The one win came at Newcastle on 19 May 2026 — just this week — which makes Littlecote one of the more freshly confident horses you will find right now. Before that, the recent form reads 2-2-2-5, meaning three consecutive runner-up finishes before the breakthrough. There is something quietly impressive about a horse that keeps getting beaten into second and then finally puts it all together. Patience rewarded.
Where Littlecote really comes alive is over longer distances — between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, the horse has won 1 from 3 races at those trips, a win rate of 33%, or roughly 1 in every 3. That is a meaningful edge. Some horses are sprinters at heart shoved into the wrong races; Littlecote looks like a stayer finding its groove as the trips get longer.
Behind the horse is Andrew Balding's yard at Kingsclere in Hampshire, one of the most productive training operations in Britain right now. With 202 winners already sent out this season, this is not a quiet backwater stable — it is a machine, and Littlecote is one of its live players. When a yard of that size and quality keeps running a horse, it is usually because they believe there is more to come.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 win | 19 May | 100% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 8 Apr | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 28 Mar | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 27 Apr | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 2 Oct | 0% |