855 Section 06 Q3

3.     The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.

(A) excited

(B) it excited

(C) exciting

(D) would excite（C）

(E) it had excited

谁能帮我解释一下这句话的结构？ 谢谢帮助。