CATCHMEINYOURDREAMS IS BACK

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Catchmeinyourdreams Returns To Action Thursday



Catchmeinyourdreams to return after 10
months in Thursday night fetaure.

LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA— He's eight-years old, he's not raced in nearly 10 months and he will have a new rider aboard. Yet, he is still the great Catchmeinyourdreams and it's big news whenever he runs. The Pritzi Dash gelding gets top billing in Thursday's $14,900 allowance feature at 350 yards - in a race that will mark his return to racing since being scratched out of last year's Los Alamitos Invitational Championship because of an abscess.
Owned by Kirk Goodfellow, Catchmeinyourdreams has been brought along slowly for his return by trainer Chris O'Dell, who is confident that his superstar is ready to mount a strong comeback.

"We've always had to pay close attention to his feet," O'Dell said. "Right now his feet are great. He's wearing specially designed shoes. It takes about three hours for the horseshoer to put them on him. Catchme' needed some time to get used to them but he's feeling very comfortable with them now.

"To be honest, I'll be fine if he runs second at 350 yards. It's his first time back after a long layoff and he's always liked the longer distances a lot better. We're pointing him to the usual races that will get him a berth to the Champion of Champions."

Catcheminyourdreams needs only $5,426 to become a racing millionaire. A winner of 13 of 46 starts, he is best known as the winner of three consecutive Los Alamitos Invitational Championships. Catchmeinyourdreams will also have the talented Jeff Williams aboard in place of Cody Jensen. This will be the first time since the 2005 Spencer Childers Championship Handicap that someone other than Jensen has ridden the Pritzi Dash gelding. Williams is a top-notch replacement, as he's won 32 races this season and he has as much experience as anyone in the current jockey colony. Catchmeinyourdreams will start from the outside post eight.

The gray gelding is not the only starter returning to action in this race. Lester Family Racing Stable's Apollos Favorite also reemerges after being away from the track since late July of 2006. The Apollo mare won the Grade 2 Las Damas Handicap in 2005 and prior to her layoff was a frequent performer in Grade 1 races at Los Alamitos. She competed in the Champion of Champions two years ago and her career earnings are nearing the $250,000 mark.

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Catchmeinyourdreams Becomes 47th Millionaire After Win




LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA—Bred by Ed Allred and owned by Kirk Goodfellow, Catchmeinyourdreams became Quarter Horse racing's 47th millionaire after winning his 2007 debut on Thursday at Los Alamitos.
The five-time AQHA Champion earned $7,700 thanks to his come-from-behind head victory over Siroptimist in the evening's seventh race. Catchmeinyourdreams, who has now earned $1,002,274 after winning 14 of 47 starts, was making his first start since finishing sixth in the Go Man Go Handicap on September 16.

Trained by Chris O'Dell, the 8-year-old gelding by Pritzi Dash out of Lizas Mystique was scratched out of the Los Alamitos Invitational Championship in October due to feet problems. His connections worked hard on him during the winter months before he returned to Los Alamitos for training in the Spring.

"This is a very emotional moment," said Goodfellow. "It's been a long eight months of working with Catchmeinyourdreams two to three hours a day. I didn't know if he would ever come back to the track. This race showed just how big a heart he has.

"There's a couple of people that worked hard behind the scenes with this horse," Goodfellow added. "Horseshoer Roy Smith of Orange, Texas, would drive three hours from his place to mine (in Minden, Texas) just to work on Catchme'. I can't even tell you how many times he came to help Catchme' and he's yet to take one penny from me for his services. Then there's my son-in-law Cody Reynolds, who helped me every day at home with this horse."

Ridden by Jeff Williams, Catchmeinyourdreams has been named the sport's champion aged horse twice and the champion aged gelding thrice. He's a winner of three Grade 1 Los Alamitos Invitational Championship and the Grade 1 Challenge Championship once. He's scheduled to make his next start in the Spencer Childers California Breeders Championship Handicap on Saturday, July 28.


Courtesy of www.losalamitos.com

A great big CONGRATULATIONS to "CATCHME", Kirk Goodfellow, Chris O'Dell, Jeff Williams and "CATCHEME's" farrier Roy Smith. What a horse!!!