Jan Vokes, a cleaner and bartender, recruits her initially reluctant
husband Brian and local accountant Howard Davies to help her bring together
a syndicate of local people to breed a foal - which they name Dream
Alliance. On the racetrack, he proves himself to be more than a match for
the multi-million pound racehorses he comes up against – a true
working-class champion, taking on the establishment at their own game. But
much more than this, Dream begins to alter the lives of everyone in the
syndicate, not least Jan’s. He is everything to her: friend, confidant and
an escape from a life of always putting other people’s needs first.