That sole victory came at Newcastle on 19 March 2026, and the recent form figures tell an encouraging story. Reading right to left — because that's how form works, oldest to newest — the sequence of 7-4-5-1-3-2 shows a horse that was struggling badly just a few runs ago and has since turned a corner sharply. A seventh, a fourth, a fifth, then a win, followed by two placed efforts. That's not a lucky fluke; that's a horse finding its rhythm.
The distance range of 7 furlongs to a mile suits it best. Over those trips it has won 1 from 4 races — a 25% win rate, or 1 in every 4, which is meaningfully better than its overall record. In horse racing terms, finding a horse's preferred distance is often the difference between frustrating near-misses and regular pay days. Tony Coyle and Kaine Wood, who train the horse out of Norton in North Yorkshire, appear to have worked that out, and it's worth noting their yard has sent out 11 winners already this season — this is a team in form, not one that's guessing.
Raced just yesterday and clearly in an active campaign, Fickle McSelfish is a horse to keep an eye on over the coming weeks. It won't win every time out, but a horse whose recent form is trending upward, trained by a yard firing on all cylinders, over a distance it demonstrably handles — that's a combination worth paying attention to.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
5 | 1 win, 4 other | 19 Mar | 20% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 26 Mar | 0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 | 1 second | 16 Apr | 0% |