Fillyfudge

The numbers do reveal where Fillyfudge is happiest. On fast, dry ground, it wins roughly 1 in every 5 races — 2 wins from 9 attempts — which is a meaningful improvement on its overall rate of about 1 in every 13. Similarly, step it up to two miles or beyond and it has won 1 from 4, suggesting the extra distance suits a horse that perhaps takes time to find its stride. When those two factors combine, this is a different animal.

Fillyfudge mostly races at Class 6, which is the entry level of British racing — the kind of afternoon where prize money is modest and competition is there to be beaten. At that level it has won 2 from 20, or 1 in every 10 races. That is modest, but the horse earned its most recent win at Stratford-on-Avon as recently as May 2025, and it raced just yesterday, so there is nothing retired about this animal yet.

Regular jockey George Wood has been along for much of the journey — 15 races together — but the partnership has produced just 1 win between them, a 7% win rate that mirrors the horse's overall record rather than improving on it. That said, trainer Lemos De Souza, operating out of Newmarket, has sent out 18 winners this season, suggesting the yard is in decent form even if Fillyfudge itself is in a quiet patch, having not won in its last six races, with a ninth place last time out the most recent result.

The first career win came at Great Yarmouth in July 2023. The most recent came nearly two years later at Stratford. A horse that can still win at seven, after 39 races, on its terms — long distances, dry ground — is not finished yet.