Champagne Dawn

Recent form tells the familiar story. In its last six outings, Champagne Dawn has finished third, fifth, seventh, eleventh, and eighteenth across those races. There was also a missed race somewhere in that sequence. These results show a horse drifting further back down the field rather than climbing the leaderboard, and the eleven and eighteen finishes suggest it is finding the going increasingly tough. Regular jockey Phillip Enright has ridden it six times without a single victory between them, so there is no obvious spark in that partnership either.

Trained by T J O'Mara, Champagne Dawn remains active — it raced as recently as yesterday — but at nine years old and with just a 7% win rate across a lengthy career, it is a long way from being a horse people will be backing with confidence. The yard itself has sent out only two winners this season, which offers little encouragement. For a horse that relies on winning to justify its place on the racetrack, Champagne Dawn has struggled to make the case.