- Dream Well (horse)
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Dream Well prior to the 1999 Epsom Coronation CupSire Sadler's Wells Grandsire Northern Dancer Dam Soul Dream Damsire Alleged Sex Stallion Foaled 1995 Country France Colour Bay Breeder Flaxman Holdings Ltd. Owner Niarchos family Trainer Pascal Bary Record 14: 4-4-4 Earnings €1,327,644 Major wins Prix La Force (1998)
Prix du Jockey Club (1998)
Irish Derby Stakes (1998)
Prix Gontaut-Biron (1999)Awards European Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1998)
European Horse of the Year (1998)Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on June 22, 2007 Dream Well (b. 1995 in France) is a retired champion Thoroughbred racehorse, bred by the Niarchos family. Dream Well was purchased at the Agence Francaise Yearling Sale in Deauville by Jean Louis Bouchard. He became best known for winning not only the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby), but also the Irish Derby Stakes in 1998 – a classic double which up until that year was only completed by Assert and Old Vic in the 1980s.
Dream Well's dam was Soul Dream, herself the daughter of the dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alleged. Sired by Champion Sadler's Wells, himself the winner of Irish 2,000 Guineas and the Eclipse Stakes. Dream Well's ancestors through his great grand dam Mia Pola can be traced back to U.S. Triple Crown champion War Admiral, and also his pedigree carries a double cross of world renowned sire Northern Dancer, through his dam and sire.
As a three-year-old, trained by Pascal Bary and ridden by Cash Asmussen, Dream Well won the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) on only his fourth ever outing, beating Croco Rouge by ½ length. One month later in magnificent style, quickly leaving his rivals for dead, Dream Well completed the double by winning the Irish Derby and so beating City Honours by 4½ lengths. This led to Dream Well being voted the 1998 Irish Horse of the Year and 1998 European Horse of the Year.
Dream Well was retired from racing at the end of the 1999 season and was sent to stud in Japan and, for one season, New Zealand. He returned to France in 2004 to stand at Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard, where he now stands.
Dream Well now has his own BLOG.
Pedigree of Dream Well Sire
Sadler's WellsNorthern Dancer Nearctic Nearco Lady Angela Natalma Native Dancer Almahmoud Fairy Bridge Bold Reason Hail to Reason Lalun Special Forli Thong Dam
Soul DreamAlleged Hoist The Flag Tom Rolfe Wavy Navy Princess Pout Prince John Determined Lady Normia Northfields Northern Dancer Little Hut Mia Pola Relko Polamia References
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