Kon Tiki

The career started at Wolverhampton in December 2024, and the horse has been on an upward curve ever since. The standout moment so far came at York on 16 May 2025, where Kon Tiki won a Class 1 race — one of the most prestigious events in British racing. York is widely regarded as one of the finest and most demanding tracks in the country, and winning at the top level there is the kind of result that marks a horse out as genuinely special. The recent form line of 2-7-1-1-1 tells the fuller story: three wins on the spin, then a seventh, then a runner-up finish. That seventh place is the only real blemish on what is otherwise a near-perfect record.

Behind all of this is trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam, based at Dalham in Suffolk. Her yard has sent out 25 winners already this season, which signals a stable in very good form — horses leave that yard fit, ready, and well-prepared. When a trainer is firing on all cylinders, it lifts every horse in the operation, and Kon Tiki looks like the flag-bearer right now. Having raced just one day ago, the horse is clearly being kept busy, which tends to suggest the team believe there is more to come.

At just four years old and with only five races on the clock, Kon Tiki is still very much a horse in development. The fact that it has already reached the top level of the sport in such a short space of time is exciting enough. The question now is whether it can maintain this form and build on that York win — but on everything shown so far, there is very little reason to think it won't.