Dream Deal

The numbers that jump out are at Catterick Bridge. Dream Deal has won 3 races from 14 visits there, which works out at roughly 1 in every 5 times it has turned up at that track. For context, most horses win fewer than 1 in 10 races across their career, and this horse is doubling that rate at a single venue. That is not coincidence — that is a horse that genuinely suits the tight, turning nature of Catterick's track, and a trainer who has clearly worked that out. The first career win came there back in August 2023, and the love affair has never really cooled.

Tim Easterby trains out of Great Habton in North Yorkshire, and his yard has sent out 128 winners already this season — that is the output of an operation that knows exactly what it is doing and where to place its horses. Dream Deal fits the model perfectly: a reliable, honest horse racing at Class 6 level, which is the entry level of the sport's competitive ladder, where prize money is modest but races are winnable. Three wins from 20 races at that level, a 15% win rate, tells you the horse belongs there and can hold its own.

Normal ground suits it best — not too wet, not too firm — and on those conditions Dream Deal wins roughly 1 in every 5 races, a genuinely strong record. Jack Garritty has ridden it in 17 of its 37 races and won once together, a 6% win rate that sounds modest but reflects just how competitive even the lower tiers of racing can be. Recent form reads 7-2-2-1-6-14, with that result of 1 — a win at Beverley just four weeks ago — sitting near the middle like a reminder that this horse is still very much in business. Raced just yesterday, Dream Deal is as active as ever.