That win came at Windsor just this week, on 22 June 2026, which means House Of Medici heads into whatever comes next on the back of a fresh victory and in the form of its life. Windsor is a quirky, horseshoe-shaped track that can suit certain types more than others, and getting off the mark there suggests a horse with enough agility and tactical sense to handle a track that catches some out.
The trainer behind this is Andrew Balding, whose yard at Kingsclere in Hampshire is one of the busiest and most successful operations in the country right now. With 202 winners sent out this season alone, Balding's team is not short of ammunition — but the fact that House Of Medici is among those winners, and so early in its career, is a decent sign that this horse is thought of as one worth getting right. A trainer sending out winners at that volume tends to know fairly quickly which horses have something about them and which are filling a space on the card. House Of Medici, at this stage, looks like the former.
Two races is a tiny sample, but the trajectory is pointing in one direction. A placed run followed by a win is exactly the kind of stepping-stone career arc that suggests a horse still learning its trade and improving race by race. The next few months will tell us a great deal about what ceiling this three-year-old actually has.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Sharp |
1 | 1 win | 22 Jun | 100% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 20 May | 0% |