Little Patience

Little Patience has made the perfect start to life on the track, winning on debut at Ffos Las just this week. The five-year-old, trained by Dan Skelton at his Alcester yard in Warwickshire, crossed the line victorious on 8 November and has already caught the eye of a trainer whose operation is firing on all cylinders — Skelton has sent out 198 winners this season alone. For a horse to get off the mark first time out is always a good sign, and Little Patience did it convincingly enough to suggest there may be more to come. With just one race under its belt, the horse is still very much a work in progress, but that debut win suggests the team has something with genuine potential on their hands.