Mister Bluebird

The most eye-catching number in his record is on wet or muddy ground, where he has won 3 from just 6 races — that is 50%, or one in every two starts in those conditions. For context, most horses are happy to win one race in seven across their career. When the heavens open and the ground gets soft, Mister Bluebird transforms into something considerably more dangerous. It is worth knowing if you ever glance at the racecard on a wet afternoon.

He has also developed a particular affinity for Goodwood, one of the most scenic and technically demanding tracks in Britain, set on a hillside above Chichester. He has won there twice from eight visits — a 25% win rate at a course where most horses never win at all. That is not a fluke; that is a horse that suits a specific kind of track and keeps coming back to prove it.

Trained by Heather Main at her Kingston Lisle yard in Oxfordshire — a yard that has sent out 17 winners this season alone — Mister Bluebird is most often partnered by Jack Mitchell, who has ridden him in 8 races for 1 win together. His most recent victory came at Great Yarmouth in July 2025, and his last six runs read 2-2-12-8-3-2, which means he has been competitive more often than not without getting back to the winner's enclosure. He raced just yesterday, which tells you this is a horse very much in the thick of his season. At eight years old, with soft ground about and Goodwood on the horizon, the next win may not be far away.