Dreamforce Still Has What it Takes

Tara Madgwick - Saturday September 5

At age eight, some horses are looking for a cosy retirement, but not Dreamforce.

Dreamforce wins the G2 Tramway for the second year in a row - image Steve Hart

Champion sire Fastnet Rock had two of his flagship performers racing on Saturday with champion Kiwi trained mare Avantage winning at Te Rapa in New Zealand, while at Randwick evergreen gelding Dreamforce turned in a remarkable performance to lead all the way and win the Group II ATC Tramway Stakes (1400m) for the second year in a row.

Read about Avantage here.

Winner of the Group I ATC George Ryder Stakes back in the autumn, the John Thompson trained Dreamforce was having his second run back from a spell and enjoyed the firmer footing to lead all the way and score a tenacious win over Group I winner Kolding.


Dreamforce was made to work to get to the front and gave everything he had for Nash Rawiller in the concluding stages.
 

 



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“He’s a real warhorse he doesn’t give up,” said Nash Rawiller.

“It wasn’t really the plan to lead. I was happy to sit outside her (Greysful Glamour) but I just let him use his cruising speed and when he gets into that rhythm it doesn’t matter if he is going that little bit harder if you get him off the bridle he gives you twice as much as the finish of the race. He got into a lovely rhythm.”

Foaled and raised at Kitchwin Hills, Dreamforce was retained to race by his breeders after passing in at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and has put together an impressive record with 13 wins and 11 placings from 35 starts with prizemoney in excess of $2.2million.

Dreamforce is the  best of five winners for Eskimo Queen, an outstanding racemare who won both the Group I Queensland Oaks and STC Coolmore Classic.

Eskimo Queen was sold last year at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale fetching $400,000 to the bid of Boutique Bloodstock / Paul Willetts.

She produced a filly by Snitzel last spring and is now in foal to Trapeze Artist.

Fastnet Rock

Champion sire Fastnet Rock stands at Coolmore this spirng at a fee of $165,000.




 

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Race Result - Drinkwise Tramway Stakes Gr2 1400m

Randwick Track: Good(4) Time: 1:21.84
1
Dreamforce
- 8g Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Eskimo Queen (NZ) (Shinko King (IRE))
Tnr: John Thompson Rdr: N Rawiller 58
Fastnet Rock
2
0.2
Kolding
- 5g Ocean Park (NZ) x Magic Star (AUS) (Danzero (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: S Clipperton 58
3
0.5
Reloaded
- 4h Snitzel (AUS) x Hollow Bullet (AUS) (Tayasu Tsuyoshi (JPN))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 55
4
1.1
Greysful Glamour
- 5m Stratum (AUS) x Rippled (GB) (Dalakhani (IRE))
Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: Rachel King 54
5
1.5
Rock
- 5g Pierro (AUS) x Subtitle (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Tommy Berry 56
6
1.6
Glenall
- 7g Redoute's Choice (AUS) x Our Quivira (NZ) (Spinning World (USA))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Brock Ryan 55
7
1.8
Looks Like Elvis
- 6g All American (AUS) x Savalook (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: J M Austin Rdr: K Mc Evoy 55
8
2.0
Dragon Leap
- 4g Pierro (AUS) x Pontiana (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: L O'Sullivan & A Scott Rdr: G Boss 57.5
9
2.1
Vanna Girl
- 4m Husson (ARG) x Logan's Choice (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: A J & T Edmonds Rdr: J R Collett 55
10
2.2
Colette
- 4m Hallowed Crown (AUS) x Libretto (IRE) (Singspiel (IRE))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: J Parr 56
11
3.5
Opacity
- 4g Ocean Park (NZ) x Twilight Granita (NZ) (Iffraaj (GB))
Tnr: J A O'Shea Rdr: B Avdulla 55
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