Fierce Fortitude

The first win came at Brighton in late September 2025, and the most recent at Redcar at the end of April 2026 — about 2 months ago. Two different tracks, two different parts of the country, which at least suggests this is not a horse that only performs somewhere familiar. Fierce Fortitude has raced just one day ago, so it is very much in active campaign and clearly being kept busy by the yard.

The most striking number in the file is the record on fast, dry ground: 2 wins from 4 races, a 50% win rate. Winning half your races under any conditions is remarkable — most horses at this level manage nowhere near that. It is a simple, useful piece of information. When the ground is dry, this horse is a different proposition.

Most of Fierce Fortitude's racing has come at Class 5, which is towards the lower end of the British racing pyramid — the level where horses are finding their feet rather than mixing with the elite. A 25% win rate there, 1 win from 4 races at that level, is respectable without being dominant. There is room to wonder whether the horse could move up, but that is a question the trainer will answer in time.

That trainer is Kevin Philippart De Foy, based in Newmarket — the heartland of British flat racing. His yard has sent out 40 winners already this season, which marks it out as a genuinely productive operation rather than a small stable hoping for the odd result. When a busy, successful Newmarket yard keeps running a horse as often as Fierce Fortitude has been running lately, it usually means they like what they see. The form backs that up.