Yerba Buena BC

Eleven turf distaffers are set to go in Sunday's $150,000 Yerba Buena

Breeders' Cup H. (G3) at Golden Gate Fields, and DREAMS COME TRUE (Fr) (Zafonic)

looks poised to take her second straight win of the year. Trained by Bobby

Frankel, the bay mare rallied from the inside to capture the Sun City H. in her

five-year-old bow last out, earning a 107 BRIS E2 Pace rating and vindicating

her 6-5 favorite status. She stretches out to the 1 1/8-mile distance over which

she captured an allowance last season and will have Omar Berrio back in the saddle

for Sunday's event. Dreams Come True might offer a nice price for the win.

HALLOWED DREAM (Ire) (Alhaarth) broke her maiden in late December at Santa

Anita, before returning to score in an allowance and allowance/optional claimer

in her last two. Her first race of 2006 came at the nine-furlong distance, and

she rallied from near the back in that one to win by 1 1/4 lengths at the wire.

The Ben Cecil-conditioned four-year-old posted a 105 BRIS Late Pace rating for

that one two back and could take this one with a game late rally. Dennis Carr

has the call.

DREAM LADY (Old Trieste) hasn't finished worse than second from her past

seven races, and most recently captured a nine-furlong Santa Anita allowance by

3 1/4 lengths while leading from gate to wire. Also trained by Frankel, the bay

miss has earned consistent BRIS Speed ratings throughout her career and finished

second in her only stakes race, the Lake George S. (G3) last year at Saratoga.

She could break through here with a first black-type victory under Jose Valdivia

Jr.

ELEANOR ROSE (In Excess [Ire]) is another consistent performer, running third

or better in her past 10 races. She earned a 103 Speed figure for her last race,

an easy six-length pacesetting win in the off-the-turf Work the Crowd H. at

Golden Gate, and

could easily take this one if she gets away with another uncontested pace.

Martin Garcia will be back in the irons. MIDWIFE (Family Calling) finished third

in this event last year, but wasn't seen again until a late December allowance

at Santa Anita in which she was unplaced. She didn't do so badly in her 2006 bow, just 4 3/4 lengths back in

seventh in the Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf. The bay mare was a nice

third in the American Beauty H. last out and could offer a nice surprise in this

one.

MARLA BAY (Skip Away) returns to the turf for the first time since last June.

She was just a half-length back in second in this event last season and will

probably be tough in the top three this time around as well. SKY DREAMS (Sky

Classic) put together two straight wins on the main track, by a total of

14 lengths, prior to finishing second in the off-the-turf Half Moon Bay S. last

out. She also earned triple-digit Late Pace figures in two of her last three

outings and has competed well on the turf in the past. Consider for the exotics.

STRONG FAITH (Pioneering) was the winner of the Half Moon Bay and will try to

keep her four-race win streak going here. The former claimer has been going well

of late and could close strongly to make a race of it.

SECRET CORSAGE (Lost Soldier) finished well back in a Golden Gate stakes

last out in March and might need a race off the layoff before trying these. PAPILLON

ROUGE (Chi) (Golden Voyager) owns lower numbers than others in here and might

not be able to keep up. DREAM'S (Chi) (Sam M.) hasn't been able to challenge

against U.S. stakes company of late. We'll go against.