Dream Horse
The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance – the Allotment Horse who Became a Champion
$29.72
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2021
Summary
The moving true story of an ordinary Welsh woman who dreamed of breeding a racehorse, and Dream Alliance, who defied the odds to become a champion and brought a community together.
Janet Vokes was working behind the bar in her local working men’s club in the small Welsh mining community of Cefn Fforest when she fixed upon the idea of breeding a racehorse. She’d always loved animals, having dabbled in showing whippets and racing pigeons, and her husband Brian used to be a rag and bone …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509886043 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509886044 |
| Author: | Janet Vokes |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Janet Vokes
Janet Vokes began working behind the bar in a local working men’s club in a small Welsh mining village when she fixed upon the idea of breeding a racehorse. Raising a foal named Dream Alliance on a small allotment, who went on to win the Welsh Grand National, Janet became the subject of both a film entitled Dark Horse in 2015 and her own book entitled Dream Horse. After success with Dream Alliance, Janet Vokes has continued to breed racehorses and hopes to find another champion. Her ambition now is to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
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