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Aim For The Bull: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Aim For The Bull is a 4-year-old gelding by Showcasing, trained by Mike Murphy. He has won 4 of 27 starts and placed in 6 more, for £25,803 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 3 wins from 11 is a 27% strike rate against 6% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:17 at Leicester on 21 September, where the best price is 19/1 with Smarkets. His best performance rating is 65, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 27
  • Wins 4
  • Placed 10
  • Strike rate 15%
  • Prize money £25,803
  • Best rating 65
  • Official rating 57

Where Aim For The Bull runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:17 Leicester Visit racingtv.com Apprentice Handicap Stakes 19/1 Smarkets SBK

Aim For The Bull form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
31 Aug 26 Southwell (AW) Festive Fixtures At Southwell Racecourse Handicap Stakes Class 6 1m Standard 14 8.5 22/1 Rob Hornby 57
29 Jun 26 Windsor Colenko Fast Track Handicap Class 6 1m Good To Firm 1 — 18/5 Rossa Ryan 55
29 May 26 Brighton Watch Live Racing On fairplaybet.co.uk Handicap Class 6 1m Good To Firm 1 — 7/1 Rob Hornby 53
6 May 26 Kempton (AW) Unibet Supports Safer Gambling 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap Class 6 1m Standard To Slow 4 1.75 11/2 Alfie Redman 54
11 Apr 26 Southwell (AW) Conference & Events At Southwell Racecourse Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 7f Standard 4 2.75 11/1 Callum Shepherd 54
25 Mar 26 Kempton (AW) Virgin Bet Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 1m Standard To Slow 1 — 12/1 Callum Shepherd 51
11 Mar 26 Southwell (AW) Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Apprentice Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 7 9 14/1 Alfie Redman 51
24 Feb 26 Southwell (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Classified Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 7f Standard 1 — 6/1 Rob Hornby 46
12 Feb 26 Chelmsford City (AW) Valentines 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 7 6.5 11/2 Alfie Redman 46
13 Jan 26 Southwell (AW) Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Classified Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 7f Standard 5 4.75 4/1 Rob Hornby 47
18 Dec 25 Southwell (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 2 2 8/1 Mr Fletcher Yarham 46
26 Nov 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Exchange Beacons Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 7f Standard 4 3.5 4/1 Daniel Muscutt 47
4 Nov 25 Lingfield (AW) Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 1m Standard 10 11 7/1 Sean D Bowen 49
24 Oct 25 Southwell (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 1m Standard 7 3.75 11/4F Daniel Muscutt 50
18 Sep 25 Kempton (AW) Bet At racingtv.com Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 1m Standard To Slow 2 .5 4/1F Rob Hornby 49
2 Sep 25 Chepstow David Lucas Best Prices Welsh Sport Handicap Class 6 7f Soft 2 1 5/2 Darragh Keenan 48
15 Aug 25 Yarmouth QuinnBet Classified Stakes Class 6 1m Good To Firm 4 1.75 14/1 Daniel Muscutt 49
8 Jul 25 Brighton Starsports.Bet Classified Stakes Class 6 1m Good To Firm 3 1.25 9/2 Rossa Ryan 50
11 Jun 25 Yarmouth QuinnBet Handicap Class 6 7f Good 4 4.25 13/2 Billy Loughnane 52
27 May 25 Leicester Dark Horse Wines Handicap Class 6 7f Good To Soft 4 10.25 6/1 Daniel Muscutt 53
1 May 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Best Odds Guaranteed At bet365 Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 2 4.75 3/1 Sean D Bowen 53
3 Apr 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 4 3.5 10/1 Sean D Bowen 53
23 Nov 24 Wolverhampton (AW) Know Your Limits With BetMGM Nursery Class 6 7f Standard 7 8.25 13/2 Kieran Shoemark 55
31 Oct 24 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Exchange Nursery Class 6 6f Standard 3 2.75 13/2 Kieran Shoemark 55
9 Oct 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 7f Standard To Slow 13 13.75 200/1 David Egan –
10 Sep 24 Leicester British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes Class 4 7f Soft 9 16.25 100/1 Billy Loughnane –
9 Aug 24 Brighton starsportsbet.co.uk EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 6f Good 5 5.75 16/1 William Cox –

Last time out

Finished 14 in the Festive Fixtures At Southwell Racecourse Handicap Stakes at Southwell (AW) on 31 August 2026. Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - unable to find more and beaten into 14th.

Aim For The Bull by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
7f 14 1 7% —
8f 11 3 27% —
6f 2 0 0% —

Aim For The Bull by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Standard 14 1 7% —
Good To Firm 4 2 50% —
Standard To Slow 4 1 25% —
Soft 2 0 0% —
Good 2 0 0% —
Good To Soft 1 0 0% —

Aim For The Bull by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Southwell (AW) 7 1 14% —
Chelmsford City (AW) 5 0 0% —
Kempton (AW) 4 1 25% —
Brighton 3 1 33% —
Yarmouth 2 0 0% —
Leicester 2 0 0% —
Windsor 1 1 100% —
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% —
Chepstow 1 0 0% —
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% —

Aim For The Bull breeding

  • Sire Showcasing (GB)
  • Dam Ultimate Aim (GB)
  • Damsire Pivotal (GB)
  • Breeder David John Brown & Whistbury Manor Stud
  • Foaled 21 February 2022

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