HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Aldana Spieth said she was “still on a cloud” on Monday, less than 24 hours after she combined with her husband, jockey Scott Spieth, to register the most important win of her 16-year training career with the 19-1 Dreaming of Kona in the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes. The victory came following a lengthy deliberation by the stewards and the disqualification of Legacy Isle, who crossed the finish line first but drifted under a left-handed stick to impede Dreaming of Kona approaching the wire. Dreaming of Kona, owned by Aldana Spieth along with Lisa and Steve Ballou, was making just his third start and first beyond six furlongs in the one-mile Mucho Macho Man. He was an impressive winner at first asking over the synthetic surface at Presque Isle and third behind the multiple stakes winner Super Chow to close out his brief juvenile campaign in the Inaugural on Dec. 3 at Tampa Bay Downs. On Sunday, Dreaming of Kona stalked Legacy Isle’s pace from start to finish of the Mucho Macho Man, continuing gamely down the stretch before being forced out and taken up briefly. He fell a half-length shy of catching the leader. :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  “That’s what we all dream about,” said Aldana Spieth, who had registered only one other stakes win since beginning her training career at Monmouth Park during the summer of 2006. “To be honest, I was happy for the second. Then my husband came back after the race and told me he was claiming foul. I wondered at one point why my horse didn’t go by the leader, and then when I talked to him, I realized why.” Spieth said she and her partners received several offers for Dreaming of Kona following his debut win at Presque Isle, but they all agreed not to sell. The son of Fast Anna was purchased for $50,000 out of the 2022 OBS June sale. “I was on the phone from Presque Isle when my partners were at the sale, and I told them I wanted a gray horse and a colt,” Spieth said. “Fillies are too complicated. And that’s how we got him. I loved him from the first day I took him off the van. When we got the offers to sell after he won at Presque Isle, I said money isn’t going to change me right now and this is the horse we’ve been waiting for. My husband gets on this horse every day, and I thought this is something we can do and accomplish together.” Spieth said she wasn’t concerned about sending Dreaming of Kona a mile for the first time in the Mucho Macho Man, especially after he worked five furlongs in 59.20 seconds at Tampa a week before the race. “He could have gone faster if he wanted and wasn’t even blowing when he came back from that work,” Spieth said. “I knew after that he was ready and that’s why we made the decision to go down to Gulfstream rather than wait for the Pasco at Tampa. He came back here last night, ate up everything, and I couldn’t be more delighted with how he came out of the race. There are races coming up for him at Tampa, but we’ll consider bringing him back down there for the Holy Bull for his next start because I think he handles the dirt better at Gulfstream than here.” The Grade 3 Holy Bull will be run Feb. 4. :: Get ready for Gulfstream Park racing with DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports.  Although the Mucho Macho Man was just Scott Spieth’s second victory from limited opportunities at Gulfstream Park, it was the 4,648th win in a career that began in 1986 and peaked with 307 winners in 2005, the majority coming at Thistledown and Mountaineer Park. Spieth currently does the bulk of his riding at Presque Isle in the summer and Tampa during the winter. Lord Miles shows big late move Perhaps the most noteworthy performance in the Mucho Macho Man was turned in by Lord Miles, who appeared hopelessly out of contention on the final turn before finishing best of all down the center of the track to finish third, beaten three-parts of a length, in just his second start. “I was surprised going a mile how far he dropped out of contention, got off the bridle, the same as he did in his first start going six furlongs,” trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said. “He gave himself so much to do, but the way he finished, in my opinion, he was the best horse in the race and I wouldn’t trade him for anybody else in the field. He was the only horse really running at the end.” Joseph said the Holy Bull also could be next up for Lord Miles. Females go long on turf A 1 1/2-mile allowance test for older fillies and mares on the turf offering an $86,000 purse highlights Thursday’s card. The field of nine is led by the Joseph-trained Bravo Kitten, who is coming off a second-place finish going 1 5/16 miles at Kentucky Downs on Labor Day. Joseph also sends out Running Legacy in the race, which includes top contenders Elle Est Forte, Broadway Boogie, Blue Times, and four time winner Social Engagement. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.