Blue Force

The most telling chapter of that story is Newcastle. Blue Force has won 2 of 9 races there — that's better than 1 in every 4 visits — and it's where the career began in earnest, with that first win landing on 12 September 2024. For context, most horses struggle to find a track that really suits them. Newcastle clearly does something for this horse that other venues don't, and any time Blue Force lines up there, it is worth paying attention.

Cam Hardie has been the regular partner for most of the career, riding in 20 of those 25 races and accounting for all four wins — a win rate of 20%, or 1 in every 5 rides together. That's a meaningful partnership. Trainers don't keep booking the same jockey across 20 races by accident, and when Hardie is in the saddle, Blue Force is clearly a different proposition.

Antony Brittain's yard at Warthill in North Yorkshire has been in decent nick this season, sending out 23 winners, so the platform is there. The last win came at Wolverhampton on 8 December 2025 — now six months ago — and the recent run of six races without a victory, capped by a run just yesterday, will be frustrating for the team. The form figures of 9-6-3-6 tell a story of a horse knocking around the minor placings without quite getting over the line.

Blue Force is not a flashy horse, and the career record won't turn heads at first glance. But dig slightly deeper and there's a consistent performer who finds a way to win when the right conditions come together — and who has a course record at Newcastle that any owner would be quietly pleased about. The next visit there could be worth watching.