Bois Guillbert

His best performances have come at Class 4 level — the bread and butter of the racing calendar, a step below the top tier but competitive enough to mean something. At that level, he has won 4 of his 11 races, which is a remarkable 36%, or just over 1 in every 3. That is not a horse muddling through — that is a horse who belongs at that level and knows how to win there. His last victory came at Newcastle in February 2025, when trainer Lucinda Russell was quick to flag something interesting: Bois Guillbert had always schooled better over fences than over hurdles, and she felt he was simply made to jump them. That quote carries real weight, because it suggests the team believe his best days may still be ahead of him once he switches to chasing.

His partnership with jockey Stephen Mulqueen tells a similar story. The two have raced together 10 times and won 3 of them — a win rate of 30%, which is genuinely strong and suggests Mulqueen knows this horse well and gets the best out of him.

The recent form figures — finishing fourth, tenth, sixth, fifth, sixth, and fifth across his last six races — show a horse who is not quite finding the winning thread at the moment. Fourteen months without a win is a stretch, and finishing in mid-pack has become a pattern. But the yard is in excellent health, having sent out 49 winners this season, and Russell has already indicated the plan is to go chasing. If she is right that fences are where he truly belongs, those recent placings might look like a horse simply waiting for the right opportunity. Based at Milnathort in Perth and Kinross, Bois Guillbert raced just yesterday — so whatever comes next, it will not be long in arriving.