Group 2 winner Doha Dream (Fr) (Shamardal-Crystal Reef {GB}, by King's Best), a homebred for Al Shaqab Racing and a French highweight at 14 furlongs and up at three, has been retired to Haras du Hoguenet for 2019. The Andre Fabre trainee will stand for €2,500. Successful in the G2 Prix Chaudenay at three, as well as in two listed races that year, the son of the placed Crystal Reef was runner-up in the G3 Prix de Reux and G2 Grand Prix de Deauville in 2017. Kept in training this term, he was the bridesmaid in the G3 Prix de Barbeville and retires with a mark of 18-5-5-1 and $354,043 in earnings.
Out of a half-sister to French highweights Reefscape (GB) (Linamix {Fr}), a Group 1 winner, and MGSW Coastal Path (GB) (Halling), Doha Dream's dam is also a half to MGSW and successful jumps sire Martaline (GB) (Linamix {Fr}).
“Doha Dream should attract a mixed book thanks to his oustanding maternal pedigree, with Crystal Reef being a half-sister to Martaline in particular,” Haras du Hoguenet manager Anthony Baudouin told Jour de Galop. “He is a good stayer, with his best performances coming over distances between 12 and 15 furlongs, and he is an attractive horse by Shamardal measuring 1.67 metres.”
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