FOREST OF DREAMS and FOREST LIGHTNING
4th-BEL, $62,400, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f (off turf), 1:11, sloppy. FOREST OF DREAMS (c, 4, Forestry—Desert Angel, by Desert Wine) debuted auspiciously at this track last July 4, finishing second, but stumbled badly at the start of a Saratoga maiden July 28 and weakened to ninth. The bay was most recently third in a Travers Day maiden at the Spa Aug. 25 and was odds-on in his four-year-old bow, rained off the grass. Quickest into stride, the $475,000 KEESEP yearling and $600,000 KEEAPR juvenile opened up on the turn and splashed home to win by 10 1/2 lengths. Forest Lightning completed a $131.50 exacta for his sire. The winner is a half to Sand Saint (Manzotti), SW, $116,610; Desert Air (Manzotti), GSW, $452,206; and Desert Demon(Manzotti), SW & MGSP, $410,700. Baronial(Kingmambo), the son of champion Personal Ensign,never threatened in a sixth-place effort. Lifetime Record:4-1-1-1, $54,195. O-Centennial Farms. B-Mt Brilliant Farm LLC (KY).T-James A Jerkens.