4. One Dreamer, 1994 Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Three fillies were sent off at odds of 2.10-1 or lower in a loaded 1994 Distaff at Churchill Downs – Ogden Phipps’ champion 3-year-old filly Heavenly Prize, champion older female and eventual Hall of Famer Sky Beauty, and 1993 champion 3-year-old filly and Distaff winner Hollywood Wildcat. Meanwhile, Glen Hill Farm’s One Dreamer entered the Distaff off of a third-place finish in a turf stakes at Dueling Grounds in south-central Kentucky (now Kentucky Downs). That being said, the gray daughter of Relaunch had plenty of talent, as she’d gone 11-for-24 up to the Breeders’ Cup, and in Louisville she reunited with Gary Stevens, who rode her to a pace-setting victory in a Grade 2 stakes at Churchill a year earlier. In the Distaff, horse and jockey employed the same tactics again, shooting out to the early lead, setting comfortable fractions, and then going all out in the stretch to hold off a game Heavenly Prize by a neck at odds of 47.10-1. That performance, which inspired one of announcer Tom Durkin’s many classic race calls, was One Dreamer’s last career race before she was retired to Leonard Lavin’s Florida farm.
Three fillies were sent off at odds of 2.10-1 or lower in a loaded 1994 Distaff at Churchill Downs – Ogden Phipps’ champion 3-year-old filly Heavenly Prize, champion older female and eventual Hall of Famer Sky Beauty, and 1993 champion 3-year-old filly and Distaff winner Hollywood Wildcat. Meanwhile, Glen Hill Farm’s One Dreamer entered the Distaff off of a third-place finish in a turf stakes at Dueling Grounds in south-central Kentucky (now Kentucky Downs). That being said, the gray daughter of Relaunch had plenty of talent, as she’d gone 11-for-24 up to the Breeders’ Cup, and in Louisville she reunited with Gary Stevens, who rode her to a pace-setting victory in a Grade 2 stakes at Churchill a year earlier. In the Distaff, horse and jockey employed the same tactics again, shooting out to the early lead, setting comfortable fractions, and then going all out in the stretch to hold off a game Heavenly Prize by a neck at odds of 47.10-1. That performance, which inspired one of announcer Tom Durkin’s many classic race calls, was One Dreamer’s last career race before she was retired to Leonard Lavin’s Florida farm.
