Daring To Dream

Daring To Dream competes at Class 4 level, which sits in the middle of the British racing ladder — not the glamour end, but far from the bottom either. At that level, the horse has raced three times without winning once, which raises a quiet question about whether it is quite good enough to beat rivals of similar ability or whether it simply needs the right day and the right race to click. It raced just yesterday, so the yard are clearly keeping it busy and looking for opportunities.

The trainer, Harriet Dickin, operates a small yard in Midford, Somerset, and has sent out four winners this season — a respectable return for a stable of that size. Four winners from a small operation takes genuine skill and organisation, and it suggests Dickin knows how to place her horses and get the best from them. Whether she can find the right opportunity to get Daring To Dream off the mark remains the challenge. For now, this is a horse that keeps trying without quite getting there — and in racing, that story is far more common than the fairytale version the name implies.