The regally bred Dreamologist, acquired privately by the Roth family's LNJ Foxwoods, earned the first stakes win of her career in Sunday's renewal of the Las Cienegas, which was automatically downgraded when the race came off the turf. A maiden winner going nine furlongs over the Del Mar lawn last September, the gray filly was ninth in the Oct. 17 GIII Autumn Miss S. before ending her sophomore campaign with a third-place effort in a Nov. 27 optional claimer at Del Mar. Cut back to 6 1/2 furlongs for her 2016 debut, Dreamologist captured a down-the-hill optional claimer in Arcadia Jan. 16 and was a 3 1/2-length winner at that distance in an off-turf optional claimer Feb. 19. She was coming off a close runner-up effort in the down-the-hill Arboretum II S.
Heavily favored when the Las Cienegas came off the turf, Dreamologist sprinted out to the early lead and battled Velvet Mesquite (In Excess {Ire}) through fractions of :21.54 and :44.25. She took command at the top of the stretch and strode clear to a confident score.
“She looked comfortable, looked good today,” said winning trainer Richard Mandella. “We entered for dirt only. She's done so well on the dirt, we wanted to take a shot at it. This is a nice way to finish the meet.”
Winning rider Flavien Prat added, “She runs the same race on the turf as she runs on the dirt, I think. The only difference is that when you run on the lead on the dirt, you get an advantage. On the turf, it's pretty tough to run and win on the lead. That's the biggest difference.”
Out of juvenile filly champion Dreaming of Anna, Dreamologist is a half-sister to Grade I placed Fast Anna (Medaglia d'Oro). Dreaming of Anna, a full-sister to graded stakes winner Lewis Michael and half to graded stakes winner Justenuffhumor (Distorted Humor), produced a colt by Malibu Moon in 2015 and was bred back to Declaration of War. The mare is also a half-sister to the dam of graded stakes winner Cassatt (Tapit).
Sunday, Santa Anita Park
LAS CIENEGAS S., $100,690, SA, 4-10, 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f (off turf), 1:15.56, ft.
1–#DREAMOLOGIST, 120, f, 4, Tapit–Dreaming of Anna
(Champion 2-year-old filly, GISW, $2,024,550), by Rahy.
O-LNJ Foxwoods; B-Frank C. Calabrese (KY); T-Richard E.
Mandella; J-Flavien Prat. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 8-4-1-2,
$203,710. *1/2 to Fast Anna (Medaglia d'Oro), GISP, $296,731. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: B+
[bullet ad=”blackwood-graduate-2″][bullet ad=”solislitt-purchase”][bullet ad=”kbif-g2g3″]2–Off the Road (Brz), 120, m, 5, Quick Road (Brz)–Intuicao
Direta (Brz), by Roi Normand. O-Quick Road Stable; B-Haras
Louveira Ltda (BRZ); T-Richard E. Mandella. $20,000.
3–Fanticola, 122, m, 6, Silent Name (Jpn)–Catalina Cat, by
Tabasco Cat. (C$21,000 Ylg '11 CANSEP). O-Anthony Fanticola
and Joseph Scardino; B-Hedgestone Management & Frank
Mermenstein (ON); T-Philip D'Amato. $12,000.
[bullet ad=”ontario-bred-sold”]Margins: 1 3/4, NO, 1HF. Odds: 0.70, 15.40, 4.60.
Also Ran: Velvet Mesquite, Smoove It, Tale of Papa Nick, Dauphine Russe (Fr). Scratched: Minks Aprise, La Berma (Ire), Miss Double d'Oro, My Year Is a Day (Fr). Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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