Trained by Marco Botti out of Newmarket, Romance Spirit is in capable hands. Botti's yard has sent out 45 winners this season alone, which tells you this is an operation that knows how to get a horse ready to run and ready to win. A yard firing at that volume tends to pick its spots carefully, and the fact that Romance Spirit keeps being aimed at races and keeps placing suggests the team believes a first win is a matter of when, not if.
The form figures — second, fourth, second — paint a picture of a horse that competes honestly and finds itself in the right sort of company. Two placings from three races without a win can mean different things: sometimes it means a horse is just short of the level, and sometimes it means the right race simply hasn't come along yet. At three years old, there is every reason to think improvement is still to come. Horses this age are still filling out physically and learning their craft, and the most interesting question around Romance Spirit right now is whether a first win arrives before the season closes.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 2 Apr | 0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 25 Apr | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 5 May | 0% |