Dream Horse May 2026

Dream Alliance was born in 2001 and raised on a disused allotment on an old slagheap. Despite his humble beginnings, he proved to be a natural runner under the guidance of professional trainer Philip Hobbs. "Dream Horse": a Hollywood movie from a real-life story

While working at a local pub in Cefn Fforest around the year 2000, Jan Vokes overheard tax adviser Howard Davies discussing a racehorse he had once owned. Dream Horse

To afford the training costs (estimated at £15,000 a year), Jan convinced 22 other villagers to join a syndicate called the Alliance Partnership . Each member contributed just £10 per week to raise and train the foal. From the Allotment to the Track Dream Alliance was born in 2001 and raised

The story of (2020) is the inspiring true account of Dream Alliance , an unlikely racehorse bred on a coal-mining village allotment in South Wales . Led by Jan Vokes, a bartender and grocery clerk with no prior experience in horse racing, a group of 23 working-class neighbors formed a syndicate to compete against the wealthy elite of the "Sport of Kings". The Syndicate's Beginning To afford the training costs (estimated at £15,000

Jan's husband, Brian, found a temperamental mare named Rewbell that was being sold for £1,000. Due to the horse's poor temperament and old barbed-wire injuries, they negotiated the price down to just £350 .