Indian Blessing - 2009 Gallant Bloom
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Channel: The New York Racing Association · 2009 · Sports
Indian Blessing rewarded her connections confidence Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park, dueling with Sara Louise down to the wire to win the 16th running of the Grade 2, $156,500 Gallant Bloom. Notching her first victory of the year, the 4-year-old filly also earned an automatic berth in the Grade 1, $1 million Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on November 6 at Santa Anita through the Win and Youre In challenge series. After breaking a half-step slowly, the two-time Eclipse-award winning daughter of Indian Charlie recovered quickly and raced behind early leaders Any Limit and Thunders Dove before splitting horses to take the lead at the five-sixteenths pole. Challenged by 3-year-old Sara Louise in the stretch, Indian Blessing fought back relentlessly and prevailed by a head at the wire to win the Gallant Bloom for the second straight year. Her final time for the 6½ furlongs was 1:15.29.
