Fierce Fortitude

At four years old, Fierce Fortitude is in the prime of its career, and its recent form reads like a horse that has genuinely found its rhythm: looking at the last six races in order, the results go 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 1st. In other words, it has been getting progressively sharper, and it has now won 2 of its last 6 races — roughly 1 in every 3. That is a meaningful improvement, not a fluke.

The most recent of those wins came at Redcar just this week, on 30 April 2026 — and the horse raced again only yesterday, which tells you something about how well it is handling its current workload. Its first win came back in September 2025 at Brighton, so this is a horse that has taken time to develop and is now delivering at the right moment in the season.

Most of Fierce Fortitude's racing has come at Class 5 level — the entry-level tier of British racing, where horses are finding their feet and establishing what they can do. Winning 1 from 4 races at that level, or 1 in 4, is a reasonable return, though the overall career record suggests the horse is capable of more when everything clicks.

Behind the horse is the Newmarket yard of Kevin Philippart De Foy, a trainer who has been in strong form this season with 41 winners already sent out. Newmarket is the heartland of British flat racing — if your horse is trained there, it is in serious company. With Fierce Fortitude clearly in good form and racing frequently, this looks like a team that sees a horse building toward something rather than winding down.