Tutti Quanti

The career arc is the really compelling part. Tutti Quanti's first win came at Ffos Las in November 2024 — a starting point, nothing more. What followed was a rapid climb into the top tier of the sport. By the end of November 2025 he was winning a Class 1 race at Newbury — one of the most prestigious categories in British racing — and then he went back to the same track in February 2026 and did it again. Two wins from three races at Newbury makes him something close to a course specialist there, and Nicholls has noted that he simply loves the place. Winning back-to-back top-level races at the same track is not a fluke; it is a pattern.

The performance in February was the one that really turned heads. Carrying 12 stone — a weight that the record books suggest should make winning a race like this nearly impossible — Tutti Quanti didn't just win. Nicholls said he "annihilated" the field. That is a trainer who has seen everything choosing a very specific word. His post-race assessment was blunt: the horse is physically still developing, there is more to come, and he now has "some engine." For a six-year-old still filling into his frame, that is a genuinely exciting combination.

The partnership with jockey Harry Cobden is worth noting too. Cobden has ridden him nine times and won three — a 33% win rate, around 1 in every 3 races together — which is a strong record at this level. Nicholls bases his operation at Ditcheat in Somerset and his yard has sent out 92 winners this season alone, so Tutti Quanti is thriving in elite company.

With a rating of 151, he sits just eight pounds below The New Lion and one below Golden Ace — horses already considered serious Champion Hurdle contenders. Nicholls has said a supplementary entry is very much on the table depending on ground conditions. A horse still improving, who loves a particular track, and who just demolished a top-level field at 12 stone: the timing feels right for a big occasion.