DREAM ALLIANCE HARD TO BEAT

Kranji Mile runner-up is likely to find the opposition in Class 2 mile race a lot easier

- Michael Lee

Dream Alliance seldom runs a bad race.

Even when he does - only four or five times in 20 starts - it is either because he is caught wide facing the breeze or he returns lame.

Five wins all over 1,400m-recorded from maiden to Class 2 company are testament to his natural progression since he came to Singapore in early 2022.

But it was probably in defeat that he ran his best races.

First, there was that agonisingly close second to Lim's Kosciuszko in the 2023 Singapore Gold Cup (2,000m).

Ironically, Dream Alliance's distinctively long head could not save him in the photo print - he lost by a short head.

Many thought the world would be his oyster in the middle-distance features, but the strapping galloper could not quite replicate that run.