Romantic Spirit

The four-year-old has put together a career record of 4 wins and 7 places from 16 races, meaning it has finished in the top three in nearly two thirds of its starts. That is not the record of a horse that flatters to deceive — it is the record of one that competes hard and consistently. A 25% win rate, roughly 1 win in every 4 races, is a genuinely solid return at this level, where most horses win far less often. Trained by David Menuisier at his yard in Pulborough, West Sussex — a team that has sent out 25 winners already this season — Romantic Spirit is clearly in good hands.

Ground matters to this horse, and the numbers back that up clearly. On normal ground, it has won 4 of 10 races, a 40% win rate that tells you almost everything. Give it a decent surface to run on and it becomes a different proposition. Its first career win came at Wolverhampton on 31 March 2025, and from that point it has been a regular performer at the top of its division at Class 5 level, the bread-and-butter tier of British racing where most horses spend the bulk of their careers.

The recent form reads 7-5-4-1-2-3, which tells an interesting story. There is a win tucked in there, at Southwell on 30 October 2025, and the horse has continued to place since, suggesting it has stayed in decent shape. The last three finishes — third, second, and then fourth — hint at a horse that is still knocking on the door without quite getting through it. Having raced just one day ago, it is clearly being kept busy by the Menuisier team, which often signals confidence that a horse is in good form and ready to run. The next step is converting those placed efforts back into a fifth career win.