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38 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | March 2015 Snow Go Jockey Angel Arroyo afer the Franklin Square Saratoga Dreamer moves past Regal Minister in the Rego Park ed storm would lead to the cancellation. Moyer also said Hard to Stay Notgo has, in fact, been something of a prob - lem child, making him particularly pleased with her performance in the Franklin Square. "She's a little problematic to train," he admitted. "She's a vintage inner track-type flly, just naturally very, very fast. That's all she wants to do. "We liked her when she broke her maiden at Saratoga, and we loved her when she ran back in the stakes races. She trained really, really good, and she's settled way down at the gate. She was a lot less nervous. "She couldn't have been any better today at the receiving barn and in the paddock," he added. Though Raines said she was well-be - haved on the farm, he did acknowledge she's not a rateable flly. "She wants to be on the lead," he said, "so you hope the stars line up when she runs." A half sister to two-time stakes win - ner Mark My Way, Hard to Stay Notgo is out of the Storm Cat mare Which - waydidshego, herself a half sister to the multiple graded stakes-winning Fed Biz. The Bromans purchased Whichwaydid - shego for $425,000 at the 2009 Keene- land November breeding stock sale, in foal to Unbridled's Song. The 12-year-old mare has a yearling Bernardini colt and is expecting another Bernardini foal for 2015. She will be bred to 2013 champion 3-year-old male Will Take Charge later this year. Her Unbridled's Song offspring, the 5-year-old Soul Safari, was retired af - ter fve winless starts and will be bred to Boys At Tosconova. Had Hard to Stay Notgo run poorly in the Franklin Square, she would likely have joined her half sister in the breeding shed. "We'd have just brought her home," said Raines. But with two wins and two stakes- placings in four lifetime starts, for earnings of $173,800, the dark bay or brown flly is likely to remain in train - ing, particularly given Moyer's emphat- ic assessment of her as perfect for Aqu- educt's inner track. Saratoga in January? Saratoga Dreamer took the inaugural running of the Rego Park Stakes Jan. 30, getting his frst stakes win and living up to the promise of his maiden win last summer. Making his frst start on dirt, the 3-year-old son of Elusive Quality out of the Irish River mare St Francis Wood, rated a length or two behind the pace - setting Regal Minister in the six-furlong event, wearing down the leader in the fnal strides to win by a neck in 1:12.83. Saratoga Dreamer is owned by Pe - ter Deutsch and was bred by Aynsford Holdings. "He's trained well on dirt," said Deutsch's racing manager Frank Pal - lone. "He went fast in his workouts and he seemed very comfortable on it. We wanted to fgure out if he could run on dirt early in his career, so that we knew how to move forward for his 3- and 4-year-old campaigns." Lightly raced, Saratoga Dreamer won frst out at his namesake track on the turf, then fnished eighth in the Sum - mer Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine as the 3-2 favorite. The Rego Park was his frst start off a nearly fve-month layoff. "He had a slight foot problem that we've addressed with shoes," explained Pallone. "We feel pretty comfortable that should take care of it." Named for the track that Deutsch and Pallone have visited for the last 25 years, frst as handicappers and now as owners, Saratoga Dreamer has headed south to trainer Christophe Clement's Florida barn. "We'll freshen him a bit," said Pal - lone, "then bring him back up in the spring and try to fgure out where he fts best, on grass or on dirt." ADAM COGLIANESE/NYRA PHOTOS