Sharp win has Dream Pauline eyeing Prioress Stakes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The regally bred Dream Pauline is likely headed to the Grade 2, $250,000 Prioress Stakes here on Sept. 2 after winning a first-level allowance here Thursday by two lengths.

Dream Pauline, a daughter of Tapit out of the Grade 1 winner Dream Rush – making her a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Dreaming of Julia – was making her first start since Dec. 3, when she won first out at Aqueduct.

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Dream Pauline had some “little issues” that forced him to take her out of training in early January. She resumed regular training in May and had eight breezes for her return.

“It was a great effort. [Assistant] Joe Lee and team have done a great job with her at Belmont,” McLaughlin said. “We left her there until the day of the race because with so much rain up here and all the action around the barn, we thought she was doing great there.”

Dream Pauline, a homebred filly owned by Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stable, got a perfect inside stalking trip under Javier Castellano. Dream Pauline ran six furlongs in 1:09.52 and earned a 90 Beyer Speed Figure.