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Horse profile

Felix The Poet (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2019) · Last trainer Archie Watson · Last owner The Rare Quality Partnership I
by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Ensemble (FR) (Iron Mask)
11 runs · 7 courses · from Sep 2018
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Oct 2019 — 2,589 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2019 · 9th of 9 2 wins · Wolverhampton (AW) Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Felix The Poet (GB) is 2 from 11, both wins coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Nov 2018. Both wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 5 on turf.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on AW All wins at Class 4
Official rating87↓ 1lb off peak
87 83–88

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 105 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 6 Jul 2019

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 →

Flat 11 figures · best 105A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)6105A91.5—
Good to Firm271C44—
Soft1———
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f7105A88—
6f – 7f252A50—
1m2f – 1m4f271C70.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 87A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 21 Aug 2019 Official rating 87 at the last run, 3 Oct 2019

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 →

Flat 11 figures · best 91A · median 72
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)691A85—
Good to Firm268C63—
Soft1———
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f791A83—
6f – 7f284A69—
1m2f – 1m4f272C65—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,211 runs since Apr 2014 (1,107 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 960.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18422.2%+8.4—
Good to Firm1,56023815.3%+1.50 from 2
Good2,75638313.9%+0.10 from 1
Good to Soft1,56118311.7%−2.1—
Soft1,87925313.5%−0.30 from 1
Heavy7218511.8%−20 from 1
Standard (AW)3,71453414.4%+0.62 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4777114.9%+1.1—
6f – 7f3,60651114.2%+0.40 from 2
1m – 1m1f3,60451714.3%+0.52 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f3,28446714.2%+0.40 from 2
1m5f – 2m960909.4%−4.4—
2m1f – 2m4f247249.7%−4.1—
2m5f – 3m3213.1%−10.7—
Over 3m100%−13.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Ensemble (FR) (Iron Mask)

8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Desert Haze (GB) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Desert Haze (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Desert Haze (GB)1431mClass 3
Quick Change (GB)1437f–1mClass 4
Unified (GB)511mClass 5
Piscean Star (GB)917fClass 4
Whiskey 'n' Chips (GB)70——
Princess Qajar (GB)90——
Kavadi (GB)30——
Rhapsody In Blue (GB)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 2 33% −0.88
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 4 4 2 50% +1.12
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 2 100% +3.12
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 7 2 29% −1.88
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Hollie Doyle 8 2 25% −2.88
Pierre-Louis Jamin 1 0 0% −1.00
David Allan 1 0 0% −1.00
Edward Greatrex 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 5 0 0% −5.00
None 5 2 40% +0.12
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 7 0 0% −7.00
2018 4 2 50% +1.12

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
2019 · 7 runs
03 Oct 19+26d Chelmsford City (AW) Bet Totetrifecta At Totesport.com Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 7 9-8 8784C60C Hollie Doyle 9/1
07 Sep 19+17d Kempton (AW) Sun Racing 'London Mile' Handicap Class 2 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 9/11 4 9-1 8886A63A Hollie Doyle 16/1
21 Aug 19+25d Kempton (AW) 32red Handicap Class 3 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 4/11 ½ 9-5 8895A87A Hollie Doyle 20/1
27 Jul 19+21d Chester Bud Light Apprentice Handicap Class 3 · 7½f · Soft · 7 ran 7/7 2¼ 9-5 8848C54C Pierre-Louis Jamin 6/1
06 Jul 19+29d Chelmsford City (AW) Extra Places At totesport.com Handicap Class 3 · 1m · Standard · 12 ran 2/12 ¾ 9-1 85105A91A Hollie Doyle 10/1
07 Jun 19+13d Haydock Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 4 · 1m2f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 4 9-9 8770C72C David Allan 20/1
25 May 19+190d Haydock Amix Handicap Class 3 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 4/4 12 9-6 8771C58C Hollie Doyle 12/1
2018 · 4 runs
16 Nov 18+34d Wolverhampton (AW) Ladbrokes, Home Of The Odds Boost Nursery Class 4 · 1m½f · Standard · 5 ran 1/5 9-5 8398C83B Hollie Doyle 13/8F
13 Oct 18+21d Newmarket Masar Godolphin Autumn Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 1m · Good To Firm · 8 ran 8/8 17 9-1 —17C68C Hollie Doyle 20/1
22 Sep 18+15d Wolverhampton (AW) sportnation.bet UK Racing Specialist EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 1m½f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 9-2 —88A90A Hollie Doyle 6/4F
07 Sep 18 Ascot Charbonnel Et Walker British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 3 · 7f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 dht 9-5 —52A84A Edward Greatrex 18/1

Quick answers

How many races has Felix The Poet won?
Felix The Poet (GB) won 2 of 11 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 18.2%. Placed 3 times in total (27.3% of starts).
Who trained Felix The Poet?
Felix The Poet (GB) was trained by Archie Watson on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 3 October 2019.
Who is Felix The Poet's sire?
Felix The Poet (GB) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Ensemble (FR), whose sire is Iron Mask.
What going does Felix The Poet prefer?
Felix The Poet (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 6 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 Felix The Poet's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 3 October 2019. The highest on record is 88.
What is Felix The Poet's sire's record?
Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,211 runs since Apr 2014 (1,107 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 960.
Who are Felix The Poet's siblings?
Out of Ensemble (FR), Felix The Poet (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Desert Haze (GB) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Desert Haze (GB)). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2018. 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.