Monsieur Kodi

The highlight of his career came at Goodwood in August 2023, when he landed a top-tier Class 2 race — one of the better races you can win in Britain. Goodwood is a notoriously tricky, undulating track on the south coast, and winning there at that level is a genuine mark of quality. It suggests Monsieur Kodi, at his best, is a cut above the standard company he usually faces. His typical hunting ground is Class 4 racing, where he has won 3 of 19 races — again, roughly 1 in 6 — which tells you he is a reliable if not dominant performer at that tier.

He is trained by Richard and Peter Fahey at Musley Bank in North Yorkshire, a busy and productive yard that has already sent out 23 winners this season alone. That kind of output suggests a well-run operation, and Monsieur Kodi has been a small but consistent contributor to it. His most regular partner in the saddle is Oisin Orr, who has ridden him 19 times and won on 4 of those occasions — a win rate of 21%, or just over 1 in 5 — which is meaningfully better than Monsieur Kodi's overall average. That gap hints that Orr brings something out of him.

At seven years old and raced just yesterday, Monsieur Kodi is clearly still going strong. His last win came at Lingfield Park in February 2026, five months ago now, and his recent form — finishing second and fourth in his last two runs after a quieter spell — suggests he is working his way back towards contention. The career arc here is one of a horse that has punched above his weight on the big occasion, settled into a comfortable routine at a slightly lower level, and just keeps showing up. That, in its own way, is worth something.