The career arc is an interesting one. The first win came at Bellewstown in April 2025, and then a second followed at Navan in February 2026 — eight weeks ago. That gap between wins tells you this is not a horse that dominates every race it enters, but it finds a way to get the job done at the right moments. The recent form figures — 16-1-4-3-4-4 reading from most recent back — show a horse that was up the back of the field on its latest outing but had won the race before that. That kind of inconsistency is worth keeping an eye on, but it does not wipe out the positive picture.
The trainer behind all of this is Gordon Elliott, who operates one of the most powerful yards in Irish racing from his base in Longwood, County Meath. This season alone, the team has sent out 209 winners — a number that is simply extraordinary and puts Elliott among the very elite of the training profession. When a horse is in a yard firing at that rate, it tends to be well placed, well prepared, and running in races it can genuinely win. That context matters when you are trying to make sense of Coyote Spirit's record.
At eight years old, racehorses are not young — most have been competing for several years by this point and their best days can sometimes be behind them. But Coyote Spirit is still racing, still winning, and still coming home in the places regularly enough to suggest there is more to come. In a yard with 209 winners on the board this season, nothing stays in the string by accident.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan Galloping |
5 | 1 win, 1 second, 1 third, 2 other | 8 Feb | 20% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 | 1 win | 12 Apr | 100% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 5 May | 0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 29 Dec | 0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 3 May | 0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Jan | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 5 Apr | 0% |