Yoshida Goes on Late Session Spending Spree at KEENOV

Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm went on a late session buying spree during the supplemental portion of Keeneland November Monday, purchasing champion Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute) for $5.5 million as hip 235 and then adding 2022 French two-time Group 1 winner Dreamloper (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) for $2.7 million as hip 239.

Midnight Bisou had previously sold for $5 million at the conclusion of her racing career to partner Chuck Allen at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Since then she produced a Curlin colt Feb. 12 and was offered back in foal to Tapit. Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa consigned the 7-year-old, whose juvenile half-brother Verifying (Justify) was second in this year's GI Champagne S.

Dreamloper, meanwhile, was consigned by her trainer Ed Walker, having finished 12th in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Mile. The Mrs. Olivia Hoare homebred took the G1 Prix D'Ispahan in May and romped by 5 1/2 lengths in the G1 Prix de Moulin de Longchamp in her most recent European start. She was offered as a racing or broodmare prospect.

Yoshida also paid $1.5 million for GSW 'TDN Rising Star' Jouster (Noble Mission {GB}) as hip 198.

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Owner-Breeder Predicts Dreamloper To Bow Out With A Bang At Breeders’ Cup

Dreamloper's owner-breeder Olivia Hoare has admitted to being overcome with emotion ahead of a trip of a lifetime to the Breeders' Cup to see her dual Group 1-winning homebred bow out from racing on the biggest stage of all.

Trained by Ed Walker to win two top-flight races at ParisLongchamp this season, Dreamloper (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) is likely to race for the final time in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile given the 5-year-old is entered up in the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale next week.

The decision to allow Dreamloper to go under the hammer after Saturday's race, for which she is as short as 6-1 with most firms, was one of the most difficult ones Hoare has ever faced, according to the enthusiastic owner.

However, she will retain a major interest in the family and reports Dreamloper's dam Livia's Dream (Ire) to be in foal to Lope De Vega (Ire), meaning a full-sibling is expected on the ground in the spring.

Hoare, who is in her mid-70s, said, “I'm excited and terrified at the same time. I get very nervous when she races. We watched the draw for the Breeders' Cup Mile the other night and, as the outside stalls had been filled by the time her name was called out, I grew in confidence.”

She added, “It's been incredibly exciting following Dreamloper. The highlights were unquestionably the two races in Paris this summer. I was there with my step grandchildren and step granddaughter and the children could not believe that the adults were jumping up and down and screaming their heads off. They were greatly entertained. That was tremendously exciting.”

The Dreamloper story began in 2010 when Hoare purchased her dam, Livia's Dream, from Luke Lillingston's Mount Coote Stud at Book 1 at Tattersalls for 45,000gns.

Lillingston, who boards many of Hoare's mares and has acted as an agent on behalf of the Roscommon native for over a decade, was not present when she viewed the then diminutive yearling by Teofilo (Ire).

However, Hoare remembers how Lillingston's father provided her with some inspiration ahead of the sale, and she hasn't looked back since.

She recalled, “Dreamloper always had a remarkable walk. I'm not very good at judging foals but, when she was a yearling, I said, 'you've got your mother's walk and, if you have her gumption, you'll be fine.'

“I love Lope De Vega. I went with Luke, who looks after a lot of my mares, to see a few stallions and thought he was the business down at Ballylinch Stud. With her mother's determination and her father's talent, I expected things from her.”

Hoare added, “Luke is also my agent and I went out of politeness to see his horses at Tattersalls in 2010. He would never tell me anything about the offerings of Mount Coote Stud and is very professional with things like that.

“But when he was on his lunch break, I went to see the horses and, while Luke's father told me that Livia's Dream was very small, he also told me that she was the fastest of the yearlings. I thought, 'well, that's good enough for me.' I got a friend of mine to bid on her while I hid and we got her for 45,000gns.”

Livia's Dream was then sent to Ed Walker who, along with John Murphy in Ireland, trains the majority of Hoare's horses. The filly was talented, winning four times, including at listed level but Dreamloper has exceeded all expectations.

