Found A Fifty

The headline moment came on 13 April 2024 at Aintree, when Found A Fifty won a Class 1 race — one of the top races in Britain. That is the biggest stage the sport has, and winning there separates the good horses from the genuinely talented ones. It is the kind of result that stays on a CV forever, and it tells you this horse can perform when the occasion demands it.

Down Royal is where Found A Fifty looks most at home. Two wins from just 3 races at that track is an extraordinary record — it has won there two-thirds of the time it has ever turned up. If you were ever tempted to watch this horse race somewhere, Down Royal would be the place to do it.

The partnership with Jack Kennedy is one of the most interesting details here. Kennedy has ridden Found A Fifty in 14 races and won 6 of them — a win rate of 43%, which is nearly 3 in every 7 races together. That is a strikingly high number and suggests a real understanding between horse and rider. Behind the scenes, Gordon Elliott's yard at Longwood in Co Meath provides the platform: 209 winners in a single season makes Elliott one of the most productive training operations in Ireland, and Found A Fifty is one of the horses carrying that flag.

Recent form tells a nuanced story. The last win came at Cork in December 2025, four months ago, and the subsequent runs — a third, a fourth, another fourth, and a fall or unseating in between — suggest the horse is working back towards its best rather than peaking right now. But Found A Fifty raced just one day ago and is clearly still being aimed at races with ambition. A horse that has already won at the top level, still competing at nine years old with a proven jockey and one of the sport's best trainers, is never far from doing something worth watching.