Champagne Chic

What makes Champagne Chic particularly curious is where he wins. His most recent victory came on 14 February 2026 at Haydock Park in a Class 2 race — one of the better races in Britain. He has run in Class 4 races four times and has not won any of them, which sounds like a contradiction until you realise what it actually means: he tends to rise to the level of the competition rather than bully weaker fields. Some horses are paddling pool bullies; this one seems to prefer the deep end.

Lorcan Williams has been her regular partner, riding her in 8 of her 10 races and winning 2 of them — that is 1 in every 4 races together, a solid partnership built on familiarity. His recent form reads 2 wins from his last 6 races, with a second place in there too, so he arrives at his next race in genuinely good shape. He first got off the mark at Wincanton back in January 2025, but the Haydock win in February 2026 was the performance that really defines him — a step up in class, and he delivered.

He raced just yesterday, so the yard will be managing his carefully, but the trajectory here is one worth watching. A horse who wins roughly 1 in every 3 races overall, who earns his best results when the stakes are highest, and who is trained by a yard clearly in form — that combination does not come along every week.