A three-year-old daughter of Emirates Park shuttle stallion Dream Ahead (USA),
Awaken went in to the contest as a heavily backed $2.50 favourite and didn't
give her supporters a moment of concern.Ridden just off the pace in the 1420m assignment, the Grant & Alana Williams-trained filly was eased in to the open at the top of the home straight and had the race under her control in a matter of strides.
The final stages of the contest saw the untapped daughter of Dream Ahead given a very easy time, coasting to the line four lengths clear under a strong hold.
Awaken's finishing 600m sectional time of 35.22s was only bettered by one other winner on the day and would have proven to be considerably sharper if ridden out to the line.
A member of Dream Ahead's first foal-crop in Australia, Awaken was bred by Peters Investments P/L from the Redoute's Choice mare Mystical Hour.
A winner of four races from just 11 career starts, Mystical Hour is a great grand-daughter of the celebrated broodmare Princess Tracy and therefore hails from a prodigious family boasting a plethora of top-line international performers, including Typhoon Tracey (Aust. Horse of the Year), Tracey's Element, Suntagonal, Master of Design, Danasinga etc etc.
Awaken is the latest exciting prospect to emerge from Dream Ahead's first-crop to race in Australia.
Still only spring three-year-olds, other members of this contingent include this season's Melbourne stakes winner Ken's Dream, as well as the stakes performed First Dream, Beyond the Dream and Dreams Aplenty.
Awaken is actually bred on almost identical lines as the Group 2-placed winner Dreams Aplenty, both being from daughters of Redoute's Choice in turn produced by Zabeel mares.
The timing of Awaken's debut success could not have been better for Peters, the biggest single supporter of the Western Australia Turf Club's prestigious summer carnival.
Though the Dream Ahead filly doesn't hold any black-type race nominations at present, she won in the manner of a three-year-old likely to add to the breeder-owner's unparalleled level of Perth feature race success.
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