El Bodon

At Class 2 level — among the better races in Britain — El Bodon has won 2 from 6, which works out at 33%, or roughly 1 in every 3 races. That is a genuinely strong record at that tier. It suggests a horse that has found its level and is performing with real consistency when the competition is at its most demanding. The first career win came at Lingfield Park back in June 2023, so there has been a journey to get here, but the two recent Kempton victories suggest El Bodon has arrived somewhere rather than just passing through.

The horse is trained by Jane Chapple-Hyam, whose yard in Dalham, Suffolk has sent out 24 winners already this season — a healthy haul that tells you this is a stable in good form and operating with purpose. El Bodon raced just one day ago, which means this is a horse right in the thick of an active campaign. The recent run of form reads 1-1 before a couple of quieter efforts, so the yard will be watching to see whether those Kempton wins represent a genuine purple patch or the start of something more sustained.

What makes El Bodon worth following is the combination of big-race competence and course form. Horses that win at specific tracks repeatedly often do so for a reason — the surface, the shape of the circuit, the way the race is run — and Kempton's all-weather straight has clearly suited this one. With seven places alongside the three wins, El Bodon has rarely run a bad race, and a horse that finishes in the top three nearly 59% of the time is one that earns its keep. Keep an eye on the entries.