Oasis Dream

Oasis Dream, a bay horse with a white star standing 15.3 hands high,{{cite web|url=http://www.juddmonte.com/stallions/oasisdream/default.aspx |title=Juddmonte Stallion Oasis Dream Conformation |publisher=Juddmonte.com |access-date=2011-09-23}} was bred by his owner's Juddmonte Farm stud. He was sired by Green Desert out of the Dancing Brave mare Hope.

Green Desert finished second to Dancing Brave in the 2000 Guineas and became a leading sprinter, winning the July Cup. Apart from Oasis Dream, he sired the winners of over 1,000 races, including Desert Prince, Sheikh Albadou and Cape Cross, the sire of Sea the Stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/303737/green-desert |title=Green Desert Stud Record |publisher=Racing Post |access-date=2011-09-22}} Oasis Dream's dam, Hope, was a sister of the Irish Oaks winner Wemyss Bight and was also the dam of the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Zenda.

He is inbred to the stallions Northern Dancer and Never Bend (see below).

Oasis Dream was trained throughout his career by John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk.

Oasis Dream made his debut in a six furlong maiden race at Salisbury 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 Sandown 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 Nottingham.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/40/nottingham/2002-09-20/321723 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Colwick Park Maiden Stakes result |access-date=2011-09-23}}

In October, Oasis Dream was moved up to the highest level for the Group One Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. The field included the winners of several important races including Elusive City (Prix Morny), Zafeen (Mill Reef Stakes) and Country Reel (Gimcrack Stakes), as well as four runners from the Aidan O'Brien stable. Jimmy Fortune 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2002-10-03/318474 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Middle Park Stakes result|access-date=2011-09-23}} 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 2000 Guineas.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-oasis-dream-takes-centre-stage-in-the-middle-park-613154.html |title=Oasis Dream takes centre stage in the Middle Park |work=The Independent|date=2002-10-04 |access-date=2011-09-23}}

Oasis Dream's prospects of winning a Classic faded in the spring. The colt did not perform well at home, and Gosden decided not to force his progress,{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-beautiful-journey-ends-but-choisir-goes-down-fighting-586423.html |title=Beautiful journey ends but Choisir goes down fighting |work=The Independent|date=2003-07-11 |access-date=2011-09-23}} 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 Royal Ascot where he was made 6/1 favourite in a field of twenty for the five-furlong King's Stand Stakes. 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 July Cup, 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"{{cite web|last=Allison |first=Peter |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/horse-racing/Oasis-outguns-Choisir-in-epic.2442981.jp |title=Oasis outguns Choisir in epic July Cup |publisher=Sport.scotsman.com |access-date=2011-09-23}} by one and a half lengths.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/174/newmarket-july/2003-07-10/331807 |publisher=Racing Post |title=July Cup result|access-date=2011-09-23}} In the Nunthorpe Stakes at York 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/107/york/2003-08-21/334865 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Nunthorpe Stakes result|access-date=2011-09-23}} 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."{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-gosden-has-mile-target-for-speed-king-oasis-dream-536645.html |title=Gosden has mile target for speed king Oasis Dream |work=The Independent|date=2003-08-22 |access-date=2011-09-23}}

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 Somnus. On his final start he was sent to California for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park after being a late withdrawal from the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/horse/breederscup03/s/2003/1003/1630100.html |title=Breeders Cup 2003 – Dalakhani wins |publisher=ESPN |date=2006-09-18 |access-date=2011-09-23}} Despite not having run over a distance beyond six furlongs all season, he was entered in the Breeders' Cup Mile 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 Mile 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-outside-draw-jolts-gosdens-oasis-dream-584325.html |title=Outside draw jolts Gosden's Oasis Dream |work=The Independent|date=2003-10-23 |access-date=2011-09-23}} In the race he did show some early pace but made no real impression, finishing tenth of the thirteen runners behind Six Perfections.

