Balzac

His win came at Kempton Park on 1 April 2026, and his recent form reading of 3-3-1-3 shows he has been a model of consistency, rarely finishing out of the frame. Winning one in every four races at this early stage of a career is a strong return, and the fact that he has finished third in his other three runs suggests he is always in the conversation, even when he does not take the spoils.

Balzac is trained by Jane Chapple-Hyam, whose yard in Dalham, Suffolk has been in excellent form this season — 25 winners already sent out, which speaks to a team firing on all cylinders. Having your horse trained by someone operating with that kind of confidence and momentum is no small thing; horses tend to arrive at the track in good shape when a yard is running hot. With Balzac having raced just one day ago, he is clearly being kept busy, which suggests the team see him as a horse worth running while the form is good.