Immortal Fame

The headline number is a 32% win rate — roughly winning 1 in every 3 races — which is genuinely impressive over a career this long. Ten wins from 31 races means this horse keeps showing up and keeps delivering. But what makes Immortal Fame especially interesting is what happens at Uttoxeter. At that particular track in Staffordshire, the horse has won 3 races from just 6 visits — a 50% win rate, meaning it wins every other time it sets foot on the place. Immortal Fame's career actually began there, with a first win in December 2021, and the most recent win came there just this week, in June 2026. Some horses just love a track, and this is one of them.

Cole herself has spoken about the journey it took to get the horse jumping with confidence, describing how much work went into schooling and how rewarding it was to see things click. "The penny is starting to drop," she said after one particularly pleasing run, adding that the horse had his ears pricked the whole way round — the equine equivalent of a child enjoying a theme ride. That quote tells you something important about Immortal Fame: this is not a horse grinding out results under duress. It races like it enjoys it.

Most of that success has come in Class 4 races — solid, competitive events in the middle tier of British racing — where the horse has won 4 from 13. Jockey Stan Sheppard has been the regular partner, winning 4 of their 12 races together, about 1 in every 3 rides. Deborah Cole's yard has sent out 4 winners this season, and given that Immortal Fame accounted for one of them just days ago, this ageing but enthusiastic racehorse is still very much pulling its weight.