Hallowed Dreams Wins 16th in Row

By doing the expected, Hallowed Dreams ran her way into the record books Saturday.

Hallowed Dreams, a 3-year-old Malagra filly, won the Dixie Miss Stakes at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, La., for her 16th consecutive victory--tying the thoroughbred record held by Cigar, Citation and Mister Frisky.

Hallowed Dreams, who has never raced outside Louisiana, had only three opponents in the Dixie Miss and was never seriously menaced in her history-making performance. The 1-9 favorite won by three lengths in gate-to-wire fashion, completing six furlongs in 1:09 4/5 under jockey Sylvester Carmouche.

Owned by trainer Lloyd Romero in partnership with Johnny Gaspard, Hallowed Dreams not only has won in all of her starts, but has also been the leader throughout each of them--with one exception for the first half-mile of a six-furlong race on Dec. 11.

“She’s not for sale,” Romero said. “She will remain in Louisiana because she belongs to the people of Louisiana.”

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Trainer Bobby Frankel earned his meet-high fourth stakes victory when Euchre won at 11-1 odds in the $150,000 Bel Air Handicap at Hollywood Park.

With Frankel at Belmont Park, Euchre--a 4-year-old son of Personal Flag--was saddled by assistant trainer Humberto Ascanio and won for the fourth time in 10 starts.

Euchre, a Canadian-bred gelding owned by Frank Stronach and ridden by Alex Solis, completed the 1 1/16 miles in 1:41 3/5 in beating 17-1 shot Sultry Substitute by 1 1/4 lengths. River Keen, the defending Bel Air champion and 13-10 favorite, was third after stumbling at the start.

“He tries very hard,” Solis said of Euchre. “I’ve ridden him four times and have won three, so of course I like him. He’s a hard horse to get by once he makes the lead.”

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Perfect Sting, the best filly or mare on turf in the East, didn’t have an easy time in the $250,000 New York Handicap Saturday at Belmont Park but got the job done as the 11-10 favorite.

Perfect Sting remained unbeaten in five starts on turf at Belmont, passing stubborn pacesetter and 9-1 shot Snow Polina in the last jump to win by a neck in 2:05 1/5 in the 1 1/4-mile race over a course labeled soft.

Ridden by jockey Jerry Bailey for Stronach and trainer Joe Orseno, Perfect Sting--a 4-year-old Red Ransom filly--is has won all three of her races this year and 11 of 16 lifetime.

“The real great ones always find a way to win,” Bailey said. “I had her in a comfortable spot down the backstretch, but at the three-sixteenths pole, I didn’t think we would get there. But she kept grinding and she wanted to win this.”

Perfect Sting is scheduled to make her next start in the $500,000 Diana on Sept. 4 at Saratoga. That race is also expected to attract Tranquility Lake, a Grade I winner in California.

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Jockey Pat Day was the leading rider in Calder Race Course’s inaugural Summit of Speed, a five-race series of sprint stakes.

Day had four of the winners, including Swept Away in the $200,000 Azalea Breeders’ Cup Stakes and Hurricane Bertie in the $400,000 Princess Rooney Handicap.

Caller One, trained by Southern California-based Jim Chapman, easily won the $200,000 Carry Back Stakes under jockey Corey Nakatani.

One of the best sprinters in the nation, Caller One--a 3-year-old son of Phone Trick--has won six of nine. He completed the six furlongs in 1:10 1/5 on a sloppy track.

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Yutaka Take, who has been the champion jockey in Japan 10 times, got his first victory at Hollywood Park aboard Lazer Storm, the 13-10 favorite in Saturday’s sixth race.

Take, winless with his first 18 mounts at the meet, went right to the front on Lazer Storm--a 2-year-old daughter of Storm Boot trained by Pat Gallagher--and went on to win by two lengths in 1:04 2/5 for the 5 1/2 furlongs.

Take had won a race in the United States at Lone Star Park in Texas a couple of weeks ago and won a Group I stakes at Newmarket in England Thursday.

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Heavily favored Richter Scale was a 1 3/4-length winner in the $300,000 Frank J. DeFrancis Memorial Dash at Laurel (Md.) Park against only three opponents after three horses were late scratches. Richter Scale, a 6-year-old son of Habitony, won the six-furlong race in 1:07 4/5 under jockey Richard Migliore. . . . Perfect Sting and Euchre weren’t the only stakes winners for owner Frank Stronach Saturday as his Milwaukee Brew was also victorious in the $300,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio. Milwaukee Brew, a 3-year-old son of Wild Again trained by Tino Attard and ridden by Mike McCarthy, beat Brave Quest by a head. The time for the 1 1/8-mile races was 1:50 1/5. . . . Bobby Frankel saddled seventh-place finisher Spanish Fern in the New York Handicap. . . . Full Moon Madness, who has won two in a row and four of his last five for trainer Bob Marshall, is the 2-1 favorite for today’s $100,000-added Robert K. Kerlan Memorial Handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs over the Hollywood Park turf. Other top contenders in the Kerlan include Paris Dream, Champ’s Star and Prince Foley.