Hoare explained, “Livia's Dream was one of the first outside horses Ed trained. It was the first year he was training. Ed is a wonderful communicator and is an awfully nice young man.

“I own her outright now. I leased her to my son for a couple of years and that lease ran out last month. I share her with my sister but I am the major owner.

“The dam is in foal to Lope De Vega so I am hoping, please God, to have a full-sibling next year. It was a heartbreaking decision to offer Dreamloper for sale at Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale but there will potentially be a lot of money on offer and things can go wrong in this game.”

She added, “I've had my share of ups and downs with horses and risking not getting her in foal or missing a year is too much for me right now. She has become too valuable. I took this on as a hobby but it has turned into a business. My business brain tells me that now is a good time to get out and concentrate on the rest of the family. Livia's Dream is still quite young at 13 and I am hoping that she can deliver a few more for us.”

Before then, there is that trip of a lifetime to the Breeders' Cup negotiate, and Hoare is predicting her star filly to bow out with a bang.

“Ed is very positive. We are all very positive, I'm delighted to say. We were all on the phone together last night and we think stall three should be perfect for her. I think she's in with a good chance. Let's hope she can be bang there.”

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MG1SW & BC Mile Entrant Dreamloper Supplemented to KEENOV

Last month's G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp winner Dreamloper (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}–Livia's Dream {Ire}, by Teofilo {Ire}), who is set to contest the $2 million GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Saturday at Keeneland, has been supplemented to Book 1 of Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale. Ed Walker Racing, agent will consign her as a racing or broodmare prospect.

Dreamloper, who was bred by Mrs. Olivia Hoare and races in the colors of Jason Fill, has also been pre-entered in the GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, with first preference in the Mile. The Ed Walker trainee also won the G1 Prix d'Ispahan this year, defeating males both there and in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.

From the same family as 2013 G1 Epsom Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), Dreamloper has also captured the G2 Betfair Exchange Dahlia S. and the G3 British Racecourses Join Sunflower Lanyard Scheme Valiant S., in addition to finishing third in the G1 Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot S. She comes into the Breeders' Cup sporting a record of 17-6-1-3 and earnings of $674,624.

“Dreamloper has been amazing,” said her trainer. “She's just got better and better as time has gone on. She was a group winner last season then showed real battling qualities to win the Dahlia S. on her return this season. She was impressive in the Ispahan before that amazing win in the Prix du Moulin. You don't win a Group 1 by 5 1/2 lengths without being very special.

“She's an incredibly good-moving, athletic filly with an electric turn of foot. She's very sound, very tough, and very genuine. She's fabulous.”

Keeneland kicks off Book 1 of the November sale Monday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. ET.

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Nassau Next For Ed Walker’s Group 1 Winner Dreamloper

Ed Walker has earmarked the G1 Nassau S. at Goodwood for Dreamloper (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) as she bids to put a below-par effort behind her in the G1 Pretty Polly S. at the Curragh.

Dreamloper started her season in fine form with high-profile victories in the G2 Dahlia S. at Newmarket before beating the boys in the G1 Prix d'Ispahan.

While she couldn't land a blow in the Pretty Polly on Derby weekend at the Curragh, better is expected from Dreamloper when she gets her desired conditions.

“It was bad ground, it was just too soft for her,” said Walker, reflecting on the disappointing Curragh run.

“She got set alight early on, so she was a bit keen on bad ground over further than she had gone before.”

He added, “She didn't run badly but I think it was probably a warmer race than the d'Ispahan, it was a good race, the Pretty Polly, and the Nassau will be even stronger.

“She'll need to step up to win the Nassau but I wouldn't be surprised if she does, especially if it's her ground.”

Walker also has a Group 1 target for the 4-year-old filly Primo Bacio (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), who finished third behind Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) in the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. at Royal Ascot, and will now be aimed at the G1 Falmouth S. at Newmarket.

“She ran a really good race and I think she'll come a lot for that,” Walker said. “I was very, very pleased with her, she's had an interrupted prep into that race and a few respiratory infections.

“It was a last-minute call to go there and she did us proud. I think she'll come on a lot for it and that's why we're prepared to have a shot at the Falmouth next month, that's the plan with her.”

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