Mick's Spirit

Across a career of 62 races, Mick's Spirit has won 11 times and placed on a further 26 occasions — meaning he has given his the yard something to cheer on more than half his outings in total. That 11 from 62 record (an 18% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 5.5 races) is respectable at any level, but the way those wins are concentrated at Lingfield makes the overall number almost misleading. Strip out Lingfield and the rest of his career looks quite different. Strip out anywhere else and you have a horse who has turned one particular track into his personal playground.

He has been at his best at Class 5 level — one step up from the bottom rung of British racing — winning 7 of his 34 races at that grade, a win rate of 21%, or just over 1 in 5. It is his comfort zone, and Conrad Allen's yard in Newmarket has been shrewd about placing him where he can be competitive. Allen's team has sent out 13 winners this season alone, which speaks to a yard in good form and confident about where to place their horses.

The partnership with jockey Darragh Keenan is one worth watching. In 17 races together they have won 5 times — a win rate of 29%, or nearly 1 in every 3 rides. That is a meaningfully better return than Mick's Spirit achieves overall, suggesting Keenan has figured something out about how to get the best from him.

His last win came at Lingfield Park in March 2026, and with recent form reading two wins from his last six races, he is clearly still firing. He raced just yesterday. At eight years old, he is not a young horse, but Lingfield Park clearly still brings out the best in him — and there is no obvious reason to think he is done adding to his tally there.