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Spirit Lead Me: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Spirit Lead Me is a 4-year-old gelding by Calyx, trained by Richard Hughes. He has won 4 of 25 starts and placed in 2 more, for £17,550 in prize money. His best trip is 1m, where 2 wins from 8 is a 25% strike rate against 12% at every other distance. He runs next in the 6:00 at Kempton (AW) on 9 September, where the best price is 5.6/1 with Smarkets. His best performance rating is 78, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 25
  • Wins 4
  • Placed 6
  • Strike rate 16%
  • Prize money £17,550
  • Best rating 78
  • Official rating 65

Where Spirit Lead Me runs next

Time Course Race Best price
6:00 Kempton (AW) Unibet 40,000+ Live Streamed Events Handicap Stakes 5.6/1 Smarkets SBK

Spirit Lead Me form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
14 Jun 26 Salisbury Shipseys Marquees Handicap Class 5 1m Good 8 14.5 66/1 Finley Marsh 65
15 May 26 Newbury Starlight Friends: Don't Bet The Ranch Charity Apprentice Handicap (Str) Class 5 1m Good 9 13 16/1 Donagh Murphy 67
30 Apr 26 Lingfield (AW) Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap Class 5 7f Standard 9 22.25 28/1 Finley Marsh 70
27 Mar 26 Lingfield (AW) Daily Profit Boosts At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Class 4 7f Standard 9 14.75 80/1 Tyler Heard 72
9 Mar 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 4 7f Standard 8 10.25 28/1 Finley Marsh 74
3 Feb 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Class 4 1m 1.5f Standard 6 20.75 40/1 Finley Marsh 76
21 Jan 26 Lingfield (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Class 4 7f Standard 9 12.5 14/1 Donagh Murphy 77
25 Nov 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Awc1 Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Class 4 1m 0.5f Standard 4 1.25 10/1 Donagh Murphy 77
27 Sep 25 Southwell (AW) Golf And Gallop Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 1 — 5/2 Donagh Murphy 64
24 Sep 25 Kempton (AW) Unibet Supports Safer Gambling Handicap Class 6 7f Standard To Slow 1 — 11/4F Finley Marsh 64
5 Aug 25 Ffos Las Blackmores Builders Handicap Class 5 6f Good 8 10.25 40/1 Finley Marsh 67
18 Jul 25 Newbury talkSPORT Handicap (Str) Class 5 1m Good To Firm 10 22.5 20/1 Finley Marsh 70
30 Jun 25 Ffos Las Great Trekker Run At 3A's Handicap Class 5 1m Good To Soft 8 6 40/1 Finley Marsh 72
16 Jun 25 Windsor Download Fitzdares World Of Sport Podcast Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 11 15.75 100/1 Finley Marsh 75
7 Jun 25 Chepstow DragonBet - Oncourse And Online Handicap Class 4 7f Good To Soft 6 11 50/1 Ethan Jones 77
28 May 25 Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safer Gambling Handicap Class 4 7f Standard To Slow 8 10.5 22/1 Pat Dobbs 79
26 Mar 25 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boost's Handicap (London Mile Series Qualifier) Class 4 1m Standard To Slow 6 8.25 11/1 Finley Marsh 79
20 Nov 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet - Lets Talk About Safer Gambling Nursery Class 4 1m Standard To Slow 3 2.25 4/1 Oisin Murphy 79
6 Nov 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Nursery Class 4 7f Standard To Slow 3 1.5 7/4F Finley Marsh 79
25 Oct 24 Wolverhampton (AW) Boost Your Acca With BetMGM Nursery (Div 2) Class 6 7f Standard 1 — 5/6F Finley Marsh 59
16 Oct 24 Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Nursery (Div 1) Class 6 1m Standard To Slow 1 — 11/10F Finley Marsh 59
20 Sep 24 Newbury Nick Robinson Memorial EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 6f Good 12 13.75 80/1 Finley Marsh –
24 Aug 24 Windsor Get Raceday Ready Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 6f Soft 12 14.5 33/1 Finley Marsh –
9 Aug 24 Newmarket Maritime Cargo Services On Time Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good 8 11.25 14/1 Finley Marsh –
2 Jul 24 Lingfield Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Good To Firm 5 8.75 16/1 George Rooke –

Last time out

Finished 8 in the Shipseys Marquees Handicap at Salisbury on 14 June 2026. Held up at the back - lost touch two out - crept into others briefly a furlong out but could not find more.

Spirit Lead Me by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 10 2 20%
8f 8 2 25%
6f 5 0 0%
9.5f 1 0 0%
8.5f 1 0 0%

Spirit Lead Me by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 8 2 25%
Standard To Slow 6 2 33%
Good 5 0 0%
Good To Firm 3 0 0%
Good To Soft 2 0 0%
Soft 1 0 0%

Spirit Lead Me by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Kempton (AW) 6 2 33%
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 1 25%
Newbury 3 0 0%
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0%
Ffos Las 2 0 0%
Windsor 2 0 0%
Salisbury 1 0 0%
Southwell (AW) 1 1 100%
Chepstow 1 0 0%
Newmarket 1 0 0%

Spirit Lead Me breeding

  • Sire Calyx (GB)
  • Dam Fern (IRE)
  • Damsire War Command (USA)
  • Breeder Ms Alice Fitzgerald
  • Foaled 25 March 2022

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