Group 1 Winner Loving Dream Retired
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Loving Dream (pink cap) defeats Believe In Love by a short neck in the Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp
Loving Dream , a group 1 winner on Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) weekend last month, has been retired to her owner's Lordship Stud in Newmarket.
Trained by John and Thady Gosden, the 3-year-old daughter of Gleneagles enjoyed her finest hour when making most of the running to deny Newmarket rival Believe In Love in the Qatar Prix de Royallieu (G1) at ParisLongchamp.
Under a front-running ride from Frankie Dettori, Loving Dream handled the very soft ground to win by a short neck with French-trained favorite Valia two lengths away in third.
That victory topped her previous highest success in the Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) in June when she provided jockey Robert Havlin with his second win at Royal Ascot.
On that occasion, Loving Dream showed she handled contrasting conditions of good to firm ground when overcoming subsequent QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) winner Eshaada by three-quarters of a length.
Loving Dream wins the Ribblesdale Stakes at Ascot Racecourse
Trevor Harris, owner of Lordship Stud, said: "We've decided to retire Loving Dream as we thought she'd done enough in winning a group 2 and then a group 1.
"When she won the Royallieu, it was Dettori at his finest. He made the running and had a bit up his sleeve to hold the runner-up. She's very well bred and owes us nothing, and is currently out in one of our paddocks.
"The plan would be to send her to Dubawi in the spring, who we feel would be a very good fit for her. "
Joint-trainer John Gosden said: "Loving Dream was a very consistent filly who could handle any ground. She was a very talented performer as she showed when winning at Royal Ascot and then at Longchamp. She was very genuine and was a great credit to the Lordship Stud who owned and bred her."
The win of Loving Dream in the Royallieu extended a good run of success for British trainers in the 1 3/4-mile contest which kicked off with the Gosden-trained Anapurna in 2019 and was followed by Wonderful Tonight a year ago for David Menuisier.
Loving Dream retires with a record of 3-1-0 from seven trips to the post and $359,882 in earnings. She is a daughter of the group 1-placed Danehill Dancer mare Kissable, making her a half sister to Amandine (Shamardal ), who captured the 2018 Lady of Shamrock Stakes before finishing third in the American Oaks (G1T) that year at Santa Anita Park.