John Kiely issues positive A Dream To Share update after Major Barry gets back to winning ways under Danny Gilligan

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Being reunited with Danny Gilligan helped Major Barry get his head back in front in the 2m1f handicap hurdle.
Gilligan steered Major Barry to a first career success at Roscommon last month, before an unlucky third at Killarney under Charlie O'Dwyer.
Gilligan was making it two wins from two rides on the John and Thomas Kiely-trained six-year-old, who made good headway to lead after the last to score by half a length from Spy.
Last year’s Champion Bumper winner A Dream To Share ran only once last season for the County Waterford-based joint-trainers, finishing sixth in the same Grade 2 Dublin Racing Festival bumper he had won in 2023.
However, the JP McManus-owned six-year-old is on schedule to make his hurdling debut in the autumn.
“He’s been back a couple of weeks and seems very well,” John Kiely told Racing TV. “I hope he stays that way. If he’s still sound in a couple of months he’ll start off in a hurdle.”
Aurora on target
Aurora Vega made a successful jumping debut for trainer Willie Mullins at odds of 2-15 in the 2m1f mares’ maiden hurdle, less than a week after her brother Facile Vega died.
The Hammer & Trowel Syndicate, who also owned Facile Vega, have now won with both runners since their four-time Grade 1 winner fractured his pelvis last Tuesday.

The Mullins-trained Cameletta Vega struck at Galway on Saturday for the same connections before Aurora Vega’s 14-length success here under Paul Townend.
Townend completed a double aboard 1-4 shot Saint Sam in the feature 2m2½f hurdle, vindicating Mullins’ decision to switch things up for the five-time chase winner, whose previous eight runs had been over fences.
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