Not This Time’s Dream On Wakes Up in Penn Mile

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Dreams came true in the GIII Penn Mile Stakes Friday evening when Dream On (c, 3, Not This Time-Mamma Kimbo, by Discreet Cat)–winner of Aqueduct's Woodhaven Stakes in April–split horses in late stretch after trailing throughout to capture the first graded victory of his career. Cairo Caper (Cairo Prince), a stakes winner at two who finished seventh in the Woodhaven, got up for second while Out On Bail (Tiz the Law), who has never been off the board in eight career starts, held third after pressuring the frontrunning 3-5 favorite Mi Bago (Vekoma). The final time for the mile on the Penn National lawn was 1:35.62.

After being twice postponed due to weather complications, the Penn Mile finally ran Friday night only to suffer yielding turf conditions and three scratches in the field of eight. The remaining quintet made an even start with Mi Bago taking the initiative to find his preferred spot up front. Under stiff restraint, he led the field through :23.97 and :48.30 fractions while Out On Bail tracked from his outside. Panagiotis (Violence), the longshot in the field at 39-1, kept pace in third while glued to the rail. Entering the far turn, Javier Castellano gave Dream On his cue and the D J Stable runner responded in an instant from the back. He joined the fray, split horses in mid-stretch, and powered clear in the final sixteenth to win by a length. Like the pacesetter, Dream On is trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse.

Dream On has been on the grass since his second career start, when he captured an Ellis Park maiden special weight last July. Sent to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf after placings in both the GI Summer Stakes and Soaring Free Stakes at Woodbine, he finished fifth. Regrouping with an optional allowance win at Gulfstream in January, he faltered in Tampa's Columbia Stakes in March before finally getting his first black-type victory in the Woodhaven. Casse has been publicly high on the $380,000 OBS April 2-year-old. The Penn Mile was his first graded win.

Pedigree Notes:

The newest of 24 graded winners for Taylor Made's Not This Time, Dream On is also one of 47 black-type winners for the son of Giant's Causeway. Bred by long-time Taylor Made patrons Aaron and Marie Jones, Dream On is out of 2012 GII Fantasy Stakes winner Mamma Kimbo, whom the couple purchased for $1.2 million in 2013 at the Fasig-Tipton November sale. The mare's first foal for the couple was black-type winner Balandeen (Bernardini); her most recent is a Mar. 28-foaled Arabian Lion colt. Mamma Kimbo is a granddaughter of dual Canadian champion Deputy Jane West.

DREAM ON ($6.00) made a huge move up the rail under @jjcjockey to take the $400,000 Penn Mile (G3) at @HollywoodPenn! @markecasse trains the talented son of Not This Time (@TMStallions) for @DJ_Stable.

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Friday, Penn National
PENN MILE S.-GIII, $400,000, Penn National, 6-27, 3yo, 1mT, 1:35.62, yl.
1–DREAM ON, 122, c, 3, by Not This Time
              1st Dam: Mamma Kimbo (GSW, $242,250),
                             by Discreet Cat
              2nd Dam: Bag Lady Jane, by Devil's Bag
              3rd Dam: Deputy Jane West, by Silver Deputy
1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($295,000 RNA Wlg '22 FTKNOV;
$245,000 RNA Ylg '23 KEESEP; $380,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-D.
Stable LLC; B-Aaron & Marie Jones LLC (KY); T-Mark E. Casse;
J-Javier Castellano. $240,000. Lifetime Record: GISP-Can,
9-4-1-1, $487,740. *1/2 to Balandeen (Bernardini), SW,
$372,352. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report &
5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com
catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Cairo Caper, 122, g, 3, Cairo Prince–Summer Clothes, by
Summer Front. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($50,000 Ylg '23
KEESEP). O-Maple Lane Farm LLC; B-Bret Jones (KY); T-Phil
Schoenthal. $80,000.
3–Out On Bail, 122, c, 3, Tiz the Law–Judge Lee, by Street Cry
(Ire). 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($40,000 Ylg '23 SARAUG;
$110,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR). O-Case Chambers, Paradise
Farms Corp. and David Staudacher; B-Matthew Nestor (NY); T-Michael J. Maker. $44,000.
Margins: 1, HD, 1. Odds: 2.00, 15.20, 3.80.
Also Ran: Mi Bago, Panagiotis. Scratched: Barbadian Runner, States' Rights, Zulu Kingdom (Ire).
Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs.
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