Dream Of Dreams (Ire) (Dream Ahead), the popular winner of the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot on June 19, will miss his next intended target in the July 10 G1 July Cup after re-aggravating an old ankle injury while training on Saturday morning, Bruce Raymond, racing manager to owner Saeed Suhail, told Racing Post.
“Unfortunately Dream Of Dreams aggravated a previous ankle injury, which will keep him out of the July Cup,” Raymond said. “He did a routine piece of work and pulled up a little bit sore, and as a precaution [trainer] Sir Michael [Stoute] is having him checked out. There are only a few races a horse like him can go for and thankfully he's won one of them at Royal Ascot. Beyond that there's the [G1] Sprint Cup at Haydock or the [G1] Champions Sprint at Ascot, but if he misses those then hopefully he'll be back next year.”
A 7-year-old gelding, Dream Of Dreams was winning a second Group 1 in the Diamond Jubilee, having taken last year's Sprint Cup. He had been second in the previous two renewals of the Diamond Jubilee.
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