Lelantos

Henderson's yard has been in red-hot form this season, sending out 90 winners, and Lelantos has played its modest part. The horse's go-to partner in the saddle is Nico de Boinville — one of the sport's top names — and together they've struck up a productive partnership, winning 3 of their 10 races together. That's a 30% win rate, which is genuinely impressive in a sport where winning 1 in 4 with a jockey of that calibre is considered excellent.

Lelantos sits comfortably in Class 4 company — the solid middle tier of British racing, not the glamour events but far from the bottom rung either. It has won 2 of its 12 races at that level, or roughly 1 in 6, which tells you this isn't a horse that dominates its grade but is always in the mix. The recent form figures of 4-4-3-1-6-2 (reading from oldest to most recent) are worth a closer look: a win at Huntingdon in November 2024, a blip with a sixth, and then three consecutive placed efforts since. That's a horse that is running with real consistency right now. Henderson has been pointing Lelantos at longer-distance races over hurdles through the summer months — the kind of patient, steady approach that suits a durable older horse rather than one being aimed at a specific big day.

What makes Lelantos worth following is longevity and reliability. It raced just yesterday, which tells you everything about its soundness at 10 years old — keeping a horse active and healthy at that age is an achievement in itself. It won't be troubling the headline acts at the big festivals, but for anyone who wants a horse that turns up, competes, and keeps delivering placed finishes deep into its career, Lelantos is exactly that kind of reliable performer.