For Funny Proposition and Anna Sophia, there will be more at
stake in tomorrow’s Grade 2 Adirondack than $150,000 in purse money and graded
black type. Should either entrant win the 6 ½-furlong race for 2-year-old
fillies, their connections will be awarded the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Juvenile
Jackpot.
Fasig-Tipton has pledged to award
the bonus if any graduate of the 2010 Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale wins a
graded stakes during the 2011 Saratoga meeting. Mark Casse purchased Funny
Proposition for $275,000 at the sale and trains the filly for John Oxley, while
Anna Sophia races for her breeder, Siena Farms, after not meeting her reserve
when bidding stopped at $290,000.
Should neither horse win on
Sunday, there will be four more opportunities to win the Juvenile Jackpot: the
Grade 2 Three Chimneys Saratoga Special on Monday, the Grade 2 With Anticipation
on September 1, the Grade 1 Spinaway on September 4, and the Grade 1 Three
Chimneys Hopeful on September 5. Union
Rags will carry for the torch for the Saratoga Select Yearling sale in the
Three Chimneys Saratoga Special.