 Double dose of dreams at Arlington September 09, 2007 In a show of force from horses foaled at Lantern Hill Farm, champion Dreaming of Anna and her talented two-year-old stablemate Dreaming of Liz (right) captured back-to-back Grade 3 races at Arlington Park on September 8. E.T. Baird rode both fillies, who are homebreds racing for Frank Calabrese and trained by Wayne Catalano.
Dreaming of Anna scored her third consecutive victory when she used a front-running performance to win in the $200,000 Pucker Up Stakes on turf by 4 ¼ lengths. The three-year-old Rahy filly now has won seven of 10 career races and has earned more than $1.55 million.
No relation to her champion stablemate, Dreaming of Liz captured the $150,000 Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes on Arlington’s Polytrack main track for her first career stakes victory. The daughter of El Prado (Ire) is out of Grade 1 winner Silver Maiden, a daughter of Silver Buck who won the Lassie in 1997. Dreaming of Liz, who now has won two of her three career races, might be on track for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), the race Dreaming of Anna won last year during her championship campaign.
“To have two Breeders’ Cup juvenile fillies come off our farm in consecutive years would be unbelievable,” said Suzi Shoemaker of Lantern Hill Farm. “It is a great tribute to Mr. Calabrese and Wayne Catalano, and we are glad we could play a part in their success.”
Lantern Hill consigned Dreaming of Anna’s dam, Justenuffheart, in foal to Distorted Humor to the 2005 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. The Broad Brush mare, a half sister to champion Kitten’s Joy, drew the attention of Jody Alexander, who manages Greg Goodman’s Mt. Brilliant Farm in Lexington. The mare is now a member of the Mt. Brilliant broodmare band.
“I liked Broad Brush mares, but I was overwhelmed with the job that Suzi Shoemaker did with her at Lantern Hill,” Alexander told Thoroughbred Daily News. “She could not have been prepped any better.”
Dreaming of Anna and Dreaming of Liz are among four graded stakes winners in 2007 with Lantern Hill connections. The others are Dreaming of Anna’s older full brother, Lewis Michael, and Marju Mahab Al Shimaal (UAE-G3) winner Terrific Challenge.
Dreaming of Liz photo by Four Footed Fotos
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