An Ontario-bred yearling filly by top sire PRACTICAL JOKE from the Candy Ride (Arg) mare FINN’S JEWEL is the lone representative of Canada at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale that begins Monday night, August 10 at 6:30 p.m.
The sale has a second evening on August 11.
Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales at Xalapa, as agent, sell the chestnut filly (Hip no. 84) whose dam had a Frosted colt sell at the Ontario sale last year by breeders Glen Sikura, Mario Serrani and A. Gust. That colt, Logan’s Thunder, was fifth in his debut recently and he was a $64,000 (US) sale yearling in 2025.
Slings and Arrows is a daughter of stakes-placed Finn’s Jewel who is out of the champion CATCH THE RING, the dam of champion Catch the Thrill.
The Saratoga Sale is yet again the top-ranked major North American yearling sale by percentage of Grade 1 winners and graded stakes winners according to statistics recently released by The BloodHorse MarketWatch.
The auction has produced six individual grade one winners over the past year. Recent sales graduates include Champion Sierra Leone, who last year added the Whitney S. (G1) to his remarkable resume; Journalism, who followed up his win in last year’s Preakness S. (G1) with a victory in the Haskell S. (G1); Clicquot, winner of the Cotillion S. (G1); Commandment, winner of this year’s Florida Derby (G1); Shred the Gnar, who captured the Fasig-Tipton La Troienne S. (G1) on Kentucky Derby day; and Hope Road, who claimed the Ballerina S. (G1) at Saratoga.
In addition to success at the Grade 1 level, Saratoga has produced 10 additional individual graded stakes winners over the last 12 months in Barnes, Call Sign Seven, Final Score, Fulleffort, Litmus Test, Nafisa, Paladin, Perfect Shot, Potente, and Zany.
“To produce such a high number of graded stakes winners each year at Saratoga, from just one book of 200 to 240 yearlings, is truly remarkable,” continued Browning. “It’s a testament to the depth of quality that can only be found at The Saratoga Sale.”
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