Knights Charge

The wins have come quickly and at different tracks. The first arrived at Lingfield Park on 28 April 2026, and then less than a month later, Knights Charge backed it up with another victory at Nottingham on 19 May — just this week. Winning at two different venues matters because it suggests the horse isn't simply a one-trick pony suited to one particular layout or surface. It travels, it competes, and right now it keeps winning.

Behind the horse is one of the most respected yards in British racing. Roger Varian trains out of Newmarket in Suffolk, the spiritual home of flat racing in this country, and his operation has sent out 87 winners already this season. That is not a yard that needs to celebrate every minor result — 87 winners is a serious tally, the kind of number that puts you in the conversation for the trainer's championship. When a stable running at that level keeps putting Knights Charge in races and the horse keeps winning them, it tells you something. This isn't a lucky streak; it's a horse that is doing exactly what a well-managed, ambitious yard expects of it.

With only three races under its belt, Knights Charge is still very much a work in progress, and the best chapters of this story almost certainly haven't been written yet. But a three-year-old that wins on debut, wins again within weeks, and does it all without a single disappointing run is the kind of horse that makes people in racing stop and pay attention. It raced just yesterday and is firmly in the middle of its season. Watch this space.