Christian David

Lingfield Park seems to suit Christian David like a glove. He has won 2 of his 3 races there, which is a remarkable record for any horse at any track, and his most recent victory came at Lingfield in December 2025. To put that in context: most horses bounce around the results sheet without ever finding a place they call home. Christian David has found his. Hannon's yard — which has sent out 118 winners already this season, so this is clearly a operation that knows how to place a horse — appears to have identified that Lingfield is where this horse delivers.

At the top end of his grade, he has shown he belongs. When competing at Class 3 level, one step down from the very best races in Britain, he has won 2 from 5, a 40% win rate. That is genuinely impressive, and it means the yard are not dropping him into easier company to pad his record.

Hannon himself has been candid about what he thinks is coming. He felt Christian David ran well in the Lincoln, a prestigious early-season mile race, and after a disrupted run at Newmarket — where the horse was bumped at the start and hampered before he could get into his race — the trainer's view is that he is ready to win again. The jockey Sean Levey, speaking after the Lingfield win, noted the horse ran a little green in the closing stages but was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, describing him as a nice horse with plenty of options ahead.

He raced just one day ago, so he is very much in active training. Watch for him in mile races on a surface he has already proved he can handle.