God of Fire

His recent record shows exactly that reliable inconsistency: a win four races back, a second place three back, a fourth most recently. He raced just yesterday, so he is actively campaigned by the yard and appears to be a horse the O'Neill team — Jonjo and A.J., running from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire — are confident enough to keep running. The yard has sent out 51 winners this season, so they know how to build a preparation around each horse's strengths.

What is interesting about God of Fire is his selective success. He first broke his duck at Wolverhampton on 3 January 2023, then took three years to acquire another four wins. But here is where it gets revealing: in Class 4 races — the meat-and-potatoes level of British racing — he has won only one from ten attempts, a 10 per cent win rate. When he wins, it tends to come at lower levels or in races where the handicapper has given him a chance. His most recent victory came at Newton Abbot on 13 July 2026, three months ago, suggesting he is not a horse in the twilight of his useful life just yet.

At six years old, God of Fire is past the point of potential improvement and into the phase where what you see is what you get. He is a service horse — a genuine racehorse with a winning record, but not one who will ever dominate a race or capture anyone's imagination. The fact that he is still being run regularly, still competing at tracks up and down the country, and still managed a win not so long ago, speaks to a yard that values him as a working animal. For punters, he is the type of horse who might give you a profitable day once or twice a season if you back him in the right spot — but he will never be the subject of betting-shop folklore.