Dream Of Dreams emulates his sire - Dream Ahead - who won the race in 2011
Former shuttler Dream Ahead (Diktat) sired his fourth Group 1 winner on Saturday when the Sir Michael Stoute-trained son Dream Of Dreams (6 g ex Vasilia by Dansili) emulated his sire in the Sprint Cup (Gr 1, 6f) at Haydock.
Beaten a head by Hello Youmzain (Kodiac) in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) at Royal Ascot earlier this year, the gelding earned a much deserved victory at the top level when he defeated Glen Shiel (Pivotal) by a length and a quarter with a neck back to Golden Horde (Lethal Force) in third. The Cambridge Stud-raced Hello Youmzain finished in fifth, three and a quarter lengths adrift of the winner.
"Thanks so much to Sir Michael, his team and the owner for putting me on him," winning jockey Oisin Murphy said.
"I'm over the moon as it's hard to win Group 1s and this horse is an absolute star.
"He was explosive on his last start over seven furlongs in the Hungerford at Newbury, but I had no worries [coming back to six].
"If he jumped and travelled, I thought he could win."
Bought by Mick Flanagan for 37,000gns at the 2013 Tattersalls December Foal Sale, Dream Of Dreams has now won seven of his 28 starts and placed on a further 11 occasions. He is one of five winners and the only stakes winner out of the unraced Dansili (Danehill) mare Vasilia who has also produced the stakes placed pair Silverheels (Verglas) and Lasilia (Acclamation).
His second dam is Kangra Valley (Indian Ridge) who is the dam of Group 1 winner Airwave (Air Express) who produced stakes winners Aloof (Galileo), Orator (Galileo) and Meow (Storm Cat), the dam of multiple Group 1 winner and sire and Coolmore Stud shuttler Churchill (Galileo).
Dream Ahead, who won five Group 1 races including the 2011 running of the Sprint Cup, shuttled to Australia for seven seasons between 2012 and 2018 during which time he covered 757 mares. He is now based at Haras de Grandcamp in France and his 28 stakes winners include fellow Group 1 winners Donjuan Triumphant, Glass Slippers and Al Wukair.
Dream Of Dreams gets his Group 1!
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 5, 2020
The six-year-old follows his sire Dream Ahead with victory in the Betfair Sprint Cup for @oismurphy and Sir Michael Stoute at @haydockraces
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