Coyote Spirit

The two career wins bookend a neat little story. The first came at Bellewstown in April 2025, and the second arrived at Navan in February 2026 — about ten months apart, which tells you this isn't a horse that wins in clusters. The Navan victory was five months ago now, and recent form has been a mixed picture: a win, a fourth, a third, and then a couple of runs where things didn't quite come together. The sequence reads 3-4-1-16 going back, which in plain terms means one big result sandwiched between some ordinary efforts and one very difficult day.

What keeps Coyote Spirit interesting is the yard behind it. Gordon Elliott operates out of Longwood in County Meath, and this season his team has sent out 210 winners — a number that isn't just impressive, it's relentless. Running a horse from that operation means it has access to serious preparation and serious judgment about when and where to run. Elliott doesn't waste horses on races they can't be competitive in, so the fact that Coyote Spirit is still active and still being placed tells you the team sees something worth running.

Raced just one day ago, Coyote Spirit is as current as it gets. Whether another win is coming is hard to say — at eight, these horses tend to be what they are, and what this one is, is a reliable, honest competitor that occasionally delivers. For casual viewers, that's actually a pretty good horse to follow: not flashy, not fragile, just quietly getting on with it under one of the best trainers in the game.