—Feb 4— Bob Baffert had Dream Tree ready for her debut and jockey Drayden Van Dyke and Dream Tree did the rest, easily defeating a field of five other three-year-old fillies in the $200,345 Grade II Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday.
The 1/5 favorite, Dream Tree broke slowly but quickly caught her stride and engaged Thirteen Squared for the lead, going past that rival before the half. Thereafter, the race was never really in doubt, with the Phoenix Stable star holding off the trio of Thirteen Squared, Step Being Steph and Travieza to win by three lengths.
“I just love the way she sat off those front-runners,” Baffert said after the race. “I know she has a lot of speed. I think she’s getting better mentally and she’s relaxing, and she really brought it at the end.”
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