That level has mostly been Class 5, which is where the bulk of British racehorses spend their careers — the bread-and-butter end of the sport, away from the big occasions and the prize money that goes with them. Mind Hunter has run 15 times at that level and won once, meaning it has converted 1 in every 15 attempts there, or about 7%. It is also a horse that needs distance to show anything close to its best, with all its racing tending toward trips of two miles or more. Across 17 races at those longer distances, it has won once — so again, roughly 1 in 17.
Mind Hunter raced just yesterday, which means it is very much in active training at the yard of Bernard Llewellyn in Fochriw, Mid Glamorgan. Llewellyn's team has sent out 12 winners this season, so there is clearly enough going right at that yard — just not, so far, with this particular horse. With eight places from 27 races, Mind Hunter has shown enough consistency to suggest it is not simply making up the numbers, but at eight years old and with that one win sitting further in the past with every passing month, a second victory would be a genuine surprise rather than a reasonable expectation.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ffos Las Galloping |
10 | 3 seconds, 7 other | 5 May | 0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
3 | 3 other | 17 Nov | 0% |
| Wincanton Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 6 Mar | 0% |
| Newton Abbot Sharp |
1 | 1 win | 16 Apr | 100% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 28 Jan | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 13 Nov | 0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 11 Sep | 0% |
| Exeter Undulating |
1 | 1 third | 21 Oct | 0% |
| Chester Tight |
1 | 1 third | 2 Oct | 0% |
| Taunton Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 30 Dec | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Dec | 0% |
| hereford | 1 | 1 other | 21 Dec | 0% |
| Ludlow Undulating |
1 | 1 third | 10 Jan | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 24 Mar | 0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 13 Jun | 0% |