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Dream Walker and Top Notch Tonto join Jarlath Fahey

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Two of Brian Ellison's stable stalwarts, Dream Walker and Top Notch Tonto, have moved to Ireland to be trained by Jarlath Fahey.

Dream Walker has enjoyed his two most lucrative victories to date in Ireland, landing the "Ahonoora" Handicap at the Galway Festival in each of the last two years.

Top Notch Tonto, a Group Three winner in his pomp and runner-up in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in 2013, has also run well in Ireland and owner Keith Brown hopes a change of scenery will reignite both horses as they enter the twilight of their careers.

He said: "Top Notch and Dream Walker both love it out in Ireland.

"They're not getting any younger so it makes sense to see how they get on over there.

"Jarlath is a very good trainer and I'm sure he'll do a great job with them."

Brown is still adjusting to life without Orewa, who had to be put down after suffering an injury.

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The four-year-old son of Helmet hit the jackpot during his juvenile campaign when he earned connections 148,000 euros in the Tattersalls Ireland Super Auction Sale Stakes.

Brown said: "Orewa picked up a nail on a back hoof and chipped a piece of the pedal bone. We went to the ends of the earth to get him right, but we just couldn't get him sound.

"It's been an awful time. He was such a high-class horse for us, but we've got to move on and look forward with lots of positive thoughts for the season ahead."

One horse Brown is looking forward to seeing in action is the Ellison-trained King Billy, a two-year-old by Zoffany.

He added: "He is a lovely young horse who is very precocious.

"We think a lot of him and if he does what we think he's capable of, we hope he can become a Royal Ascot horse."

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