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Dream Journey
Dream Journey (Japanese: ドリームジャーニー, Hepburn: Dorīmu Jānī; foaled February 24, 2004) is a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. The horse won the 2006 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes as well as the 2009 Takarazuka and Arima Kinen. Dream Journey's full brother is Orfevre, the winner of 6 GI races including the Japanese Triple Crown.
Dream Journey's dam, Oriental Art (sired by Mejiro McQueen) won three races, mostly in dirt races, out of 23 career runs. Dream Journey's sire, Stay Gold (sired by Sunday Silence) won 7 races in his 50-race career, including the Hong Kong Vase. Stay Gold started his stud career in 2003, and thus was among the second crop.
The horse's name is lifted from his sire's Hong Kong name, 黄金旅程, which can be translated literally to "Golden Journey".
Dream Journey made his debut and first victory on a maiden race at the Niigata Racecourse with Masayoshi Ebina as his jockey, and also won the next race, the Fuyou Stakes. Dream Journey made his Group race debut at that year's Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes, but came in third behind Fusaichi Ho O after lagging behind in the race. At the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes he once again went out of the gate late, but passed the other horses on the final stretch, clinching his first group race victory. At 416 kg, Dream Journey was the lightest horse to have ever won this race. He had a small build and sharp legs that he made great use on the final stretch, and covered the last three furlongs the fastest of all horses in all four races that he ran that season.
His victory at the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes earned him the 2006 JRA Award for the Best Two-Year Old Colt.
Dream Journey started the season with the Yayoi Sho, where he was the 2nd most favored after Shinzan Kinen winner Admire Aura. He ran most of the race among the pack, and attempted to take the lead on the final stretch, but finished 3rd in part due to being blocked by other horses. At the Satsuki Sho, he finished 8th behind Victory, and later at the 74th Japanese Derby he finished 5th behind Vodka despite showing sharp legs on the final stretch.
After taking the Summer off, Dream Journey's first race in Autumn would be the Kobe Shimbun Hai, where for the first time his jockey became Yutaka Take, who had ridden his sire Stay Gold as well as his damsire Mejiro McQueen before. At the race, the horse placed itself in the rear and passed the other horses on the final stretch, winning his second group race. Dream Journey would then compete in the 68th Kikka Sho, where the horse was the second-most favored. Dream Journey would start pushing up from around the 3rd corner after placing itself in the furthest back of the pack, but was unable to catch up with the horses in front of him, and finished 5th behind Asakusa Kings.
It was originally planned that Dream Journey would then enter either the Hong Kong Vase or the Hong Kong Cup, but the plans were quickly dropped as the quarantine would have taken a month due to the ongoing Equine Influenza.
Dream Journey
Dream Journey (Japanese: ドリームジャーニー, Hepburn: Dorīmu Jānī; foaled February 24, 2004) is a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. The horse won the 2006 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes as well as the 2009 Takarazuka and Arima Kinen. Dream Journey's full brother is Orfevre, the winner of 6 GI races including the Japanese Triple Crown.
Dream Journey's dam, Oriental Art (sired by Mejiro McQueen) won three races, mostly in dirt races, out of 23 career runs. Dream Journey's sire, Stay Gold (sired by Sunday Silence) won 7 races in his 50-race career, including the Hong Kong Vase. Stay Gold started his stud career in 2003, and thus was among the second crop.
The horse's name is lifted from his sire's Hong Kong name, 黄金旅程, which can be translated literally to "Golden Journey".
Dream Journey made his debut and first victory on a maiden race at the Niigata Racecourse with Masayoshi Ebina as his jockey, and also won the next race, the Fuyou Stakes. Dream Journey made his Group race debut at that year's Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes, but came in third behind Fusaichi Ho O after lagging behind in the race. At the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes he once again went out of the gate late, but passed the other horses on the final stretch, clinching his first group race victory. At 416 kg, Dream Journey was the lightest horse to have ever won this race. He had a small build and sharp legs that he made great use on the final stretch, and covered the last three furlongs the fastest of all horses in all four races that he ran that season.
His victory at the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes earned him the 2006 JRA Award for the Best Two-Year Old Colt.
Dream Journey started the season with the Yayoi Sho, where he was the 2nd most favored after Shinzan Kinen winner Admire Aura. He ran most of the race among the pack, and attempted to take the lead on the final stretch, but finished 3rd in part due to being blocked by other horses. At the Satsuki Sho, he finished 8th behind Victory, and later at the 74th Japanese Derby he finished 5th behind Vodka despite showing sharp legs on the final stretch.
After taking the Summer off, Dream Journey's first race in Autumn would be the Kobe Shimbun Hai, where for the first time his jockey became Yutaka Take, who had ridden his sire Stay Gold as well as his damsire Mejiro McQueen before. At the race, the horse placed itself in the rear and passed the other horses on the final stretch, winning his second group race. Dream Journey would then compete in the 68th Kikka Sho, where the horse was the second-most favored. Dream Journey would start pushing up from around the 3rd corner after placing itself in the furthest back of the pack, but was unable to catch up with the horses in front of him, and finished 5th behind Asakusa Kings.
It was originally planned that Dream Journey would then enter either the Hong Kong Vase or the Hong Kong Cup, but the plans were quickly dropped as the quarantine would have taken a month due to the ongoing Equine Influenza.
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