. Elite sire Tapit is as good as ever at this late stage of his career. Grade 1 winner Paola Queen’s first runner is a winner, and the family is commercially popular. Paola Queen is the dam of yearlings sold for $2.6 million and $1.2 million, respectively, at recent editions of the Saratoga sale. Hip No. 135, colt by Into Mischief – Rachel’s Valentina, by Bernardini. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent for Stonestreet Farm. Four-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief’s recent stellar books of mares have included Grade 1 winner Rachel’s Valentina – the only daughter of Hall of Fame racemare Rachel Alexandra, whose two starters were both winners. Hip No. 138, Wren, filly by Into Mischief – Rare Event, by A.P. Indy. Consigned by Buckland Sales, agent. This is a half-sister to four-time Grade 1 winner and Eclipse Award champion Improbable. Grade 1 winner and successful sire Hard Spun appears on the catalog page. Hip No. 163, colt by Authentic – Slew’s Quality, by Elusive Quality. Consigned by Summerfield, agent. Horse of the Year Authentic, a first-crop sire who won the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic, sired the topper at this season’s kickoff, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale. This colt is a half-brother to seven winners, led by Eclipse Award champion female sprinter Shamrock Rose. Slew’s Quality also is the dam of stakes winner Loyalty, stakes-placed Bet On Mike, and stakes-placed My Friends Beer. Horse of the Year Lady’s Secret appears on the catalog page. Hip No. 165, colt by Curlin – Beholder, by Henny Hughes. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, agent for Spendthrift Farm. Both the sire and dam of this colt are in the Hall of Fame, with eight Eclipse Award trophies between them. Beholder, who won 11 Grade 1 events, is the dam of one winner from three starters, that being Grade 3 winner Teena Ella. Out of stakes winner and Broodmare of the Year Leslie’s Lady, Beholder also is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and four-time reigning leading sire Into Mischief and to Grade 1 winner Mendelssohn. With Curlin emerging as a sire of sires, and prominent stallions in the female family, this colt’s residual value is high. Hip 183, colt by Authentic – Supreme, by Empire Maker. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Stonestreet Farm Another from the well-regarded first crop of Authentic, this is a half-brother to Silver State, winner of the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap, and two other stakes. Supreme, a stakes winner herself, is out of a full sister to Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos. Hip No. 186, filly by Uncle Mo – Swingit, by Victory Gallop. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent for Bayne and Christina Welker. Stakes winner Swingit has been a productive broodmare, with six winners from seven starters, including multiple Grade 2 winner Travel Column and multiple Grade 1-placed Neolithic. Hip 194, filly by Gun Runner – Temptress, by Tapit. Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa, agent Gun Runner got off to a flying start as a sire, with Eclipse Award champion Echo Zulu, Preakness Stakes winner Early Voting, and Grade 1 winners Cyberknife, Gunite, Society, and Taiba in his first two crops. Crossing the commercially popular young stallion over a Tapit mare has already proven a formidable cross, responsible for the aforementioned Society and multiple graded stakes winner Wicked Halo, among others. This filly is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Tenfold, who was third in the Preakness Stakes. Temptress, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Donegal Moon, is a granddaughter of champion Possibly Perfect. Grade 1 winners Chiropractor and Coil appear on the catalog page. Hip No. 209, colt by Justify – Vulcan Rose, by Fusaichi Pegasus. Consigned by Susan Y. Foreman, agent. Triple Crown winner Justify is one of the most exciting young sires in the world. Through July 25, he is the sire of 10 graded/group stakes winners in North America, Australia, and Europe, including New York Grade 1 winners Arabian Lion and Aspen Grove, and top-rated European juveniles City of Troy and Ramatuelle. This is a half-brother to multiple graded stakes winner Flameaway, stakes winner Ellan Vannin, and stakes-placed Segumi. Flameaway, now a promising freshman sire, is by Justify’s sire, Scat Daddy. This colt is bred on the same cross.