(Oasis Dream - Delphinus (Soviet Star))
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- 2005 foal, 15.3hh. Cost 85,000 guineas as a foal and 130,000 as a yearling. Trained by Bryan Smart for owner Reg Bond. Ran 10 times as a juvenile winning five times. Unplaced on debut in May over 6f in a maiden and placed in two 5f maiden after that and only ran at 5f after his first outing. Successful in two 5f events at Chester on his next two runs in late June and early July. Followed those wins with a 3rd in the 5f Group 3 Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood. Won 3 of his last 4 runs in a pair of 5f Listed events and the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes on his final run at 2yo. Also placed 4th in the Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes (behind Fleeting Spirit as at Goodwood).
- Ran 17 times as a 3-4yo but the only win was on his first run at 3yo in a 5f Group 3 in May. Only placed in one of his later 16 outings when 2nd to Bordelescott in a 5f Listed race at Chester as a 4yo. Mostly midfield, or worse, in other outings aside from a pair of 4ths in Group races including in the 5f Group 1 Kings' Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot at 66/1 (behind Scenic Blast, Fleeting Spirit & Anglezarke).
- Retired to Mickley Stud in Shropshire in 2010 at a fee of £3,500 and standing there in 2013 for the same amount. Fee dropped to £3,000 in 2011-12. 46 yearlings sold in 2012, of 59 offered, for an average of 6,993 guineas and a median of 5,397gns. First Season Sire in 2013.
- 2005 to 2014 Wins List.