Dreams of Tomorrow delivers on promise
ELMONT, N.Y. – It took longer than trainer Shug McGaughey would have liked, but Dreams of Tomorrow finally delivered a big performance Saturday at Belmont Park, winning a first-level allowance by 4 1/4 lengths.
Dreams of Tomorrow, a son of Speightstown, ran a mile over firm ground in 1:32.10 and earned a career-best 94 Beyer Speed Figure.
“Pretty impressive,” McGaughey said. “He finally ran the way we thought he could run. I think the blinkers off helped him settle more. With the blinkers, he was a little more aggressive.”
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McGaughey mentioned the Grade 3, $250,000 Poker Stakes here June 20 or the Grade 3, $150,000 Monmouth Stakes going 1 1/8 miles on June 5 as potential next spots for Dreams of Tomorrow.
Also on Saturday, McGaughey won a first-level allowance race with Alandra, who could be a candidate for the $100,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes on June 6 at Monmouth Park.
McGaughey is now the trainer of Point of Honor, a Grade 2 stakes-winning filly who has five times placed in a Grade 1 race. She was sold privately late last year to Alpha Delta Stables.
Point of Honor has worked four times at Belmont for McGaughey, who does not have a spot picked out for the 5-year-old mare’s return.
In 2019, Point of Honor won the Black-Eyed Susan and finished second in the Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama. Last year, she was beaten a nose by She’s a Julie in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps.
Point of Honor was formerly owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Stetson Racing and trained by George Weaver.
“I was watching her run a lot when George had her, and it looked like sometimes she was going to win and she didn’t,” McGaughey said.