Aim For The Bull

That overall record of 3 wins and 9 places from 25 races (roughly 1 win in every 8 races across the career) looks modest on paper, but zoom in on the last six outings and you get a completely different picture: 1st, 4th, 4th, 1st, 7th, 1st. Three victories in that stretch is the kind of form that turns heads, and it suggests a horse that has figured something out — or had something figured out for it by the team at Westoning.

That team is trained by Mike Murphy, a yard that has sent out 14 winners this season and is clearly operating with confidence. Murphy's handling of Aim For The Bull tells a story in itself. The horse spent most of its career running at Class 6 level — the entry level of British racing — and managed just 1 win from 17 races at that grade, a win rate of around 6%, or roughly 1 in every 17 attempts. At that kind of level, you are competing against horses that are, bluntly, at the bottom of the sport. Breaking through there was always going to matter, but the way Aim For The Bull has kicked on since that first win at Southwell in February 2026 is what makes this interesting. Some horses get one win and that is the end of the story. This one has kept delivering.

The Brighton win this week confirms the run of form is no fluke. Brighton is a notably unusual track — a sharp, undulating course on the Sussex coast that favours certain types of horses — so winning there takes more than just fitness. It takes a horse that is genuinely in good shape and racing well in itself. Right now, Aim For The Bull appears to be both.