Lelantos

He is trained by Nicky Henderson at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, one of the most successful yards in British racing. Henderson's operation has sent out 85 winners already this season, so Lelantos is rubbing shoulders with some serious talent on the gallops every morning. The jockey who knows him best is Nico de Boinville, and that partnership has produced three wins from ten races together — a win rate of 30%, or roughly 1 in every 3 rides. That is a notably strong record, suggesting the two have a real understanding of each other.

Most of Lelantos's racing has come at Class 4 level — the solid middle tier of the sport, where the competition is respectable without being elite. At that level he has won 2 from 12 races, or roughly 1 in 6, which is honest rather than spectacular. His overall win rate of 21% — just over 1 in every 5 races — actually outpaces his record at that specific grade, hinting that some of his best moments have come when conditions or competition happened to suit him particularly well. His last win came at Huntingdon in November 2025, four months ago, and his recent run of form reads 4-3-1-6-2-3 — consistently close to the action, with a win in there not long back.

He has been off the track for 42 days, a short freshen-up rather than anything serious. With his current form looking lively and a trainer firing winners at a remarkable rate this season, Lelantos arrives back in good shape. He is never going to headline a big festival, but horses like him are the backbone of the sport — dependable, durable, and still capable of finding the winning post when the moment is right.