Guard Your Dreams

The horse's best moment came at the very top level: a Class 1 victory at Cheltenham on 11 December 2021, the kind of win that sets a horse apart and suggests genuine quality. His other three wins have come lower down the card—a first win at Cheltenham in October 2021, followed by victories at Class 2 level. His most recent success was a Class 2 race at Warwick in February 2026, which was eight months ago. Since then, his form has been patchy. In his last six runs, he has picked up a single win and a second-place finish but has failed to trouble the judge in the others, suggesting he may be struggling to recapture that spark.

Guard Your Dreams clearly has a soft spot for normal ground conditions, winning 2 of his 7 races on such surfaces—a rate of roughly 1 in 3.5—which is significantly better than his overall record and worth noting if you ever see him entered when the going is standard. He is also a Cheltenham specialist of sorts, though that claim comes with a caveat: 2 wins from 12 races at the track is respectable but hardly dominant. He has been ridden most often by Sam Twiston-Davies, for whom he has won 3 times in 18 outings, mirroring his career win rate almost exactly. The horse is trained by Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies at their Naunton yard in Gloucestershire, a powerful operation that has already sent out 62 winners this season. Raced recently—just a day ago—Guard Your Dreams remains active and still competing at the age of 10, though his last 18 months suggest he is no longer the force he once was.