Sister Seagull wears down Swoop to Finish in Wonder Where Stakes

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Sister Seagull completed a sweep of the last two legs of the Canadian Triple Tiara with a determined score under Antonio Gallardo in Sunday’s $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine.

After getting jostled between rivals shortly after the break, Sister Seagull raced about five lengths off the lead on the backstretch of the 1 1/4-mile turf route.

Strega set sail on an uncontested lead while Swoop to Finish took up the chase in second. Sister Seagull began to mount a three-wide rally midway on the far turn and then wore down Swoop to Finish in the stretch to win by a length, in a time of 2:04.65 over the firm main course.

Devil’s Bit finished third ahead of favored Whimsical Dance. Strega and and Keep It Neat completed the order of finish.

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Sister Seagull wound up a distant second to Moira in the opening leg of the series, the Woodbine Oaks, before taking the Bison City Stakes, another Tapeta route. The Wonder Where was the daughter of Hard Spun’s turf debut and first start beyond 1 1/8 miles.

“She’s always acted like she wants to go farther,” trainer Catherine Day Philips said. “Her breeding suggests turf. She had two tough races coming into this, so that was a little bit of a concern. She’s not a big, strong filly, but she’s all heart.”

Sister Seagull returned a generous $7.90 as the second choice and banked $150,000 for owners Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry.