AFTER five seasons at Ballylinch Stud the European champion sprinter Dream Ahead moved to France this year and covered at Haras de Grandchamp at a fee of €12,000. This was a reduction on his Irish fees which ranged in value from €15,000 to €17,500.

Last weekend he reached a landmark in his stallion career when his son Al Wukair, bred at Ballylinch, landed the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois over a mile, and thus became his sire’s first winner at Group 1 level. The colt had previously landed the Group 3 Prix Djebel and was third, for owners Al Shaqab Racing and trainer Andre Fabre, in the Group 1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.