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Posted on Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Minor Stable’s 4-year-old filly Dream Rush was a two-time Grade 1 winner last year for trainer Rick Violette, Jr. when owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and is expected to bid for another top level victory in the $400,000 Princess Rooney Handicap (G1) as she makes her second start this year.
The Princess Rooney is one of the 2 designated Breeders’ Cup Challenge ‘Win and You’re In’ events at Calder Race Course on July 12, with the winner of the race automatically qualifying for a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. The 2008 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held October 24-25 at The Oak Tree Racing Association meet at Santa Anita Park. The other Breeders’ Cup Challenge even is the Smile Sprint Handicap with the winner gets qualified in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.
The daughter of Wild Rush, Dream Rush, won the Prioress Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park in early July and the Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in August before finishing fifth as the second choice in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Monmouth Park after setting the pace to deep stretch on the ’sloppy’ track. In her lone start since then, Dream Rush finished a game second in the Vagrancy Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park on May 25 in her only start this year.
Puglisi Stables and trainer Steve Klesaris’ 5-year-old mare Miraculous Miss finished a game second in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Monmouth Park behind Maryfield, who earned an Eclipse Award for the division. Miraculous Miss had finished fifth in the Princess Rooney on ‘Summit’ day last year behind River’s Prayer with Maryfield fourth.
Race horse trainer Rick Dutrow could have a strong contender for the Princess Rooney with Lansdon Robbins III’s 4-year-old filly Looky Yonder, winner of the Vagrancy by a length over Dream Rush, who held a four-length lead at the eighth pole. A daughter of Johannesburg, Looky Yonder rallied from well off the pace in that race after a wire-to-wire allowance victory on a ’sloppy’ Belmont track in her previous start.
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