Fierce Fortitude

The numbers back that up. A win rate of 29%, or roughly 2 wins from every 7 races, is genuinely strong for a horse still early in its career, and the recent form figures of 3-1-2-1-2-3 show a horse that has been consistently competitive. It won at Brighton in late September 2025 for its first career win, then did it again at Redcar at the end of April 2026 — and with a race just yesterday, it is clearly a horse being kept busy by a yard that believes in it.

That yard is Kevin Philippart De Foy's operation in Newmarket, one of British racing's most famous training centres. The team has sent out 40 winners already this season, which is a serious total and a sign that horses leaving that stable are fit, well-prepared, and aimed accurately at the right races. When a trainer of that calibre keeps running a horse as regularly as Fierce Fortitude is being run, it usually means they like what they see.

The most useful piece of information for anyone thinking about this horse might be its record on fast, dry ground: two wins from three races on those conditions, a 67% win rate. That is a remarkable figure. It means that when the ground dries out in summer, Fierce Fortitude becomes a very different proposition — a horse that wins two races out of every three rather than one in three. Watch the weather forecast before dismissing it.

It typically runs in Class 5 company, which represents the bread-and-butter level of British racing, and has won 1 from 4 at that level, a 25% win rate. That is solid rather than spectacular, but this is a four-year-old still accumulating experience. With a high-volume, high-quality trainer behind it, consistent form, and a love of summer conditions, Fierce Fortitude looks like a horse with more wins still to come.