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7/12/2025, 7:21:10 PM
The Stay Gold Dynasty (part 4)
Dream Journey
>Known to be one of the worst-tempered racehorses in Japanese history.
>Even among all of Stay Gold’s children, he is especially bad.
>He was already pretty intimidating after he was born. He’d harass the trainee grooms in his birth farm.
>When Kenichi Ikezoe, Dream Journey’s former jockey, was visiting him, Ikezoe always kept an eye on and a distance from the horse to prevent himself being kicked, bitten, or killed.
>The Ikee Stable lived in fear of him.
>Seldom shows his bad behaviour to the general public though.
>Not dumb. His groom said: “He could survive even if we just left him there.”
>In contrast to his temper, his pitching running style looked very cute, and was nicknamed “pea-sized steps” by his team.
>Most of Stay Gold’s children like to dip their grasses into the water basket before eating them, Dream Journey included.
>Note that he likes to do this by himself. If you dip the grass for him, he’d get mad.
>Nakayama Festa is the only member of the family who doesn't do this.
>He is the lightest horse to ever win a Japanese GI race (424kg at the 2009 Takarazuka Kinen).
>Despite being small, he was tough and was free from injuries during his entire racing life.
>Not very good at mating because of his small size (and this actually hurt his pride a lot).
>Because it’s very easy for him to build fatigues on his right body, he is bad at left-going (counter clockwise) courses such as Tokyo.
>Just like his father (Stay Gold), Dream Journey doesn’t like grey horses.
Dream Journey
>Known to be one of the worst-tempered racehorses in Japanese history.
>Even among all of Stay Gold’s children, he is especially bad.
>He was already pretty intimidating after he was born. He’d harass the trainee grooms in his birth farm.
>When Kenichi Ikezoe, Dream Journey’s former jockey, was visiting him, Ikezoe always kept an eye on and a distance from the horse to prevent himself being kicked, bitten, or killed.
>The Ikee Stable lived in fear of him.
>Seldom shows his bad behaviour to the general public though.
>Not dumb. His groom said: “He could survive even if we just left him there.”
>In contrast to his temper, his pitching running style looked very cute, and was nicknamed “pea-sized steps” by his team.
>Most of Stay Gold’s children like to dip their grasses into the water basket before eating them, Dream Journey included.
>Note that he likes to do this by himself. If you dip the grass for him, he’d get mad.
>Nakayama Festa is the only member of the family who doesn't do this.
>He is the lightest horse to ever win a Japanese GI race (424kg at the 2009 Takarazuka Kinen).
>Despite being small, he was tough and was free from injuries during his entire racing life.
>Not very good at mating because of his small size (and this actually hurt his pride a lot).
>Because it’s very easy for him to build fatigues on his right body, he is bad at left-going (counter clockwise) courses such as Tokyo.
>Just like his father (Stay Gold), Dream Journey doesn’t like grey horses.
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