The third time was the charm for 2 year-old filly, Financial Recovery, who cruised to her first career win in a Maiden Special Weight on the turf at Woodbine today.
The increase in distance to a mile and sixteenth appeared to suit the Street Cry (Ire) daughter of Flawless Diamond (Saint Ballado) as she vied for the lead early to set the pace then widen her lead down the stretch under a hand ride by jockey Rafael Hernandez.
A homebred of Anderson Farms (Ontario) Inc owned in partnership with Dr. Christoph Berglar’s Narola LLC, Financial Recovery debuted this summer with a pair of fourth place finishes on the turf; the Shady Wells Stakes August 13 at six and a half furlongs and an allowance on August 27 at seven furlongs.
This win gives Catherine Day Phillips her sixteenth win of the season with 50{9f397ac38e01c7df95d0d7a79cfbb94357c77bd28aa72c3579aa32ab1ef49745} in the top three finishes in her 60 starts so far this year.
Catherine will be sending out another pair of runners this weekend: Guy Caballero in the seventh race October 8 and Watch Me Strut in the fifth race October 9 at Woodbine.
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