Finley'sluckycharm aims for Honorable Miss, Ballerina at Saratoga
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Finley’sluckycharm’s owner Carl Moore described her $100,000 Chicago Handicap (Grade III) victory on Saturday at Churchill Downs as a “cake walk” and now the 4-year-old filly will target some of the best female sprinters in the country this summer at Saratoga Race Course.
“She’s great,” trainer Bret Calhoun said Sunday morning. “We’ll send her to Saratoga in a couple of weeks and aim for the (July 26) Honorable Miss and the (Aug. 26) Ballerina.”
Following Saturday’s 2 ¼-length victory in the Chicago Handicap, Finley’sluckycharm moved to a perfect six for six at Churchill Downs.
“It was great to keep her at home for these series of races,” Calhoun said. “We originally were going to point her to the Humana Distaff for her first start of the year but we got a little behind in her training. The (April 29) Roxelana was a perfect starting point for her. Leading up to the (May 27) Winning Colors I completely forgot the Chicago Handicap got moved to Churchill in June. So, I was really happy to be able to keep her home after the Winning Colors and not ship her around the country just yet.”
Finley’sluckycharm now has eight wins in 10 career starts with one runner-up finish and $403,368 in earnings.
The 4-year-old dark bay or brown filly is by Twirling Candy out of the Victory Gallop mare Day of Victory.
Source: Churchill Downs
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