Dayatthespa
| Dayatthespa | |
|---|---|
| Sire | City Zip |
| Grandsire | Carson City |
| Dam | M'Lady Doc |
| Damsire | Doc's Leader |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | February 17 2009 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Castellare di Cracchiolo Stable, Cracchiolo & Goldsher |
| Owner | Charles Bales, Kris Kruid, Janet & Tom Jackson, Steve Laymon, Bradley Thoroughbreds et al Jerry Frankel et al |
| Trainer | Chad Brown |
| Record | 18: 11-4-0 |
| Earnings | $2,288,892 |
| Major wins | |
|
Herecomesthebride Stakes (2012) Appalachian Stakes (2012) Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (2012) First Lady Stakes (2014) Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2014) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Female Turf Horse (2014) | |
Dayatthespa (foaled February 17 2009) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old in 2012 she won her first five races including the Herecomesthebride Stakes, Appalachian Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. After winning two races in an abbreviated 2013 season she reached her peak as a five-year-old in 2014, winning the Yaddo Stakes, the First Lady Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Dayatthespa is a chestnut mare with a narrow white blaze bred in New York by Castellare di Cracchiolo Stable, Cracchiolo & Goldsher. Her sire City Zip, a half-brother to Ghostzapper, showed his best form as a two-year-old in 2000 when he won the Hopeful Stakes and dead-heated for first place in the Belmont Futurity. Her dam, M'Lady Doc was a descendant of the broodmare Friar's Carse, making her a distant relative of Sword Dancer, Hail To All and Rachel Alexandra.
The filly was sent to the 2010 Fasig-Tipton New York-bred preferred sale, and bought for $50,000 by Niall Brennan a "pinhooker" who looks to make a profit by buying and selling young horses. In 2011, she was sent to the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-year-olds in training sale, but was withdrawn after several potential buyers were reportedly discouraged from bidding by the poor conformation of her forelegs and unimpressive walk. Brennan opted to sell her privately to the bloodstock agent Peter Bradley and Steve Laymon. Commenting on the decision Bradley said "she looked great on the track and they don't have any walking races."
Dayatthespa was ridden in all three of her races as a two-year-old by the Venezuelan jockey Ramon Dominguez. On August 4 she won a maiden race over five and a half furlongs at Saratoga Race Course and was then moved up in class and distance for the Grade II Natalma Stakes at Woodbine Racecourse in September. Starting at odds of 4.9/1 she took the lead in the straight but was overtaken inside the final furlong and finished second, beaten one and a quarter lengths by Northern Passion. On her third and final appearance of the season she finished ninth behind Stephanie's Kitten in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
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