8 November 2020
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Sunday, November 8, 2020, Auteuil. - Four runners were still in contention at the last in the Congress 3yo Chase (Gr2), the "Grand Steeple des 3ans". Always in the lead, Hades (Mastrestroke) first contained the favourite I'm Walkin (Martaline) and Losange Vert (Montmatre), who had sneaked between horses, but Magic Dream (Saint des Saints), who had long followed in the rear guard, was coming late and finally had the last word.
The only entire colt in the race, Magic Dream ended up winning by a length over Jean-Pierre Raymond's AQPS, who also beat I’m Walkin by a good length.
Trained at Royan-La Palmyre by Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé, Magic Dream started with a distant (15 lengths) third place in the Pride of Kildare Hurdle, a beginners race at Auteuil, and then had largely dominated for his chasing debut.
Magic Dream is the fourth foal out of Magic Poline (Trempolino), who did not win at Auteuil but was fifth in a Ferdinand Dufaure 4yo Chase (Gr1) for trainer Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé and owner Sylviane Jeffroy. The colt is a brother to Liberatore (Poliglote), third in an Aguado 3yo Hurdle race (Gr3), to Magic Saint (Saint des Saints), winner of four consecutive races at Auteuil before being exported to Great Britain, and to Always Magic (Sunday Break), notably third in a Maisons-Laffitte Hurdle race (Gr3). Magic Poline also gave two fillies by Manatee born in 2018 and 2019.