Lessay

Kempton Park is clearly a happy hunting ground. Two wins from nine races there means Lessay wins roughly 1 in every 4 or 5 visits to that track, which is a meaningfully better record than anywhere else. For context, that win rate across all courses is just 7%, so Kempton is clearly a place where something clicks. The first career win came there in December 2023, and it's the kind of venue worth paying attention to whenever Lessay's name appears in the entries.

The ground makes a difference too. On wet or muddy ground, Lessay has won 2 from 9 races — 22%, or roughly 1 in 4 — which is a sharp improvement on that overall average. It suggests this is a horse that gets into the action more when conditions are testing and others are struggling through the surface. The preferred distance range of seven furlongs to a mile accounts for all three career wins from 27 races at those trips, or just over 1 in 9.

Patrick Morris trains the horse from a yard in Prescott, Merseyside, and his team have been in decent form this season with 22 winners sent out. The most recent win came at Wolverhampton in December 2025, which is now around six months ago, and the last six runs have produced no victories and nothing better than a second place. That form line — a blank, a runner-up, then increasingly quiet finishes — suggests Lessay is working up to something rather than away from it, though the horse has been out very recently so fitness is clearly not an issue.

Jockey Hector Crouch has ridden Lessay five times without a win together, which is worth noting — the partnership hasn't yet found its best result. Typically competing at Class 4, one step below the top tiers, Lessay is a reliable mid-level racer who rewards knowing a couple of specific angles: watch for Kempton, watch for the wet.