Grant Williams’ star filly Dreamaway extended her sensational winning streak to five straight last Saturday April 2 when she defeated a crack field to win the $500,000 Group 1 W.A.T.C. Derby (2400m) at Ascot.

The three-year-old daughter of More Than Ready had won four black-types heading into the 2011 WATC Derby including her last-start victory just seven days previous in the Group 3 WA Oaks (2400m).

Her brilliant form saw Dreamaway start the clear $3.30 favourite in the WATC Derby despite the filly drawing wide with barrier 11.

Saluting for the punters after a tough run, jockey William Pike stayed calm aboard Dreamaway and the favourite stormed home to defeat Neville Parham’s Group 1 winning colt Playing God by one and a half lengths while Rio Dane was a further three quarters of a length a third.

On the home straight Dreamaway was blocked for a run, but in a gritty effort the filly found a narrow route in the final few hundred meters to outrun Playing God who looked the winner until Dreamaway produced a blistering late burst.

It was a top day for Pike who also took out the accompanying Group race on the Ascot card wining the Group 3 WA Sires Produce Stakes aboard Bliss Street.

The WATC Derby result was marred slightly for Pike, however, who was suspended for 14 days by RWWA stewards for a careless riding charge.

It was found Pike had bumped fourth placegetter The Tenby Friar heavily at the 200m when pushing Dreamaway clear.

Dreamaway has now won six of her 10 career starts for close to $755,550 in prize money.

2011 Schweppes W.A.T.C. Derby Result & Finishing Order

Place	#	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Br.	Weight	SP
1	13	DREAMAWAY	Grant Williams	William Pike	–	11	54kg	$3.30F
2	1	PLAYING GOD	Neville Parnham	Steven Parnham	1.5L	12	56kg	$3.60
3	5	RIO DANE	Frankie Maynard	Shaun Meeres	2.25L	1	56kg	$9
4	4	THE TENBY FRIAR	Jim P Taylor	Jason Brown	2.5L	5	56kg	$8
5	2	VERACIOUS	Trevor Andrews	Troy Turner	2.5L	2	56kg	$15
6	11	CHIRON	Lou Luciani	Jason Whiting	4.25L	3	56kg	$41
7	16	IHTSATUNE	Fred Kersley	Daniel Staeck	4.5L	9	54kg	$151
8	9	AMBERS KINGDOM	Sharon Miller	Duncan Miller (a2)	5L	7	56kg	$101
9	10	DOODELICIOUS	Paige Kenney	Takahide Ikenushi	7.5L	10	56kg	$51
10	15	MOONLIGHT BAY	Grant Williams	Kyra Yuill (a1.5)	8.25L	6	54kg	$16
11	12	THE PURPLE PARROT	Stan Bates	Alan Kennedy	9L	14	56kg	$201
12	14	WHY SHE LEFT	Vernon Brockman	Paul Harvey	9.25L	8	54kg	$7
13	7	DISCOVERERS	George Daly	Peter Knuckey	16L	4	56kg	$31
14	3	VIEW THE STARS	Paul Jordan	Brad Parnham	22.25L	13	56kg	$41
SCR	8	MR MOET	Adam Durrant	Peter Hall	–	0	–	–
SCR	6	BIG JOSH	Daniel Morton	Shaun O’Donnell	–	0	–	–