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African Spirit: horse profile, stats, records and next races

African Spirit is a 5-year-old gelding by Showcasing, trained by Ian Williams. He has won 1 of 12 starts and placed in 3 more, for £10,136 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 1 win from 5 is a 20% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:23 at Lingfield (AW) on 10 September. His best performance rating is 78, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 12
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 4
  • Strike rate 8%
  • Prize money £10,136
  • Best rating 78
  • Official rating 53

Where African Spirit runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:23 Lingfield (AW) Sasco Sauces Birthday Handicap (Div 1) —

African Spirit form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
30 Jul 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Stakes (Div I) Class 6 7f Standard 3 3.75 16/1 Silvestre De Sousa 53
29 Jun 26 Windsor Colenko Fast Track Handicap Class 6 1m Good To Firm 3 1.25 11/1 Kieran O'Neill 53
8 Jun 26 Pontefract Bill Carrigill Memorial Handicap Class 6 1m 2f Good 8 11.75 50/1 Luke Morris 57
16 May 26 Newmarket Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap Class 5 7f Good 7 20 12/1 Jude Fernandes 62
25 Jan 25 Wolverhampton (AW) BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 1m 0.5f Standard 8 30.75 11/1 Daniel Muscutt 70
1 Nov 24 Newcastle (AW) Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap Class 5 1m Standard 8 14.75 10/1 Shane Gray 75
15 Oct 24 Newcastle (AW) Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Class 4 1m 2f Standard 12 10.25 11/1 Clifford Lee 79
16 Jun 24 Thirsk Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Handicap Class 3 1m 4f Good To Soft 11 16.25 33/1 Jack Gilligan 82
16 Apr 24 Newmarket JRA Handicap Class 4 1m Good 12 41.5 16/1 Rossa Ryan 83
10 Mar 24 Southwell (AW) Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Standard 2 .25 10/3 Jack Gilligan 83
13 Oct 23 York British EBF 100,000 Final (Colts And Geldings) Class 2 7f Soft 7 5.5 16/1 Dougie Costello –
26 Sep 23 Newcastle (AW) QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 7f Standard 1 — 13/2 Dougie Costello –

Last time out

Finished 3 in the Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Stakes (Div I) at Wolverhampton (AW) on 30 July 2026. Sat close to front - urged forward 2f out then briefly went in front - caught approaching final furlong - held same rhythm to finish third.

African Spirit by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 5 1 20%
8f 3 0 0%
10f 2 0 0%
8.5f 1 0 0%
12f 1 0 0%

African Spirit by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 6 1 17%
Good 3 0 0%
Good To Firm 1 0 0%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%
Soft 1 0 0%

African Spirit by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Newcastle (AW) 3 1 33%
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0%
Newmarket 2 0 0%
Windsor 1 0 0%
Pontefract 1 0 0%
Thirsk 1 0 0%
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0%
York 1 0 0%

African Spirit breeding

  • Sire Showcasing (GB)
  • Dam African Skies (GB)
  • Damsire Johannesburg (USA)
  • Breeder Framont Ltd & R S Cockerill
  • Foaled 4 April 2021

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