Bay Of Dreams

Murphy himself has had a productive season, sending out 18 winners from his base in Co. Westmeath, and Bay Of Dreams has played its part. The horse broke its duck at Newcastle in March 2025, then followed up with a win at Nottingham on 1 June. That second win came at a distance of 1 mile 1 furlong to 1 mile 2 furlongs, which is clearly where this horse is most comfortable — it has won 2 from 5 races at that trip, a 40% win rate. That is a genuinely impressive number. Winning 2 in every 5 races at your preferred distance tells you the horse knows what it is doing when conditions suit.

The one puzzle in the record is the Class 5 performances. Bay Of Dreams has run four times at that level — typically the lower end of the British racing ladder — and has not won once. Given how well it handles its best distance, that blank is a little unexpected, and it suggests the horse may actually be better suited to a different type of race rather than simply stepping up in class.

Recent form reads 2-2-1-3-2 going back through the last five completed runs, with a blank (likely a non-finish or unplaced effort) the run before that. That is a horse bang in form — placed in four of its last five races, with a win sandwiched in the middle. At four years old, it is still relatively unexperienced and raced just yesterday, so there is every chance Murphy will keep rolling the dice while the horse is clearly enjoying itself. The question now is whether the yard can find the right race to unlock that third win.