from Karen Briggs/WEG Media

Toronto, ON – With a perfect record in 2009, and six consecutive victories racked up going back to December, Afternoon Dreams has emerged as one of the stars of Benoit Baillargeon’s barn.

The 4-year-old daughter of Dream Vacation has proven she can take on the boys, too, sweeping both of her preliminary divisions of the Don Mills Trotting Series and setting a new lifetime mark of 1:55.1 in the process.

Does she have what it takes to capture the $61,000 final, and the series, and make it seven in a row on Monday, February 9?

Afternoon Dreams will go postward as part of a double entry with Azur, a Self-Possessed colt part-owned by Sylvia Burke and by Indiana trainer, Verlin Yoder. In the first and second legs of the Don Mills, Azur turned in a fifth-place performance and a second. He’ll have a new pilot in Rick Zeron on Monday.

If anyone can challenge Afternoon Dreams, it might be Sand Wyndham, a recent addition to Ben Wallace’s string who, like the filly, is looking for a series sweep. They’ll go head-to-head for the first time in the Don Mills final, leaving from posts #6 and 7, while Afternoon Dreams’ shedrow sister, Ocean Mist Dynasty, will leave from post position #1.

It promises to be an exciting contest, and the highlight of the Monday night card at Woodbine. The Don Mills final is race #4, post time 8:24 p.m.