Chapel Green

Trained by the well-established partnership of Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore, based at Milnathort in Perth and Kinross, Chapel Green is in good hands. The yard has sent out 49 winners already this season, which speaks to an operation that knows how to get horses into winning form. Jockey Stephen Mulqueen has been the regular partner, winning 2 of their 10 races together — roughly 1 in every 5 — a decent return that suggests the pair have built a working relationship worth maintaining.

Across 28 career races, Chapel Green has won 5 and placed a further 10 times, giving him a win rate of around 1 in every 6 races. His five wins have all come at Class 4 level — the bread-and-butter tier of British racing — where he has won 5 from 17 attempts, or roughly 1 in every 3, which is genuinely good at that level. He travels best on wet or muddy ground, winning 2 of 7 races in those conditions, and favours a trip of a mile and six furlongs to two miles, again winning 2 from 7 at those distances.

His most recent win came at Kelso in September 2025, eight months ago, and his last six runs have not produced a victory. Recent form shows a fifth, a third, and two unfinished efforts mixed in — enough to suggest he is still competitive without quite getting back to the winner's enclosure. He raced just yesterday, so whatever his next chapter looks like, it is already being written. When the rain arrives and the ground softens, and when Kelso appears on the schedule, Chapel Green tends to have something to say about the result.