Bravo Zulu

The bulk of Bravo Zulu's wins have come at Class 4 level, where he has converted 5 from 19 races, but the headline on his record is a Class 2 victory at Kempton Park in November 2023 — one of the top two tiers of racing in Britain. That told you something important: when the stage gets bigger, this horse can still deliver. His strongest relationship in the saddle is with jockey Rossa Ryan, who has ridden him to 5 wins from just 7 races together — that is a remarkable 71%, meaning they have won almost three in every four times they have paired up. Lingfield Park is also worth noting as a happy hunting ground, with 2 wins from 6 races there.

The recent form reads a little flat — no win in the last 6 races, with a second place the best of it — and his last victory came at Windsor in July 2025, now a year ago. But what gives the picture a genuinely interesting twist is what Loughnane has said about where the horse is heading. A run at Newmarket on turf was his first experience on grass, and jockey Richard Kingscote felt he was mentally immature about the whole experience — not beaten by ability, but by inexperience. The trainer believes he has come on significantly for it, and with what he describes as a beautiful action, thinks fast, dry ground will bring out the best in him. The target he has floated is Royal Ascot — specifically the Britannia or Golden Gates Stakes, both of them prestigious mile races run in front of huge crowds on one of the biggest stages in the sport.

A horse that wins 23% of his races overall, has already beaten decent rivals at Class 2 level, and whose trainer is quietly talking about Royal Ascot — that is a profile worth watching over the coming weeks.