Catherine Day Phillips

Born:
1968-01-09
Toronto
Ontario Canada

Currently Residing:
Maple
Ontario Canada

husband Todd Phillips, two sons Blake and Colton. Her father is James Day, a Sovereign Award-winning trainer, and her mother is the late Dinny Day, who also was a trainer

Notes:
Education: Graduate of St. Lawrence University in New York Racing Background : She assisted her father to train horses at the powerful Sam-Son Farms. She groomed multiple grade 1 winners Dance Smartly, Sky Classic, Regal Classic, Regal Intention and Hangin on a Star. She became the all-time leading money-winn ing distaffer when Dance Smarty was retired. Her father̢۪ s successful trail influenced her to begin a career on the racetrack. Training Career: Taking out her trainer's license in 1994 with support from her maternal grandmothe r Janet Burns, she started training horses with just four home-breds . Apart from her farm at north of Toronto, she set up a new 28-stall training center in Ocala, Florida in 2003. She named it Kingfield Farms South in honor of her grandmothe r. In 2004 Day Phillips just missed winning Canada's Triple Crown with stable star and Canadian champion A Bit O' Gold. She accepted his Sovereign Award as champion 3-year-old male for the Two Bit Racing Stable. Her first Breeders' Cup starter, A Bit O' Gold was 13th in the 2005 Classic. In 2006, Jambalaya won the Breeders' Stakes, making her the first woman to train back-to-ba ck winners of the Breeders' Stakes, which is the third leg in the Canadian Triple Crown.