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Horse profile

Illico De Cotte (FR)

8yo gelding · Trainer Will Biddick · Owner Jeremy Hill
by Kitkou (FR) out of A Cote De Cotte (FR) (Nickname)
12 runs · 9 courses · from Nov 2023
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Carlisle & Hereford New yard Beaten favourite LTO Last run 29 Jan 2026 · 3rd of 6 Last raced off OR 122
KTB Profile

Illico De Cotte is 2 from 12, both wins at Class 4 level, one at Carlisle over 3m on good to soft in Oct 2024 and one at Hereford over 3m on soft in Feb 2024. All six starts over 3m have produced his two wins. He usually races prominently. His last run, at Wincanton in Jan 2026, was his first for the yard and saw him finish third of six as the beaten favourite off an official rating of 122.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent All wins at Class 4
Official rating122↓ 4lb off peak
122 117–126

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 110 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Carlisle, 1 Dec 2024

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Jumps 10 figures · best 126A · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft4120C104—
Good to Soft3126A122—
Good2109C94.5—
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Over 3m5120C1071 run · —
2m5f – 3m4122A104—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 12 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 127C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Exeter, 13 Jan 2025 Official rating 122 at the last run, 29 Jan 2026

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 10 figures · best 139A · median 125.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft4139A127.5—
Good to Soft3134A132—
Good2118B115.5—
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Over 3m5132C1181 run · —
2m5f – 3m4139A130.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 12 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 12 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style from 6 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Prominent 4 (67%) · 1 win
  • Held up 1 (17%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (17%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Kitkou (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 141 runs since May 2020 (23 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm11100%+89.4—
Good2214.5%−6.10 from 3
Good to Soft27518.5%+7.91 from 3
Soft48612.5%+1.91 from 5
Heavy4224.8%−5.80 from 1
Standard (AW)100%−10.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−10.6—
1m2f – 1m4f800%−10.6—
1m5f – 2m3239.4%−1.2—
2m1f – 2m4f60711.7%+1.10 from 1
2m5f – 3m2926.9%−3.70 from 5
Over 3m11327.3%+16.72 from 6

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2020 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
A Cote De Cotte (FR) (Nickname)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 1 20% −3.09
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 3 1 33% +0.25
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 5 2 40% +0.16
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wincanton 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 2 1 50% +1.25
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 1 100% +0.91
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Over 3m 6 2 33% −0.84
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Skelton 9 2 22% −3.84
Mr Frederick Philipson-Stow 1 0 0% −1.00
Kielan Woods 1 0 0% −1.00
Fergus Gillard 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 2 33% −0.84
Cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2024 6 2 33% −0.84
2023 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 6 1 17% −2.75
Hurdle 6 1 17% −4.09

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
29 Jan 26+288d Wincanton It Pays To Buy Irish Stewart Tory Memorial Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 3m1f · Heavy · 6 ran Settled with leaders early - moved into third by the 17th - urged on after three out - found extra from two out - stayed on to the line but outpaced by the front pair 3/6 2½ 11-9 12279A118C Mr Frederick Philipson-Stow 6/4F
2025 · 3 runs
16 Apr 25+38d Cheltenham Brooklands Watches Golden Miller Racing Holman Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 3m4f · Good · 14 ran Settled towards the back of the pack early - hit the 5th awkwardly - made progress into the 19th - lost ground after four out and was pulled up before the last two PU/14 — 12-0 125—— Harry Skelton 11/1
09 Mar 25+55d Warwick Hazelton Mountford Insurance Brokers Volcano Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 3m5f · Good · 7 ran Sat close up early behind the pace - moved into second by the 7th - took over in front 3 out - urged forward but gave up the advantage entering the straight - dropped back to third and faded fast - beaten well into 6th 6/7 5 12-1 12680C113C Harry Skelton 9/4F
13 Jan 25+43d Exeter Desert Orchid Restaurant Dining For 99 Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m · Soft · 8 ran Settled midfield early - improved position from 13th to close on pacesetter by four out - lost touch with the front two before three out - regained momentum after two out - kept responding on the run-in to snatch second close home 2/8 5½ 12-1 12698A127C Harry Skelton 3/1F
2024 · 6 runs
01 Dec 24+38d Carlisle racingtv.com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 3m½f · Soft · 12 ran Handy in the pack early - clipped a hurdle at the 10th - closed on the front-runner from 3 out - driven and still involved 2 out before finding nothing more in the final furlong to finish third 3/12 4½ 11-12 124110A139A Harry Skelton 9/2C
24 Oct 24+187d Carlisle David Allen Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 3m2f · Good To Soft · 5 ran Sat close up early - moved into second by the 13th - hit the front approaching three out - challenged strongly to the last - kept finding more to win going away 1/5 12-0 117107C132C Harry Skelton 9/4F
20 Apr 24+26d Bangor-on-Dee Weatherbys Nhstallions.Co.Uk Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 2m7f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 11 11-12 11774C119A Kielan Woods 5/1
25 Mar 24+40d Huntingdon Racing TV Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m1f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 18 11-12 118109C118B Harry Skelton 11/4
14 Feb 24+33d Hereford Download The Vickers.Bet App Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 3m1½f · Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-4 118120C128B Harry Skelton 10/11F
12 Jan 24+27d Wincanton Stayers Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 3m½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 2/12 1 11-6 —122A134A Fergus Gillard 7/2
2023 · 2 runs
16 Dec 23+25d Cheltenham Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Bristol Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 3m · Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-0 ——— Harry Skelton 5/1
21 Nov 23 Lingfield Favourite From The Sun Every Day Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 nse 11-4 —126A124A Harry Skelton 10/11F

Quick answers

How many races has Illico De Cotte won?
Illico De Cotte (FR) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 6 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Illico De Cotte?
Illico De Cotte (FR) is trained by Will Biddick, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 29 January 2026.
Who is Illico De Cotte's sire?
Illico De Cotte (FR) is by Kitkou (FR) out of A Cote De Cotte (FR), whose sire is Nickname.
What going does Illico De Cotte prefer?
Illico De Cotte (FR) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Illico De Cotte's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 29 January 2026. The highest on record is 126.
What is Illico De Cotte's sire's record?
Kitkou (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 141 runs since May 2020 (23 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from November 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.