Both career wins came in a short window earlier this year — Newcastle in March 2025, then Kelso three weeks later — which is the most interesting thing on Flash Du Pistolet's record. Horses that find form in a cluster like that have often hit a sweet spot: the right race, the right ground, the right moment. Whether that represents a genuine step forward or just a brief purple patch is the question, because since Kelso in March, it has gone six races without a win, with recent form reading 5-2-7-unplaced-2-5. There are placings tucked in there, which shows the ability has not vanished entirely, but the winning thread has been lost.
The horse is trained by Stuart Coltherd at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, a small yard that has sent out just one winner this season — which happens to be Flash Du Pistolet itself. Sam Coltherd, almost certainly a family connection to the trainer, does most of the riding and has been aboard for 11 of the 19 career races, producing that one win together. A win rate of roughly 1 in every 11 rides is modest, but in a small operation running modest horses, keeping a horse competitive and placing regularly is a quiet kind of achievement. Flash Du Pistolet raced just yesterday, which means this is very much an active story — and for a yard of this size, every runner matters.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso Undulating |
5 | 1 win, 1 second, 3 other | 6 May | 20% |
| Ayr Galloping |
4 | 1 second, 1 third, 2 other | 10 Feb | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
2 | 1 win, 1 third | 3 Mar | 50% |
| Wetherby Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 26 Feb | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 31 Jan | 0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Nov | 0% |
| Market Rasen Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 17 Jan | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 14 Mar | 0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 22 Mar | 0% |
| Hexham Undulating |
1 | 1 second | 13 Apr | 0% |