Champonie

She got off the mark at Newcastle in February 2026 and has not looked back, adding two more wins including her most recent at Wolverhampton in March. Her recent form reads 1-1-6-9 going backwards from that point, which tells the story of a horse who was finding her feet before hitting a rich vein of form. What is also striking is her record on normal ground conditions: three races, three wins. She has never been beaten when conditions suit her.

Behind the scenes, trainer George Boughey clearly has big plans. Her Newmarket yard has been in superb health this season — 99 winners and counting — and she has spoken about a specific target for Champonie: the Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes, a prestigious sprint race for three-year-olds. One more run would qualify her, and Boughey believes she is on a competitive enough rating to make a real go of it. She has also floated the idea of stepping her up in class altogether, suggesting she might be good enough to mix it with better horses over the shortest distances. That kind of ambition from a trainer with nearly 100 winners this season is worth taking seriously.

At just three years old and still actively racing — she ran only yesterday — Champonie is very much a work in progress. The six and nine in her recent form show she is not unbeatable, but the trajectory is clearly upward. A young horse who wins more than half her races, handles the big occasions, and has a trainer eyeing top-level sprint races is exactly the kind of story worth following as the summer unfolds.