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racehorse and active
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who was bred and trained in the United Kingdom. He was the highest-rated two-year-old in the 2002 European
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season and won the
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for European Champion Sprinter in 2003.


Background

Oasis Dream, a bay horse with a white
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standing 15.3
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high, was bred by his owner's Juddmonte Farm stud. He was sired by Green Desert out of the
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mare Hope. Green Desert finished second to
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in the
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and became a leading sprinter, winning the
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. Apart from Oasis Dream, he sired the winners of over 1,000 races, including Desert Prince,
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and
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, the sire of
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. Oasis Dream's dam, Hope, was a sister of the
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winner Wemyss Bight and was also the dam of the
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winner Zenda. He is
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to the stallions
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and
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(see
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). Oasis Dream was trained throughout his career by
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at
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.


Racing career


2002: two-year-old season

Oasis Dream made his debut in a six
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in August 2002. He started favourite but ran disappointingly, finishing a well beaten fifth of the eleven runners. Two weeks later in a similar event at
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he was the beaten favourite again, leading early but fading in the closing stages to finish second, beaten three and a half lengths by Rimrod. Three weeks after his second defeat, Oasis Dream recorded his first win, "easily" beating four rivals in a maiden at
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. In October, Oasis Dream was moved up to the highest level for the
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at Newmarket. The field included the winners of several important races including Elusive City (
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), Zafeen (
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) and Country Reel (
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), as well as four runners from the
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stable.
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tracked the leaders on Oasis Dream, before moving the colt into the lead a furlong out, where he ran on strongly to win by one and a half lengths from Tomahawk and Elusive City. The winning time of 1:09.61 was a record for the race. After the race Gosden described him as being probably the fastest two-year-old in Europe and he was regarded as a serious contender for the
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.


2003: three-year-old season

Oasis Dream's prospects of winning a
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faded in the spring. The colt did not perform well at home, and Gosden decided not to force his progress, and instead wait until summer for a campaign based on the top sprint races. He was ridden in all his races in 2003 by Richard Hughes. He did not appear until
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where he was made 6/1 favourite in a field of twenty for the five-furlong
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. He ran prominently but was unable to catch the Australian horse Choisir and lost second place in the closing stages to Acclamation. Four days later, Choisir won the Golden Jubilee Stakes. At Newmarket a month later Oasis Dream was matched against Choisir for a second time in the
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, this time over six furlongs. Oasis Dream tracked Choisir in the early stages before catching the Australian a furlong out and running on to win a "protracted battle" by one and a half lengths. In the
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at
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in August Oasis Dream confirmed his position as the best British sprinter. On this occasion he led from the start and went clear of the opposition in the last quarter-mile to win by two and a half lengths in "impressive" style. Although he was eased up in the closing strides, his winning time was only four hundredths of a second outside the track record set by Dayjur. Gosden described him as the fastest horse he had trained and compared him to Abernant, while the '' Independent's'' correspondent called the contest "not a Group One race (but)...a homage." Oasis Dream was made odds-on favourite for the Sprint Cup at Haydock in September, despite the fact that he was racing on ground that was softer and slower than anything he had previously encountered. He took the lead two furlongs from the finish, but was soon under pressure and in the final furlong he was overtaken and beaten one and a quarter lengths by
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. On his final start he was sent to
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for the
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after being a late withdrawal from the
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. Despite not having run over a distance beyond six furlongs all season, he was entered in the
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rather than the Sprint. Gosden had said after the Nunthorpe that Oasis Dream would be unsuited by the dirt surface in the Sprint and that the
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was his likely end-of-season target. His price for the Mile drifted after he was given an unfavourable outside draw, making it likely that he would have to use much of his speed to reach the front in the early stages. In the race he did show some early pace but made no real impression, finishing tenth of the thirteen runners behind
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.


Race record


Assessment

In the 2002 International Classification, the forerunner of the
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, Oasis Dream was assessed at 123, making him the highest rated two-year-old in Europe. There was controversy about his rating, as some felt that
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, Tout Seul and Somnus had stronger claims. In the 2003 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings Oasis Dream was rated 125 making him the eleventh best horse in the world, and the third best three-year-old colt.


Stud career

Since 2004, he has been standing at the Banstead Manor Stud for his owner's
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breeding organisation. He has sired over 180 stakes horses and the winners of over 210 stakes races, including 27 Group 1 races, with a stakes winners to runners percentage of 11%. His Group 1 winners include six-time Group 1 winner
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, Champion Sprinter Muhaarar, Goldream, Prohibit, Aqlaam,
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and Jwala. In 2018 he was the sire of two new Group 1 winners –
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winner Polydream and
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winner Pretty Pollyanna.


Notable progeny

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Pedigree

*Oasis Dream is
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3 × 4 to
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. This means that Northern Dancer appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree. *He is also inbred 4 × 4 to
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.


References

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