Lelant

Over 27 races, Lelant had managed just 2 wins and 7 places — a win rate of around 1 in every 14 races, or 7% across the whole career. That is a modest return, and for most of those 27 races the horse was competing at Class 5, which is the everyday, bread-and-butter level of jump racing in Britain. Even there, Lelant won just 2 from 19 races at that level — roughly 1 in every 10. Not a horse that looks special on paper.

But here is what makes Lelant genuinely interesting right now: the most recent six races tell a completely different story. Two wins, a third, and only one poor result. The first of those wins came at Hereford on 13 October 2025, the very first career victory. Then, less than six weeks later, Lelant went to Market Rasen and won again on 26 November. Back-to-back victories after years of trying — that is not a fluke, that is a horse that has found its feet late in life.

Most of Lelant's races have been ridden by Adam Wedge, who has been aboard for 13 of the 27 outings and won once together — a win rate of about 1 in 13, or 8%. That partnership has not always fired, but Wedge knows this horse as well as anyone, and the recent wins have come during a purple patch for both horse and rider.

Lelant last raced 30 days ago, so the horse is active and presumably being aimed at another opportunity. At 8 years old, there is no great mystery left to solve — this is what Lelant is. But a horse that wins 2 of its last 6 races after a slow career start is a horse in the best form of its life, and that is worth paying attention to.