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Spirits Bay: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Spirits Bay is an 8-year-old gelding by Black Sam Bellamy, trained by Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies. He has won 5 of 18 starts and placed in 5 more, for £45,503 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 0.5f, where 2 wins from 3 is a 67% strike rate against 20% at every other distance. He was last seen finishing sixth at Sandown on 7 March 2026, and has no declared entry. His best performance rating is 142, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 18
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 10
  • Strike rate 28%
  • Prize money £45,503
  • Best rating 142
  • Official rating 124

Spirits Bay form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
7 Mar 26 Sandown Betfair Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m Soft 6 15.5 50/1 Nico de Boinville 124
12 Feb 26 Taunton Royal Bath & West Show Handicap Hurdle Class 3 2m 0.5f Heavy 7 29.25 17/2 Sam Twiston-Davies 125
9 Jan 26 Exeter Download The PricedUp App Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 3f Good To Soft 4 5.5 11/2 Toby McCain-Mitchell 126
19 Nov 25 Warwick Warwick Supports Our Farmers Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 2m Soft 3 37.5 13/8F Sam Twiston-Davies 126
29 Oct 25 Newton Abbot ITUS Events, Safety And Security Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 1f Good To Soft 1 — 10/11F Toby McCain-Mitchell 122
16 Apr 25 Cheltenham Kingston Stud Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 4.5f Good 13 65.5 7/1 Jordan Nailor 124
8 Mar 25 Sandown Betfair Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m Good To Soft 7 4.75 11/1 Sam Twiston-Davies 125
25 Jan 25 Cheltenham Unibet Hurdle (Registered As The International Hurdle) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 2m 1f Soft 3 5.25 28/1 Jordan Nailor 125
18 Jan 25 Haydock Sky Bet Acca Freeze Handicap Hurdle Class 3 1m 7.5f Soft 3 9.5 7/2 Jordan Nailor 126
13 Dec 24 Cheltenham Catesby Estates Handicap Hurdle Class 3 2m 1f Good To Soft 5 7.5 25/1 Jordan Nailor 126
23 Mar 24 Newbury Bet In-Play On Racing With Betvictor Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 3f Good To Soft 5 20 13/2 Jordan Nailor 126
8 Mar 24 Exeter Klargester Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 0.5f Soft 1 — 2/1 Jordan Nailor 118
23 Feb 24 Exeter Don't Retire Without My Pension Expert Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 0.5f Heavy 1 — 4/6F Jordan Nailor –
15 Dec 23 Cheltenham British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 1f Soft F - 5/1 Jordan Nailor –
12 Nov 23 Sandown Tattersalls Tingle Creek Festival Sale Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Soft 2 2.5 11/2 Jordan Nailor –
24 Mar 23 Hereford Cazoo Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 2m Good To Soft 1 — 5/2 Finn Lambert –
3 Feb 23 Chepstow Cazoo Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 2m Good To Soft 3 21 5/2J Finn Lambert –
18 Nov 22 Chepstow Tribute To Ukraine Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 2m Good To Soft 1 — 18/1 Finn Lambert –

Last time out

Finished 6 in the Betfair Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) at Sandown on 7 March 2026. Held up towards the back - stumbled at the 2nd - urged forward before the last two furlongs - kept trying but always held up out of it.

Spirits Bay by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
16f 7 2 29% —
17f 4 1 25% —
16.5f 3 2 67% —
19f 2 0 0% —
20.5f 1 0 0% —
15.5f 1 0 0% —

Spirits Bay by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good To Soft 8 3 38% —
Soft 7 1 14% —
Heavy 2 1 50% —
Good 1 0 0% —

Spirits Bay by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Cheltenham 4 0 0% —
Sandown 3 0 0% —
Exeter 3 2 67% —
Chepstow 2 1 50% —
Taunton 1 0 0% —
Warwick 1 0 0% —
Newton Abbot 1 1 100% —
Haydock 1 0 0% —
Newbury 1 0 0% —
Hereford 1 1 100% —

Spirits Bay breeding

  • Sire Black Sam Bellamy (IRE)
  • Dam Silver Coaster (IRE)
  • Damsire Presenting (GB)
  • Breeder A Wintle & R Johnson
  • Foaled 17 May 2018

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