Dream Alliance
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| Dream Alliance | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Bien Bien[1] |
| Grandsire | Manila |
| Dam | Rewbell[1] |
| Damsire | Andy Rew |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 23 March 2001 |
| Died | 21 April 2023 (aged 22) |
| Country | Wales |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Rewbell Syndicate[1] |
| Owner | Alliance Partnership |
| Trainer | Philip Hobbs |
| Record | 30: 5–4–2 |
| Earnings | £138,646 |
| Major wins | |
| Welsh National (2009) | |
Dream Alliance (23 March 2001 – 21 April 2023) was a British thoroughbred racehorse, owned by the Alliance Partnership and trained by Philip Hobbs.[1]
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]