Campenaerts

The two victories tell an interesting story on their own. The first came at Wolverhampton in July 2025, and the second at Catterick Bridge in October — two very different tracks, which suggests Campenaerts is not simply a one-trick pony who only goes well somewhere specific. The Catterick win is now nine months ago, which means the horse heads into its current run of races chasing a return to winning form. That gap is not alarming for a three-year-old, but it does give context to the recent numbers: the last six races read 8-7-9-6-1-2 from most recent back, meaning outside of that October win and a runner-up finish just before it, the horse has not threatened the leaders much lately. That is a sequence worth watching closely.

Where Campenaerts does look genuinely sharp is at Class 5 level — the bread-and-butter tier of British racing, where fields are competitive but not elite. At that level, it has won 2 of its 4 races, a 50% win rate that is frankly outstanding. Winning half your races at any level is the kind of figure that makes people pay attention. The trick for trainer Jonathan Portman will be finding the right spots at that level to bring Campenaerts back to its best.

Portman's yard at Upper Lambourn has sent out 46 winners this season alone, so this is not a backwater operation — it is a busy, productive stable that knows how to place its horses well. Campenaerts raced just one day ago, meaning this profile is being written on a horse mid-campaign, still active and still in the mix. For a three-year-old with a sharp record at the right level and a trainer in form, the story is far from finished.