Andrew Caulfield, April 2, 2013-Dreaming of Julia PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D GULFSTREAM OAKS-GII, $300,000, GPX, 3-30, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m, 1:48 4/5, ft. 1--DREAMING OF JULIA, 122, f, 3, by A.P. Indy 1st Dam: Dream Rush (MGISW, $779,364), by Wild Rush 2nd Dam: Turbo Dream, by Unbridled 3rd Dam: Reve De Fee, by Mr. Prospector O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Stonestreet Holdings LLC (KY); T-Todd A Pletcher; J-John R Velazquez. $180,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 6-4-1-1, $767,000. Werk Nick Rating: Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Margins: 21 3/4, 4, 3HF. Odds: 1.60, 1.80, 8.00. Also Ran: Kimberly Jean, Emollient, Original Script. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. The Derby and A.P. Indy haven=t been made for each other, at least so far. Of course 1992=s Horse of the Year appeared to have the classic at his mercy until a badly bruised foot forced him onto the sidelines, but he has yet to make amends as a stallion. The closest his sons have come to taking the Derby was Aptitude=s second in 2000, but the 2010 race provided a sign that A.P. Indy is going to make an impact on the Derby, if only indirectly. Victory that year went to Super Saver (Maria=s Mon), whose dam is by A.P. Indy, with the runner-up Ice Box being by A.P. Indy=s son . This year=s renewal may well take this a step further. Following Saturday=s trials, the two colts with the most Road To The points are Orb, the GI Florida Derby hero who is by A.P. Indy=s son Malibu Moon, and Revolutionary, the GII Louisiana victor who is out of A.P. Indy=s GI Alabama S. winner Runup The Colors. But to my eyes, these two were outshone by another of A.P. Indy=s descendants--his daughter Dreaming of Julia. Whereas it took Orb 1:50.87 to cover Gulfstream=s mile and an eighth, and Revolutionary 1:50.28 to cover the same distance at the Fair Grounds, Dreaming of Julia recorded a very spritely 1:48.97 when carrying the same weight of 122 lbs. in the GII Gulfstream Oaks. And she wasn=t hard pressed to do so. The immediate target for Dreaming of Julia was named as the Kentucky Oaks--a race which, unlike its male equivalent, has paid ample testimony to A.P. Indy=s prowess as a sire of top-quality performers. He has already supplied two Oaks winners, in Secret Status and Rags To Riches, plus the runners-up Tomisue=s Delight and Little Belle. He is also responsible for three winners each of the Gazelle and the Personal Ensign, plus two winners each of the Las Virgenes S., Mother Goose S., Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama S. Just about everything about Dreaming of Julia Dream Rush, no doubt, owed much of her speed to suggests that she will be adding more Grade I victories her sire Wild Rush, who was best known for his Grade I to this list. In winning the GI Frizette S. last year, she victories in the Carter H. over seven furlongs and in the became only the second daughter of A.P. Indy to win a Met Mile. The fact that her dam Turbo Dream was a Grade I at the age of two. Her predecessor Tempera daughter of Unbridled might have been expected to won the 2001 Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies, but had to bestow some stamina, except for the fact that this be euthanized before she could race again in the U.S. Wertheimer-bred filly was inbred 3x2 to the champion Even so, Dreaming of Julia=s performance at sprinter Mr. Prospector. It=s worth mentioning that Orb, Gulfstream suggests she is ready to leave her juvenile the Florida Derby winner, also has a pedigree which form behind--a view which is also supported by her contains A.P. Indy, Unbridled and two lines of Mr. parentage. Although the joint 2-year-old record of Prospector--a combination which also crops up in the Dreaming of Julia=s sire and dam stood at an impressive pedigrees of Tapit, General Quarters and Sky Diva. five wins from six starts, they were far from specialist It was surely this inbreeding to Mr. Prospector which juveniles. highlighted Dream Rush=s suitability as a mate for A.P. You=ll hardly need me to remind you that A.P. Indy Indy--a stallion whose fortunes were largely founded on went on to take the GI Belmont S. and GI Breeders= Cup Mr. Prospector blood. Most of A.P. Indy=s Classic. Dreaming of Julia=s dam Dream Rush also made Grade I-winning daughters have Mr. Prospector in their excellent progress at three, to the extent that she pedigrees and the Claiborne champion was the became a dual Grade I winner in the summer, when she broodmare sire of Tempera and Little Belle. followed up her win in the six-furlong Prioress S. with The contribution of Wild Rush and his sire Wild Again another in the Test S. over a furlong farther. Although mustn=t be overlooked, though. Two of A.P. Indy=s sons her chances of an Eclipse Award disappeared when out of Mr. Prospector mares--Pulpit and Congrats--have Dream Rush sank in the slop on that horrible Breeders= Grade I winners out of daughters of Wild Again mares. Cup weekend at Monmouth Park, she still finished Pulpit=s contribution is the versatile Pyro and the second to Maryfield in the voting for champion female GI Frontrunner S. winner Power Broker, while Congrats sprinter. sired the Prioress S. winner Emma=s Encore. Pulpit=s son Dream Rush had been a $90,000 Tapit also has a Grade I winner, Joyful Victory, with a September yearling, but her speed must have been dam by Wild Again, and his GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile apparent when she reappeared at the Ocala sales the winner Tapizar has a second dam by the same sire. It following February and her price climbed to $285,000. comes as no surprise, then, that A.P. Indy has done so It was definitely apparent by the time she showed up at well with a daughter of Wild Rush. Fasig-Tipton November after her Grade I wins, with the Dreaming of Julia=s exploits are giving us more reason bidding rising to $3.3 million. to regret the sale of Wild Rush to Japan, but Wild She went on to race a further seven times and added Rush=s connections could hardly be blamed for making two more wins to her tally, including a six-furlong the decision to sell. His sale as a 9-year-old came after stakes race at five. Speed was undoubtedly her he had attracted a book of only 38 mares in 2003. That specialty. Dreaming of Julia is her first foal. This A.P. small book was a consequence of a very disappointing Indy filly was scheduled to sell at Keeneland as a start with his first 2-year-olds in 2002, when he failed yearling but was withdrawn. I don=t know why she was to come up with a single black-type earner among his withdrawn, but Stonestreet has every reason to be 33 runners. thankful that they didn=t sell. As often happens, the sale to Japan triggered a sequence of success for Wild Rush. Leading the way were three Grade I-winning daughters in Stellar Jayne, DREAMING OF JULIA, f, 2010 Hollywood Story and Dream Rush. Boldnesian Dreaming of Julia=s fifth dam Reine Mathilde was very Bold Reasoning smart at up to a mile and a quarter in France and the Seattle Slew Reason to Earn Poker U.S., and this--together with the presence of A.P. Indy, My Charmer Wild Again and Unbridled--may well have helped A.P. Indy Fair Charmer Bold Ruler balance the speedier elements in the Stonestreet filly=s Secretariat pedigree. Weekend Surprise Somethingroyal Lassie Dear Buckpasser Gay Missile Wild Again Icecapade Wild Rush Bushel-n-Peck Plugged Nickel Dream Rush Rose Park 16-8-3-2 Hardship 3Fls, 1GSW Unbridled Fappiano Turbo Dream Gana Facil 10Fls, 1GSW Reve De Fee Mr. Prospector 9Fls Reine Des Iles