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
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 Dream Horse
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 To afford the training costs (estimated at £15,000
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. Led by Jan Vokes, a bartender and grocery
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 .