Quite a prep

[Cannon Shell]

for the Epsom oaks for Dream Empress

http://www.drf.com/drfPDFChartRacesI...=20090315&RN=8

[Payson Dave]

she may need to show a little more...

[blackthroatedwind]

They weren't really considering taking her overseas....were they?

Where exactly is her good race?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

They weren't really considering taking her overseas....were they?

Where exactly is her good race?

Hey he went all the way to Russia to get embarrassed with Racecar Rhapsody.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

next stop is the Ashland if she's sound I would imagine.

[NTamm1215]

It's becoming clear that the Juvenile Fillies was a hell of a horse race last year.

NT

[Scurlogue Champ]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Hey he went all the way to Russia to get embarrassed with Racecar Rhapsody.

I don't think he went there. I think that shitbox was sold and then taken to Russia.

He's in Dubai now.

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Hey he went all the way to Russia to get embarrassed with Racecar Rhapsody.

Give McPeak a little credit. He took Hard Buck all the way to Ascot for the King George and Queen Elizabeth and came back with the purse for second place.

[hedgehog]

chuck you obviously dont care for mcpeek with this post. what is the back story? i know most think he is a touch arrogant (but so is pletcher, baffert, and frankel), but he seems to be a solid top notch trainer. i figured u Ky trainers would stick together.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

Give McPeak a little credit. He took Hard Buck all the way to Ascot for the King George and Queen Elizabeth and came back with the purse for second place.

I'm a little foggy on this.....exactly how many races did Hard Buck run in after the King George?

[Bobby Fischer]

I was amazed she finished in the top 5 in the BC.
The Alcibiades was a weird race where she took on mostly dirt horses, some of whom were dirt sprinters going 1 1/16th over the Keeneland track.

[Scurlogue Champ]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

They weren't really considering taking her overseas....were they?

Where exactly is her good race?

He's definitely considering taking her to the Epsom Oaks. I would provide a link, but I can't track it down.

Found it.

Dream Empress returning

Though Dream Empress is listed as a separate betting interest in this weekend's one and only pool of the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager, trainer Ken McPeek advises against betting her.

"She won't be pointed to the Kentucky Oaks in any way, shape, or form," McPeek said this week.

Having shown a fondness for turf and synthetic surfaces, Dream Empress will be kept on those surfaces for the foreseeable future. She is scheduled to make her 3-year-old debut in Sunday's Grade 3, $150,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on the turf. It will be her first start since finishing fourth in the Golden Rod run over the Churchill Downs dirt course last November.

Before that, Dream Empress finished second to Stardom Bound in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies over Santa Anita's Pro-Ride surface after winning the Grade 1 Alcibiades over Keeneland's Polytrack.

McPeek said the Herecomesthebride has been his target for Dream Empress all along. Dream Empress, who won a maiden race on turf at Saratoga last summer, has breezed six times since shipping to south Florida.

"It's a perfect first start back for her, and she's doing really well. We want to use it as a prep for the Ashland," McPeek said, referring to the Grade 1 race for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland on April 4.

After the Ashland, McPeek has a truly ambitious goal: the Epsom Oaks later this year, "which is a little bit against the grain, but I've always been that way," McPeek said.

Among Dream Empress's competition Sunday will be Gozzip Girl, Oilgonewile, and Obsequious, the first three finishers from the Coconut Grove Stakes here on Feb. 15. Also entered were Bluegrass Princess, Fast Tigress, Guarda, and Candle Maker.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/102217.html