Swedish rider is perfect aboard Beach Dreaming

Fanny Olsson gave her more famous colleagues in the Gulfstream Park jockeys’ colony a lesson on finding the shortest route to the finish line in yesterday’s third race.

The 26-year-old Swedish rider, aboard the 5-year-old Treasure Beach mare Beach Dreaming, settled in fifth place on the hedge shortly after leaving the gate in the 7 1/2-furlong turf race, and never strayed from the inside all the way to the wire. As the rest of the field went wide chasing pacesetter Adamant into the lane, Olsson hugged the hedge and out-gamed the leader by three-quarters of a length.

It marked the fifth career victory for Beach Dreaming, who paid $20 to win, and her $13,800 check boosted her total to $89,390. Bred by Tom Cross, she’s 5-3-5 in 20 starts.