Monday, January 23 2012

Dayatthespa on Firm Footing in Sweetest Chant Stakes

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Dayatthespa was on firm footing in Saturday’s $100,000 Sweetest Chant Stakes at Gulfstream Park Sunday, helping her to rebound from an off-the-board finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G2) in her 2011 finale with a 1 ¾ -length victory in the turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies.

Dayatthespa was sent to post as a strong 7-5 favorite in the field of eight 3-year-old fillies on the strength of a four-length maiden score in her debut at Saratoga last August and a subsequent runner-up finish in the Natalma Stakes (G3), two lengths ahead of Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Stephanie’s Kitten, at Woodbine in September.