The first of eight Golden State Series races scheduled for this summer at Del Mar will be run Thursday when a group of 3-year old fillies take center stage in the 37th running of the $175,000 Fleet Treat Stakes at Del Mar.
The seven-furlong dirt race is restricted to Cal-breds or California-sired fillies.
Trainer Phil D'Amato swings a tough one-two punch with Connie Swingle and Rose Dawson, both owned and bred by Nick Alexander. Connie Swingle, a daughter of top California sire Grazen, has finished first or second in all six of her career starts, winning the General Portion as a 2-year old here at Del Mar last summer. She missed by a head in her 3-year old debut, the Evening Jewel at Santa Anita in April, but rebounded from that loss with two straight allowance victories. Connie Swingle drew Post 7 and will be ridden by Kyle Frey.
Rose Dawson was runner-up to her stablemate last out, an open allowance at Santa Anita in June. She had won the one mile, $200,000 California Cup Oaks at Santa Anita in her 3-year-old debut in January. She's drawn the inside post in the eight horse field and will be ridden by Ramon Vazquez.
Trainer Bob Baffert hopes to upset the D'Amato/Alexander duo when he sends out Fun to Dream, a six-length winner in her career debut, a maiden special weight at Santa Anita. The daughter of Arrogate will break from Post 5. Juan Hernandez will ride.
Larry Williams' Tam's Little Angel ships in from Northern California riding a two-race win streak. She wired the field in the mile and a sixteenth $75,000 She's A Tiger Stakes at Pleasanton exactly one month after blasting a group of entry level allowance runners by five lengths at Golden Gate Fields.
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