Blufferonthebus

The most interesting thing about Blufferonthebus is what happens when the rain comes down. On wet or muddy ground, this horse transforms. It has won 4 of its 12 races in those conditions — that's a win rate of 33%, or roughly 1 in every 3 races. Compare that to its overall record of winning roughly 1 in every 7 races across its whole career, and the difference is striking. When other trainers are grimacing at the weather forecast, Lidster's team might quietly be rubbing their hands.

Most of Blufferonthebus's racing has come in Class 5 races — the bread-and-butter, workaday end of the sport, where fields are competitive and wins are hard to come by. It has won 2 of its 21 races at that level, which works out at roughly 1 in every 10. The horse tends to do its best work when conditions suit rather than when the class drops, which tells you something about what kind of animal it is: one that needs the ground to fire, not just the opposition to be weak.

Its most trusted partner in the saddle has been jockey Sam James, who has ridden it in 17 of its races and won on it 3 times — a win rate of 18%, or just under 1 in every 6 rides together. That's meaningfully better than the horse's overall average, suggesting the combination works. The last of those wins came at Newcastle in November 2025, and the horse hasn't won in the six races since. Recent form reads 3-9-2-3-6-4 — competitive enough without ever threatening to break through, the kind of form that keeps you interested without quite delivering.

Lidster's yard has sent out 20 winners already this season, so the operation is in decent health. Blufferonthebus raced just yesterday and remains active. Whether the rain returns and sparks another win is, as ever, a question of patience and weather.