Midnight Bisou's First Foal, Bisou, Training in NY

Midnight Bisou —announced Aug. 2 as the winner of the 2020 Saudi Cup upon Maximum Security  's disqualification from the $20 million race—is now a broodmare in Japan, having been purchased for $5.5 million by Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm at the 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. But one of her foals can carry on the family name domestically.

Her first foal and current unraced 2-year-old, Bisou, a Kentucky-bred by Curlin  , is in training in New York with Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen and could debut later this year, according to Jeff Bloom, one of Midnight Bisou's owners during her racing career. Asmussen trained Curlin and Midnight Bisou during large portions of their careers.

"He looks the part," Bloom said. "I mean, he looks like what you would expect to see, being bred to a champion out of a champion."

According to Equibase, Bisou, bred by Bloom, Chuck and Lori Allen, and Andrew Yaffee, does not yet have any published breezes. The Allens, who race as Allen Racing, own her with Yaffee, Bloom said.

Last year, he was entered in the 2023 September Yearling Sale at Keeneland but was withdrawn.

Chuck Allen bought out his partners in Midnight Bisou for $5 million at Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale in 2020 while she was in foal, carrying the unborn colt that would eventually be named Bisou. Two years later, Allen sold Midnight Bisou at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale while she was in foal to Tapit  . The product of that pregnancy, a filly, was then born in Japan in 2023. Midnight Bisou foaled another filly this year, this one by Kitasan Black .

"So she's doing well over there in Japan, and her 2-year-old over here is doing really well," Bloom said.