My Bobby Dazzler

Now 11 years old and still racing, My Bobby Dazzler has built a record of 3 wins and 12 places from 32 races — winning roughly 1 in every 11 races overall, which tells you he is competitive rather than dominant. But the headline number undersells him. On wet or muddy ground he transforms: 2 wins from 10 races at 20%, or roughly 1 in 5, which is a genuinely strong return and suggests the heavier the conditions, the more he comes alive. His trainer's husband Philip Rowley put it plainly after one win: they were not worried about the ground. They never are.

His association with jockey Alex Edwards tells a similar story of consistency over flash — 2 wins from 16 races together, a win rate of around 1 in 8, which is not exceptional on paper but represents a long-standing partnership built on familiarity. Meanwhile, the yard as a whole has sent out 12 winners this season, so Rowley clearly knows what she is doing.

The one genuine puzzle in My Bobby Dazzler's record is his Class 2 performances — racing at some of the better mid-tier level in Britain, he has gone 0 from 12, which is a stubborn blank. It suggests he finds his best form when the competition drops slightly, and Rowley has admitted it is becoming harder to place him where he can be most competitive. That is the bittersweet reality of a horse who tries hard every single time: he has won three times at Aintree, one of the most famous racecourses in the world, and his last win came at Hereford as recently as February 2026, just three months ago, with his owners trackside to watch it. He has not stopped delivering. He raced just yesterday, still active at 11, still turning up. As Rowley says, he wears his heart on his sleeve — and for a horse who has been there from the very first day of a trainer's career, that means everything.