Champion trainer Jason DaCosta and jockey Robert Halledeen got exactly what they came for as Funcaandun delivered a three-and-a-half-length demolition job in the $1.75-million Seeking My Dream Trophy feature race at Caymanas Park.

The five-year-old American-bred bay horse Funcaandun easily won the Graded Stakes/Open Allowance for three-year-olds and upward over seven and a half furlongs (1,500m), stopping the clock in 1:30.10 minutes, just shades outside Sky Train’s track record of 1:29.2 set on May 7, 1983. The splits read 23.2, 45.4, 1:11.3, and 1:24.0.

Funcaandun settled in third behind California Crown (Aaron Chatrie) and Neo Star (Tajay Suckoo) down the backstretch, tracking comfortably as the pace heated up. California Crown tried to up the tempo going into the half-mile turn, but Halledeen was always in control.