Romantic Spirit
Romantic Spirit is a horse that has found its level and knows where to win. The four-year-old has taken 4 races from 19 starts, a win rate of roughly 1 in every 5 races, but the real story lies in where those victories have come. At Wolverhampton, it is a different animal entirely — it has won 3 of its 7 races there, a 43% success rate that marks the track as genuinely special to this horse. It won its first race ever at Wolverhampton on 31 March 2025, and the track has brought out the best in it since.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
On normal ground conditions, Romantic Spirit is noticeably sharper. It has won 4 of 12 races on standard ground (a 33% win rate), compared to its overall record. It prefers the straightforward conditions, and trainers know that wet or firm surfaces do not suit it as well. Trained by David Menuisier's yard near Pulborough in West Sussex — a stable that has sent out 20 winners already this season — Romantic Spirit typically competes in Class 5 races, the lower tier of the racing pyramid, where it has won 3 of 13 starts.
The horse has had a quiet ten months since its last win at Southwell on 30 October 2025. Its recent form reads 2-7-7-7-5-4 across the last six races, mostly placing efforts with one second place, but no wins. It raced just a day ago, so it is still active and in work. Robert Havlin, its regular rider, has partnered it 6 times with 1 victory, a 17% return. For a horse of this calibre, another trip to Wolverhampton on normal ground could be exactly what it needs to get back in the winner's circle.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on standard ground: 4 wins from 12 starts (33%)
✔ Course specialist at Wolverhampton: 3 wins from 7 starts (43%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Likes
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
3 Sep
2nd
Lingfield Park
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 6 runners
27 Jun
7th
Newcastle
1m6f – 2m · Standard_To_Slow · 14 runners
1 Jun
7th
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 11 runners
28 Apr
7th
Lingfield Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 10 runners
6 Jan
5th
Southwell
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 8 runners
3 Dec
4th
Kempton Park
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow · 11 runners
30 Oct
🏆 Won
Southwell
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 6 runners
22 Sep
2nd
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 10 runners
2 Sep
3rd
Wolverhampton
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 10 runners
28 Jul
4th
Southwell
1m3f – 1m4f · Standard · 8 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
7 |
3 wins, 1 second, 1 third, 2 other |
1 Jun |
42.9% |
| Southwell Galloping |
3 |
1 win, 2 other |
6 Jan |
33.3% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
2 |
1 second, 1 other |
3 Sep |
0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
3 Dec |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
1 Aug |
0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
27 Jun |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
16 Oct |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Jul |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
17 Sep |
0% |