I think anybody can be forgiven for forgetting this horse... He made his debut in 2013 and ran almost 50 lths behind... never to run again... for whatever reason(I'm sure there is a story there ) he has covered a mare and that foal makes its debut tomorrow in PE... Let's hope he outperforms his father
Lets hope so for the owner , must be one patient person and love this horse .
Was a Slew the Red - Think he is the only Sire in SA out of Slew the Red out of - an unraced Mare . Wow
1st dam
MARTHA, unraced; Half sister to LAKE BAIKHAL, Goldsmith; dam of 8 foals; 7 runners; 4
winners inc.:
Eastern Marque (01 f. by Muhtafal (USA)): 5 wins, R198,590, at 3 to 5, 1200 - 1400m,
placed 8 times; dam of 1 winner.
Coastal Sunshine (02 c. by Kahal (GB)): winner, R43,570, at 5, 1800m, placed 9 times.
Flaminglight (03 c. by Muhtafal (USA)): 4 wins, 3 wins in Mauritius, R208,470, at 3 to 5,
1200 - 1500m, placed 11 times.
Salute The Saint (07 c. by Muhtafal (USA)): winner, winner in Mauritius, R48,000, at 3 to
7, 1200 - 1600m, placed 5 times, from only 10 starts.
Red Revival (04 c. by Russian Revival (USA)): placed, at 3, from 9 starts.
Mutakova (06 c. by Muhtafal (USA)): unraced.
Cause For Caution (08 f. by Slew The Red (USA)): unplaced in 3 starts at 3.
Match My Master: see above.
well the mare upgraded the stallion... the the colt improved on his father's record and finished only 35 lengths behind so perhaps he too will cover a mare :evil:
....pity what this mare has to endure....I think that she has something in her genes that might produce something much more competitive if she is sent to a well suited sire
Muhtiman wrote: ....pity what this mare has to endure....I think that she has something in her genes that might produce something much more competitive if she is sent to a well suited sire
Dream Alliance (foaled 23 March 2001) is a thoroughbred racehorse, owned by the Alliance Partnership and trained by Philip Hobbs.[1]
Background
Dream Alliance was bred by Janet Vokes, whose main experience until then had been with breeding whippets and racing pigeons.[2] While working as a barmaid at a local pub,[3] she overheard Howard Davies, a local tax adviser, discussing a racehorse he had once owned. She was inspired by the idea, and soon after she and her husband, Brian, found a mare named Rewbell who was available for ₤1000, due in part to a barbed wire injury[3] and a very bad temperament.[4] They ultimately bought her for ₤350 and named Davies as the "racing manager" of the group.[2]
They bred Rewbell to Bien Bien, a stallion in his first year at stud in the UK, and the ensuing foal was born in 2001.[3] The horse was reared on an allotment in Cefn Fforest near the town of Blackwood in south Wales, and ultimately 23 different people joined the ownership syndicate. Each member originally contributed ₤10 per week to help develop the young horse and keep him in race training.[2] The syndicate was organized by Davies, who estimated that it would cost ₤15,000 a year to keep the horse in training and determined that 30 people, each contributing ₤10 a week, could work.[4]
Racing career Edit
Dream Alliance moved from the Vokes' allotment to a stable when he was a yearling. At age three, he came to Philip Hobbs for training, after the syndicate had raised enough money to pay the training costs. On November 10, 2004, he came in fourth in his first race, third the next time, then second and finally in January 2006, won in his fourth race, hurdles at Chepstow. He then entered a slump, but began winning again in April 2007 at the Perth Gold Cup. In a 2008 preparatory race for the Grand National at the Aintree Festival, he sliced a tendon on the course, and only the quick thinking of his jockey and the urging of Davies saved him from being euthanized.[4] Treatment required a very new stem cell treatment, but ultimately he healed and was able to race again.[3] His winnings were adequate to cover the costs of his surgery and 15 months of rehabilitation. He reentered race training in July 2009.[4]
The horse won the 2009 Welsh National by three-quarters of a length, having been ridden by Tom O'Brien.[5] As a result of his humble background and the successful treatment, the horse received significant media coverage in the run-up to the 2010 Grand National.[6] The horse did not subsequently complete that race,[1] being pulled up after the seventh fence. After the Grand National, he was found to have a lung condition.[4] Though he ran in seven more races, he did not place again.[1] He was retired in 2012.[4]
Ultimately, he ran 30 races and won ₤138,646 in prize money.[1] After all training and veterinary expenses were paid, including his surgery costs, the 23 syndicate members each obtained a profit of ₤1430.[4]
As of 2015 Dream Alliance is stabled in Somerset under the care of the horse groom who worked for Hobbs and took care of him during his career.[4] In 2015, a film about the horse and the people around him, titled Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance premiered, and at the Sundance Film Festival won the World Cinema audience award.[7]
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