Dream Deal

The numbers tell the story clearly. Dream Deal has won 3 races from 32 overall — that's roughly 1 in every 11 — which on its own sounds modest. But strip it back to Catterick alone and you get 3 wins from 13 races there, meaning it has won roughly 1 in every 4 times it has turned up at that particular track. For context, that is the kind of course record that makes trainers and jockeys pay attention. Catterick Bridge, tucked away in North Yorkshire, has simply become this horse's home turf.

Tim Easterby trains Dream Deal out of Great Habton in North Yorkshire — a yard that has sent out 126 winners already this season, which tells you this is a serious, high-volume operation that knows how to place a horse to its best advantage. Easterby clearly understands what Dream Deal needs, and the record backs that up. The horse also has a genuine preference for normal ground conditions — not too wet, not too firm — winning 2 from 12 races (roughly 1 in 6) on a standard surface. That might sound like a small detail, but in racing, matching the right horse to the right conditions is half the battle.

Jack Garritty has been the regular partner, riding Dream Deal in 17 of its 32 races together, though their combined win rate sits at around 1 in 17 — suggesting the horse has found plenty of ways to finish second, third, or further back. Indeed, the career record of 3 wins and 14 places from 32 races shows a horse that competes honestly without always finding that extra gear. The recent form of 14th, 9th, 5th, 5th, 1st, 7th reflects a horse that can blow hot and cold — but that win in the sequence, at Catterick Bridge in September 2025, is entirely on brand.

Dream Deal raced just yesterday and is still active at seven, which in itself speaks to durability. This is a horse that knows where it likes to be — and at Catterick, at least, it keeps proving the point.