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Dream Of Dreams To Miss July Cup

Dream Of Dreams (Ire) (Dream Ahead), the popular winner of the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot on June 19, will miss his next intended target in the July 10 G1 July Cup after re-aggravating an old ankle injury while training on Saturday morning, Bruce Raymond, racing manager to owner Saeed Suhail, told Racing Post.

“Unfortunately Dream Of Dreams aggravated a previous ankle injury, which will keep him out of the July Cup,” Raymond said. “He did a routine piece of work and pulled up a little bit sore, and as a precaution [trainer] Sir Michael [Stoute] is having him checked out. There are only a few races a horse like him can go for and thankfully he's won one of them at Royal Ascot. Beyond that there's the [G1] Sprint Cup at Haydock or the [G1] Champions Sprint at Ascot, but if he misses those then hopefully he'll be back next year.”

A 7-year-old gelding, Dream Of Dreams was winning a second Group 1 in the Diamond Jubilee, having taken last year's Sprint Cup. He had been second in the previous two renewals of the Diamond Jubilee.

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Dream Of Dreams “Remarkably Well”

Dream Of Dreams (Ire) (Dream Ahead) exited his popular victory in last weekend's G1 Diamond Jubilee S. “remarkably well,” according to Bruce Raymond, racing manager to owner Saeed Suhail. The 7-year-old gelding was winning the Royal Ascot sprinting showpiece after finishing runner-up in the prior two renewals for trainer Sir Michael Stoute.

“We were delighted, and he's come out of the race very, very well,” Raymond said. “His owner was absolutely delighted; he wanted to know if he can keep the trophy so I said, 'no, you have to win it twice.' He just said, 'well, we'll do it next year then!'”

Raymond also praised Stoute's training performance.

“He looks straightforward but he's a horse that doesn't work with any other horses at all and exercises mostly on his own, not because he's crazy or anything, I just think it suits him better,” Raymond said. “I haven't seen him gallop, he just breezes on his own and to do it with a 7-year-old is good, to get him there in a top-class race without a prep run is pretty clever.”

Dream Of Dreams holds an entry for the July 11 G1 July Cup, but Raymond said the Aug. 8 G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest is more likely.

“I don't know [if he'll run in the July Cup] but I would doubt it, I'm just not sure about him going down the hill at Newmarket,” Raymond said. “Maybe the race in Deauville over six and a half furlongs [Prix Maurice de Gheest], we might step him up, there's only certain races we can go for when you've got to stick to a pattern.”

Although the Diamond Jubilee was a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Raymond said that is also unlikely.

“I personally think the horse would get a mile in America, but it hasn't been discussed, these are only just my thoughts,” he said. “I think he'd get the mile in America, I really do, because he stays the seven well at Newbury. The Breeders' Cup Sprint I think would be too sharp for him, they'd be gone.”

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Hollie Doyle To Get First Breeders’ Cup Mount With Mighty Gurkha In Juvenile Turf Sprint

Hollie Doyle will cap a season of personal landmarks and record-breaking feats with her first ride at the Breeders' Cup.

Doyle is set to partner G3 winner Mighty Gurkha, trained by Archie Watson, in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.

It will be her first ride in a race in the United States and her first ride outside Europe.

“Arrangements are being made for Hollie to go out to Keeneland,” said Bruce Raymond, who manages Mighty Gurkha for owner Mohammed Rashid. “She knows the horse better than anyone and she has done nothing wrong on him.”

Mighty Gurkha won the Sirenia Stakes in September having previously finished fifth of six when hot favorite for a G3 at Deauville.

“There was a bit of a cock-up in France when the blind didn't come off quickly enough,” Raymond said. “He used to be a bit dodgy in the gate but he won't be at Keeneland where he will have two stall handlers holding him and the gates are a bit larger.

“We know he is quick but whether he is quick by American standards we don't know. We can only be hopeful.”

Doyle, who claimed her first Royal Ascot win this season, rode her first G1 winner on Glen Shiel in the British Champions Sprint before breaking her own record for the most wins in a year by a female jockey in Britain. She has ridden 126 winners.

Former jockey Raymond said: “Hollie is a good jockey and probably the equal of Tom [Marquand], her boyfriend. She doesn't go anything wrong, she is in a good position all the time, she always gets them out of the gates smartly and I don't know why.

“She deserves everything. I don't think of her now as a lady jockey, I just think of her as a good jockey.”

This story was originally published on Horse Racing Planet and is reprinted here with permission. Find more content like this at HorseRacingPlanet.com.

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