Dream Horse

The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance – the Allotment Horse who Became a Champion

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Pub Date 4 Apr 2019 | Archive Date 8 May 2019

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The moving true story of an ordinary Welsh woman who dreamed of breeding a race horse, and Dream Alliance, who defied the odds to become a champion and brought a community together.

Janet Vokes was running the bar in her local working men’s club in the small Welsh mining community of Cefn Fforest when she fixed upon the idea of breeding a racehorse. Why shouldn’t a working-class horse take on the wealthy high-flyers and compete in the ‘sport of kings’?

Her mind set, she bought a mare for £350, paired her up with a pedigree stallion and helped to create a syndicate of twenty-three residents from her village – each paying £10 a week – to raise the resulting foal, Dream Alliance. He may have grown up on an allotment but Dream had immediate star quality, beating all the odds to compete at Ascot, Aintree and even the Cheltenham Festival. But when a terrible injury brings his racing days to a standstill, the syndicate is forced to make a vital decision not just about his career, but his life.

Heart-warming, inspiring and incredibly moving, Dream Horse by Janet Vokes is the extraordinary story of a woman who defied the elitism of the racing world to breed a champion, and a remarkable horse who brought a community together.

The moving true story of an ordinary Welsh woman who dreamed of breeding a race horse, and Dream Alliance, who defied the odds to become a champion and brought a community together.

Janet Vokes was...


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ISBN 9781509886036
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 320

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This was a double bonus for me reading this book as both Whippets and horses were featured! A really easy read for anyone who loves horses and the National Hunt racing. Janet is an ordinary woman with all her hopes and dreams fixed on a horse she bred herself, Dream Alliance. A heartwarming story and very moving. My thanks to Net Galley for my ARC. Reviews on Amazon, Goodreads and Facebook.

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