LRL: Our Day Will Come keeps on winning
Wins fourth in five outings in Friday feature
Press Release
March 27, 2026
Our Day Will Come changed barns via the claimbox after his last start. What didn’t change was his will to win.
The gritty 3-year-old colt, now trained by Gina Perri, earned his sixth win in a dozen career starts in Friday’s featured seventh race at Laurel Park, an allowance/$62,500 optional claimer for 3-year-olds at six furlongs. It was his fourth win in the last five outings.
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Benefiting from a patient ride by jockey Matilda Burnham, Our Day Will Come relaxed in the ideal position as favored Buds Notion battled with Caseofthemondays through a quick opening quarter mile in 22.91 seconds.
Buds Notion overtook his pace rival coming into the stretch, but the early duel drained his energy. Burnham swung Our Day Will Come three wide, and they surged past Buds Notion to win by 3 ¾ lengths in 1:14.54 on a fast track that played slower than usual due to some early morning rain.
Caseofthemondays finished third, 1 ¼ lengths behind Buds Notion. Slay Sadie Slay and Flirty Bajan followed. Palacios was scratched.
Our Day Will Come paid $9.40 as the second choice in the betting. It was a Perri-family exacta, as Bud’s Notion is a homebred owned by Gina’s father, Frank Perri.
“The plan was to stalk the speed,” Burnham said. “He ran huge. That horse knows how to win.”
Our Day Will Come made his first 11 starts for trainer Phil Capuano and was claimed by Perri on behalf of Carl Iannotta’s C J I Phoenix Group for $40,000 after finishing third on March 8.
“Matilda has been helping us,” Perri said. “She recommended us [to Carl]. This is the second horse we have for him. He picked him.”
Bred in Maryland by Ponder Hill Farm, Our Day Will Come is by St. Patrick’s Day out of Defoe Street, by Street Sense.
Purchased for $10,000 as a yearling, Our Day Will Come won two of his first three starts, with both victories coming around two turns. After four straight losses, Our Day Will Come won three consecutive races at distances from six furlongs to a mile.
He has earned $184,270 and is still eligible for his first-level condition.
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