Chillhi

Across 52 races, Chillhi has won 5 times and placed a further 15, giving him a win rate of roughly 1 in every 10 races. That is a modest headline figure, but it hides a few things worth knowing. On wet or muddy ground, he is a different proposition entirely — 2 wins from just 6 races in those conditions works out to 1 in every 3, which is a remarkable conversion rate and suggests the ground really does unlock something in him. He is also a creature of habit when it comes to venues: Newcastle is where he first won, back in July 2022, and he has gone on to win there twice in 13 visits. For a horse at his level, that kind of course loyalty is worth keeping an eye on.

His most regular jockey is Ben Robinson, who has ridden him in 19 of his 52 races and won twice — roughly 1 in every 9 attempts together. That is a working partnership rather than a spectacular one, but the familiarity clearly has some value. Chillhi typically competes at Class 5, the bread-and-butter level of British racing, which is where most horses spend their careers and where the fields are deep and the margins are tight. He has won 2 of his 16 races at that level.

His most recent win came at Stratford-on-Avon in September 2025 — nine months ago now — and his last six runs have produced nothing better than a third place, with a run just yesterday added to that sequence. But with a horse who has overcome genuine physical problems, who transforms on soft ground, and who a trainer in West Wales clearly still believes in, it would be premature to write him off entirely.