Las Palmas is going places

Leo Lamb triumphs with a seriously exciting 10-year-old “with team potential” and a horse fills a sad void for one winning rider

- SARAH RADFORD

Hartpury Winter Classic, Glos LEO LAMB continued his upward trajectory with Las Palmas VG by winning the final 1.40m winter grand prix of 2025, capturing a competitive jump-off by 0.27sec.

“We did quite a few internationals towards the end of the year and went to Spain and Sentower, where we jumped some big grands prix and rankings classes, so it almost felt like a drop down,” said Leo, who took over the ride on the 10-year-old gelding following the loss of Chris Moyce last spring.

“I’m very excited about him. I think he’ll do some very big classes and he jumps a lot of clear rounds. He’s so consistent, I think he has team potential.”

Fourteen combinations left Krissy Spiller’s opening track intact and jump-off pathfinder Ryan Page blazed the trail with a very quick clear on BP Ko Jax.

Las Palmas delivered on every question to find the 0.27sec of headway, while Jackson Reed-Stephenson slipped into third place with Obelia VD Bisschop, 0.63sec behind the winning target.