Bulldog Spirit

The horse thrives on fast, dry ground. On those conditions, Bulldog Spirit has won 3 of its last 6 races on firm turf — a 50% win rate that stands out starkly against its overall record. That tells you something useful: whenever the track dries out and the going is quick underfoot, this horse runs significantly better. It also shows its best form over middle distances, around 1 mile 1 furlong to 1 mile 2 furlongs, though the sample is small. At Class 5 level — the lower tier of competitive racing — it has won 5 of 18 races, a 28% win rate that confirms this is its natural home.

The worry is the gap since its last win. Bulldog Spirit last visited the winner's circle at Nottingham on 10 May 2025, and recent form has been lean: over the last six races it has not won once, though it has placed in four of them, including a third-place finish most recently. It raced just yesterday, so it is clearly still active and still trying. Trainer Bernard Llewellyn, based at Fochriw in Mid Glamorgan, has had a decent season overall with 12 winners from the yard. With Shay Farmer as its most frequent partner — though winning just once from 6 rides — Bulldog Spirit remains a horse worth keeping an eye on whenever conditions favour it: a soft ground, medium-distance handicap on a dry day might be exactly the sort of race where it rediscovers the winner it once was.