Lesley's Boy

Both wins came relatively quickly: the first at Wetherby in June 2024, followed by another at Ripon in August of the same year. Since then, nothing. The horse has gone without a win for 26 months across six consecutive races, most recently finishing fourth, eighth, eighth, eighth, fifth, and sixteenth. The recent form reads as a slow fade—a horse that seems to have plateaued and is now struggling to recapture that form from two years ago. It raced just yesterday, so Lesley's Boy remains actively campaigned, but the current stretch suggests the horse may have dropped permanently in ability or is being asked to compete at a level beyond its talents.

Richard and Peter Fahey's Musley Bank yard in North Yorkshire has sent out 23 winners this season and knows how to place its horses smartly. At Class 4 level—modest races—Lesley's Boy has a win rate of 14%, a sign it may be better suited to lesser company than it has been facing recently. If the horse is to return to the winners' circle, the key will be finding a race on fast, normal ground at a suitable level and relying on Orr in the saddle, the jockey most likely to bring out the best.