Lance Les Des

That first win finally came at Ayr on 6 March 2026, and recent form suggests it wasn't a fluke. Reading his last six runs from most recent backwards — second, first, second, third, third, seventh — you're looking at a horse in the form of his life. Five finishes in the top three from his last five outings before that one poor run is the kind of sequence that makes trainers very happy. He raced just yesterday, which tells you the yard is keeping him busy while he's in this kind of mood.

The training operation behind him is N W Alexander, based up in Leslie, Fife, and it's been a productive season — 19 winners sent out already, which for a yard of this size represents serious momentum. Almost all of Lance Les Des's racing has come at Class 4 level, which is solid mid-tier competition in Britain — not the very top table, but races where you need a genuine horse to win. He's taken 1 from 9 at that level, which is 11%, or just over 1 in every 9 races — modest on paper, but those seven places at the same level show he belongs there.

Interestingly, regular jockey Bruce Lynn has yet to ride him to a win across five races together, while it was presumably a different combination that got him over the line at Ayr. Whether that changes going forward is one of the more interesting questions hovering over his next few runs. For now, Lance Les Des is a seven-year-old hitting form at exactly the right moment — and with a run just yesterday, the yard clearly aren't letting the grass grow.