First Winner for Cat Dreams: Cat Dreamer

Cat Dreamer recorded the first win for his sire Cat Dreams yesterday in the 2nd at Hollywood Park. The maiden claiming race over four and a half furlongs was right up his street and he won it a shade easily by 3 3/4 lengths over Swiss Alpine and Fil's Regent.

The chart reads: had good early speed a bit off rail then dueled between horses into the turn, came in a bit midway on the bend, inched away nearing the stretch, found the rail in the drive and won clear under some left handed urging and good handling.

Cat Glitter was back in 6th and failed to menace.

Cat Dreams vs Cat Dreams

Cat Dreamer and Cat Glitter will go head to head in race 2 at Hollywood Park today, each hoping to be their sire's first winner. They will compete in a maiden claiming race over 4 1/2 furlongs. So far they are the only two of their sire's first crop to race, though many are busy working.

Cat Dreamer and Cat Glitter met before in their last race, a maiden special weight over 2 furlongs at Santa Anita, in which Cat Dreamer finished 5th and Cat Glitter came in last of 10. Whether it will be a different story over 4 1/2 furlongs we will have to wait and see. I'd give Cat Glitter a slight edge in this one as he has been training better, but how much you can tell from that is hard to say.

Good luck boys!

Cat Dreamer Second

Cat Dreamer, Cat Dreams' first starter as a sire, finished 2nd in his debut outing yesterday. according to the chart he had good early speed and pressed the pace on the outside, he drifted in some past midstretch and continued willingly to the wire. Turbo Call clinched the race.

I am pleased. Second is a good start and Cat Dreamer earned $7,200 in the process.

(Cat Dreams (USA) - 2002 bay horse - Storm Cat x J J'sdream, by Glitterman)

First Starter For Cat Dreams

Cat Dreams will have his first progeny in the starting gate this afternoon in one of the earliest two-year-old races of the season.

Cat Dreamer, a chestnut colt out of Silent Alarm, by Boundary, was an early foal, born on 14 January. He sold at the Barretts Yearling Sale for $18,000 to Michael Shustek, the top price paid for a Cat Dreams.

He will enter the gate for the first race at Santa Anita this afternoon, a two furlong contest for California-bred maidens together with eight other precocious youngsters.

He is owned by Kentucky D Stables LLC & Stanley & Firsthome Thoroughbreds and trained by Adam Kitchingman. Martin Pedroza will be the man on his back.

I hope he will do well, but it is debatable how much can be read from a two-furlong race. Even though I am not a fan of racing two-year-olds this early, I cannot help feeling excited about Cat Dreams having his first starter. Here begins another road for Cat Dreams. May he do well as a sire and have plenty of winners.

(Cat Dreams (USA) - 2002 bay horse - Storm Cat x J J'sdream, by Glitterman)