She is trained by Rebecca Menzies, whose yard in Morden, County Durham has been in fine form this season, sending out 36 winners. Menzies had clear ambitions for Parisian Fashion from early on — the horse comes from a pedigree with real jumping credentials, her dam having won a Listed race at the Grand National meeting and been a solid hurdler herself. Parisian Fashion backed that up by winning a point-to-point by ten lengths before her career under Rules began, which suggested she had genuine ability to build on.
Most of her racing has come at Class 4 level — the middle tier of the sport, not elite but competitive enough — where she has won 1 of 7 races, a win rate of 14%, or roughly 1 in every 7 starts at that level. William Maggs has been in the saddle for six of her ten races and partnered her to her sole win, giving them a shared record of 1 from 6 together, winning about 1 in every 6 races as a partnership. She raced just yesterday, so she is very much in active training and her campaign is ongoing.
The honest assessment is that Parisian Fashion has not yet fulfilled the promise her early point-to-point win hinted at. That ten-length debut over jumps suggested a horse with something to offer, and her dam's Listed-race pedigree raises the ceiling of what she might be capable of. Whether she can rediscover that winning feeling — and perhaps target a mares' race of the kind her trainer had in mind — remains to be seen, but with 36 winners going through the Menzies yard this season, the conditions are clearly there for her to find her moment.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 26 Feb | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 14 Nov | 50% |
| Kelso Undulating |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 20 Apr | 0% |
| Perth Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 23 Apr | 0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 4 Dec | 0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 28 Nov | 0% |