Billy Boi Blue

His career began to take shape with a first win at Huntingdon on Boxing Day 2022 — always a memorable day to announce yourself — and he has since added three more victories, most recently at Ayr in April 2025. Ayr is a long way from Stow-on-the-Wold, which tells you the team are willing to travel when they think the conditions are right, and conditions matter enormously for this horse. On slightly soft, wet ground, Billy Boi Blue has won 3 of his 6 races — that's a 50% win rate, which is remarkable. It suggests that when the ground is in his favour, he becomes a very different proposition.

He tends to race over distances between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, winning 1 from 3 at those trips — a decent return at what is genuinely his sweet spot. Most of his races have come at Class 4 level, where he has won 2 from 7. That's not a dominant record, but it shows he is competitive in races that, while not headline events, still attract useful horses and matter to the people running them.

His recent form makes for interesting reading. Six races back he won; then came three blanks and a fifth; then third place last time out just one day ago. That third is encouraging — it suggests he is still in good heart and, with the right conditions underfoot, another win is far from out of the question. The Killahena and McPherson yard has sent out 18 winners already this season, so this is a team in form. When wet weather arrives and Billy Boi Blue lines up over a suitable trip, he is exactly the kind of horse you want to know about.