Dream It Is primed for My Dear Stakes

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The rapid debut winner Dream It Is figures to have other speed to contend with in Saturday’s $100,000 My Dear Stakes at Woodbine. It will be interesting to see if the promising 2-yearold filly can prevail from just off the pace in the five-furlong dash.

Dream It Is was the 2-1 second choice in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race here May 27, when she went to the lead and never looked back to win in a fast time of 51.76 seconds. Trainer Barb Minshall said she liked the chances of Dream It Is heading into that event.

“I knew she’d leave the gate running,” Minshall said. “She’s quick but not ‘rank’ quick. If somebody wants to go in front of her, she’s more than happy to sit. She has a lot of speed, but she’s very easygoing.”

Minshall said Dream It Is worked impressively on the training track June 17, breezing a half-mile in 46.60 for the fastest of 36 moves at the distance that day.

“She worked really good with Courtly Manner,” Minshall said. “She galloped out [fiveeighths] in 59 and change.”

Eight others were entered in the My Dear, including the supplemented Josephine.

KEY CONTENDERS

Dream It Is, by Shackleford Beyer: 66

◗ A bargain $50,000 yearling purchase by a Preakness winner, the April foal is owned by Hoolie Racing Stable.

“She wasn’t overly big when they bought her, but she’s grown a lot,” Minshall said. “She’s turned into a really nice filly. She’s a very unflappable kind of horse, very good-minded. I wouldn’t have hesitated to run here her first time.”

Lounge Act, by Creative Cause Beyer: 65

◗ She graduated the second time out May 26 in a five-furlong turf dash at Gulfstream for trainer Wesley Ward. She has since joined the barn of trainer Brad Cox, who has excellent stats with new shooters.

Wild and Funny, by Kitten’s Joy

◗ The unraced Florida-bred has been outworking company for trainer Mark Casse, who has won the My Dear three times.

Obsolete, by Old Fashioned Beyer: 57

◗ She graduated in her lone outing, going 4 1/2 furlongs in the slop at Indiana Grand.

Jamaica Me Home, by U S Ranger Beyers: 63-15

◗ After showing little in her opener, she romped in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special at 38-1 here June 10.

Glamanation, by Point of Entry Beyer: 61

◗ She chased Dream It Is in her debut before holding off Josephine for second; the favored Sly Beauty exited the race to beat the boys on the turf.