Another Sluice Proves Popular at Saratoga

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Another Sluice Proves Popular at Saratoga

Updated: 10:33 PM ET (First posted: 10:32 PM ET)

FTSAUG hip 91	Yearling C	Empire Maker--Sluice	$1,100,000
Breeder: Guy & Diane Snowden (KY)
Buyer: Stonestreet & George Bolton
Consignor: Denali Stud (Craig & Holly Bandoroff), agent

It was a half-dozen summers ago when a filly by Empire Maker out of MSP Sluice (Seeking the Gold) attracted a final bid of $1.6 million to top the Saratoga sale. There was a bit of deja vu all over again and while Monday night's offering from Denali Stud on behalf of Guy and Dede Snowden didn't quite scale those heights, he proved a hot commodity himself, selling for $1.1 million to the formidable team of Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Stables and George Bolton. The 2006 sales-topper came to be known as Mushka and was raced with great success by Zayat Stables before they parted company with her for $2.4 million at Keeneland November in 2008. She remained in training for Brushwood Stables and Bill Mott and reached a high-water mark with a victory in the 2009 GI Spinster S. Sluice's other foal to grace this pavilion, a colt named Quemstone (Smart Strike), was a $750,000 purchase by John Ferguson in 2010.

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