In the 2002 International Classification, the forerunner of the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Oasis Dream was assessed at 123, making him the highest rated two-year-old in Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.horse-races.net/library/article-011503.shtml |title=2002 International Classifications |publisher=Horse-races.net |access-date=2011-09-23}} There was controversy about his rating, as some felt that Hold That Tiger, Tout Seul and Somnus had stronger claims.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-rocks-achievements-recognised-at-last-746178.html |title=Rock's achievements recognised at last |work=The Independent|date=2003-01-16 |access-date=2011-09-23}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.horseracingintfed.com/resources/Ratings_All_04.pdf |title=2003 ratings |publisher=horseracingintfed.com |access-date=2012-07-01}}

Since 2004, he has been standing at the Banstead Manor Stud{{cite web|url=http://www.britishhorseracing.com/owning_breeding/bbm/releaseDetail.asp?item=091567 |title=News & Features: News |publisher=Britishhorseracing.com |date=2010-05-17 |access-date=2011-09-23}} for his owner's Juddmonte Farms 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 Midday, Champion Sprinter Muhaarar, Goldream, Prohibit, Aqlaam, Power and Jwala.

In 2018 he was the sire of two new Group 1 winners – Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Polydream and Prix Morny winner Pretty Pollyanna.

c = colt, f = filly

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style="background:#eee;" | style="width:35px;"| Foaled | style="width:120px;"| Name | style="width:30px;"| Sex | style="width:540px;"| Major wins

2005 | Aqlaam | c | Prix du Moulin de Longchamp

2005 | Prohibit | c | King's Stand Stakes

2005 | Tuscan Evening | f | Gamely Stakes

2005 | Lady Jane Digby | f | Bayerisches Zuchtrennen

2006 | Midday | f | Nassau Stakes (3 times), Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Yorkshire Oaks, Prix Vermeille

2006 | Naaqoos | c | Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère

2006 | Querari | c | Premio Presidente della Repubblica

2007 | Arcano | c | Prix Morny

2009 | Jwala | f | Nunthorpe Stakes

2009 | Muarrab | c | Dubai Golden Shaheen

2009 | Opinion | c | The Metropolitan

2009 | Power | c | National Stakes, Irish 2,000 Guineas

2009 | Goldream | c | King's Stand Stakes, Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp

2012 | Muhaarar | c | Commonwealth Cup, July Cup, Prix Maurice de Gheest, British Champions Sprint Stakes

2012 | Charming Thought | c | Middle Park Stakes

2015 | Polydream | f | Prix Maurice de Gheest

2016 | Pretty Pollyanna | f | Prix Morny

2019 | Native Trail | c | National Stakes, Dewhurst Stakes, Irish 2,000 Guineas

{{Pedigree

|name = Oasis Dream (GB), bay stallion, 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=5680684®istry=T&horse_name=Oasis%20Dream%20(GB)&dam_name==Hope%20(IRE)&foaling_year=2000&nicking_stats_indicator=Y |title=Oasis Dream pedigree |website=Equineline|date=2012-05-08 |access-date=2012-07-01}}

|inf =

|f = Green Desert (USA)
1983

|m = Hope (IRE)
1991

|ff = Danzig
1977

|fm = Foreign Courier
1979　

|mf = Dancing Brave
1983　

|mm = Bahamian
1985

|fff = Northern Dancer*

|ffm = Pas de Nom

|fmf = Sir Ivor

|fmm = Courtly Dee

|mff = Lyphard

|mfm = Navajo Princess

|mmf = Mill Reef

|mmm = Sorbus

|ffff = Nearctic

|fffm = Natalma

|ffmf = Admiral's Voyage

|ffmm = Petitioner

|fmff = Sir Gaylord

|fmfm = Attica

|fmmf = Never Bend*

|fmmm = Tulle

|mfff = Northern Dancer*

|mffm = Goofed

|mfmf = Drone

|mfmm = Olmec

|mmff = Never Bend*

|mmfm = Milan Mill

|mmmf = Busted

|mmmm = Censorship (Family:19) }}

• Oasis Dream is inbred 3 × 4 to Northern Dancer. This means that Northern Dancer appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.
• He is also inbred 4 × 4 to Never Bend.

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