Cossack Chach

The partnership with jockey J J Slevin is worth noting. In five races together, they've won twice — that's a 40% win rate, or 2 from 5, which is a genuinely impressive number. For context, most jockey-horse combinations in jump racing hover well below that. When Slevin is in the saddle, something clearly clicks.

Cossack Chach is trained by the well-established partnership of Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore, based at Milnathort in Perth and Kinross. The yard has been in fine form this season, sending out 49 winners — so this is a stable operating at a high level, and horses coming out of it tend to be well prepared. The first career win came at Killarney in July 2023, and the most recent at Sligo in October 2024 — now 21 months ago. That gap is the one question mark hanging over this profile. Recent form shows a third and a win tucked in among some quieter efforts, and the horse raced just one day ago, so fitness isn't the issue. Whether the winning thread can be picked back up remains the interesting question.

For a general follower trying to get a read on Cossack Chach, the short version is this: a reliable, competitive six-year-old from a yard firing on all cylinders, with a particularly strong record alongside one specific jockey. Not a horse that wins every week, but one that has shown it knows how to win — and with the right conditions, could do so again.