Iolaos du Mou

His most recent victory came at Warwick in May 2025, a nose-margin triumph that the trainer described as a horse finally getting his due. The win arrived after what had been a lengthy campaign to get him sound — a problem with his hind feet had forced several breaks in his racing. Once that issue was resolved, he began training well again, and Warwick proved the moment everything clicked. He has raced six times since then, though, and has not recaptured that form. His last six starts show one fourth-place finish, two sixth-place efforts, and two non-places, a pattern suggesting he may have peaked that day or is struggling to find a winning opportunity at the moment.

Trained by Tony Culhane and Stella Barclay at Garstang in Lancashire, Iolaos du Mou most often pairs with jockey Nico de Boinville, though their record together stands at 1 win from 7 races — a 14% win rate that leaves room for improvement. The horse was a debut winner at Newbury in late 2022, showing promise from the start, and his best form appears to come when running from the front at long distance. At eight years old and currently still racing, he remains active, though finding that winning formula again would require either a return to stamina-sapping trips or a stroke of fortune similar to the one that saw him home at Warwick fifteen months ago.