Dream Tree Draws Off in Starlet Triumph
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Dream Tree gave her Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a new piece of history to add to his illustrious resume.
One race after taking the Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity (G1) when McKinzie was elevated to the victory over stablemate Solomini via disqualification, Dream Tree gave Baffert the sweep of the day's top-level tests when she drew clear of Yesterday's News in the stretch to take $300,000 Starlet Stakes (G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course Dec. 9.
In the history of the two grade 1 races for 2-year-olds—which have been run since 1981 at either Hollywood Park or Los Alamitos—no trainer has ever won both in the same year.
Dream Tree completed the 1 1/16-miles distance in 1:43.87 after rating off tepid fractions of :24.67 and :49.25 through a half-mile.
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