Horse profile
Lyric Poet (USA)
by Distorted Humor (USA) out of Baltic Nations (USA) (Seattle Slew)
26 runs · 12 courses · from Aug 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 May 2013 — 4,923 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2013 · 12th of 12
2 wins · Lingfield & Wolverhampton (AW)
Last raced off OR 54
KTB Profile
Lyric Poet (USA) is 2 from 26. Hasn't won since Aug 2010. Last raced off 54, 24lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 26 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 24lb off peak
- 2–26Wins / Runs
- 7.7%Strike rate
- 4 (15.4%)Placed
- −17.50£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 0.74Fair A/E n=26 · 0.64 incl. margin
- 78Highest OR
- 40dBetween runs (median)longest 261 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating54↓ 24lb off peak
54
54–78
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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
Distorted Humor (USA)
Progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 1,353 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 4 | 33.3% | +19 | — |
| Good to Firm | 269 | 40 | 14.9% | +0.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 297 | 42 | 14.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 139 | 18 | 12.9% | −1.4 | — |
| Soft | 114 | 16 | 14% | −0.3 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 33 | 4 | 12.1% | −2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 488 | 70 | 14.3% | 0 | 1 from 13 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 91 | 10 | 11% | −3.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 532 | 85 | 16% | +1.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 396 | 52 | 13.1% | −1.2 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 263 | 39 | 14.8% | +0.5 | 1 from 15 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 58 | 6 | 10.3% | −4 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −3.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +10.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Baltic Nations (USA) (Seattle Slew)
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 13 | 1 | 8% | −7.50 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −8.00 |
| Class 4 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 6 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Kempton (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Yarmouth | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 1 | 7% | −12.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Carson | 18 | 2 | 11% | −9.50 |
| Graham Carson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Barry McHugh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| John Fahy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Catlin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ahmed Ajtebi | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ted Durcan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 14 | 2 | 14% | −5.50 |
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +0.50 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 · 4 runs | |||||||||
| 13 May 13+18d | Musselburgh | 32Red Handicap (Amateur Riders) | 12/12 | 99 | 10-1 | 54 | 57C | Graham Carson | 20/1 |
| 25 Apr 13+78d | Newcastle | Lafarge Tarmac Handicap | 9/13 | nk | 9-4 | 57 | 54C | Barry McHugh | 33/1 |
| 06 Feb 13+27d | Southwell (AW) | Bookmakers.co.uk Gives You Free Bets Handicap | 4/7 | 11 | 9-5 | 60 | 61C | John Fahy | 10/1 |
| 10 Jan 13+79d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bookmakers.co.uk Gives You Free Bets Handicap | 7/7 | 9 | 9-7 | 65 | 37C | Chris Catlin | 3/1 |
| 2012 · 8 runs | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 12+49d | Yarmouth | Weddings At Great Yarmouth Racecourse Handicap | 7/10 | 1 | 9-2 | 62 | 58C | William Carson | 20/1 |
| 04 Sep 12+4d | Goodwood | Halnaker Gentleman Amateur Riders' Handicap | 6/12 | 6 | 10-10 | 64 | 57A | Graham Carson | 7/1 |
| 31 Aug 12+45d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Ladbrokes Bet On Your Mobile Handicap | 9/11 | 1¼ | 10-0 | 70 | 69C | William Carson | 16/1 |
| 17 Jul 12+19d | Yarmouth | Bazuka Handicap | 3/7 | 4½ | 9-12 | 65 | 72A | William Carson | 3/1J |
| 28 Jun 12+135d | Yarmouth | Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap | 3/7 | nk | 9-1 | 64 | 71A | William Carson | 5/1 |
| 14 Feb 12+22d | Southwell (AW) | Book Your Tickets On Line At southwell-racecourse.co.uk Handicap | 10/10 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 71 | 66C | William Carson | 10/1 |
| 23 Jan 12+7d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Les 'Ranter' Brookes 70th Birthday Celebration Handicap | 2/7 | 3¼ | 9-7 | 71 | 79A | Kieran O'Neill | 3/1 |
| 16 Jan 12+40d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Blue Square Winter Carnival Iphone App Handicap | 5/12 | 4 | 9-6 | 71 | 70A | William Carson | 10/1 |
| 2011 · 4 runs | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 11+57d | Kempton (AW) | Back Or Lay At betdaq.com Handicap | 7/14 | 3½ | 8-9 | 73 | 65A | William Carson | 20/1 |
| 11 Oct 11+76d | Leicester | Stewards Handicap | 13/15 | ¾ | 9-6 | 71 | 62A | William Carson | 16/1 |
| 27 Jul 11+15d | Leicester | Willis Anniversary Handicap | 6/10 | nk | 9-7 | 73 | 72A | William Carson | 12/1 |
| 12 Jul 11+209d | Yarmouth | Adios Handicap | 9/10 | ½ | 9-11 | 77 | 66C | William Carson | 25/1 |
| 2010 · 8 runs | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 10+42d | Kempton (AW) | digibet.com Handicap | 4/6 | ½ | 9-0 | 77 | 72B | William Carson | 7/2 |
| 03 Nov 10+11d | Kempton (AW) | boxingdayraces.co.uk Handicap | 4/8 | ½ | 9-0 | 77 | 83A | William Carson | 6/1 |
| 23 Oct 10+45d | Kempton (AW) | Bet Asian Handicaps - Betdaq Handicap | 3/10 | nk | 8-13 | 77 | 85A | William Carson | 7/1 |
| 08 Sep 10+13d | Kempton (AW) | J2O White Blend Summer Series Handicap | 4/14 | ½ | 9-4 | 78 | 82A | William Carson | 4/1 |
| 26 Aug 10+10d | Lingfield | Martin Long 60th Birthday Handicap | 1/9 | 8-6 | 54 | 80A | William Carson | 2/1F | |
| 16 Aug 10+51d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 1000 In Free Bets At bigtips.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) | 1/11 | 8-12 | 54 | 96A | William Carson | 9/2 | |
| 26 Jun 10+27d | Lingfield (AW) | Chris Gunapala 50th Birthday Celebration Handicap (AWT) | 5/15 | 4 | 8-12 | 57 | 55A | William Carson | 66/1 |
| 30 May 10+261d | Newmarket | Home Of Racing Maiden Stakes | 10/16 | 2½ | 9-0 | — | 52C | William Carson | 100/1 |
| 2009 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 09+14d | Sandown | Hoekstra Fruit Exporters E.B.F. Maiden Stakes | 6/9 | 9 | 9-0 | — | 60C | Ahmed Ajtebi | 18/1 |
| 28 Aug 09 | Newmarket | Protectas Health Stem Cell E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 2) | 10/14 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 78 | 56A | Ted Durcan | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Lyric Poet won?
- Lyric Poet (USA) won 2 of 26 archived starts between 2009 and 2013, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 4 times in total (15.4% of starts).
- Who trained Lyric Poet?
- Lyric Poet (USA) was trained by David Thompson on the most recent run on record, at Musselburgh on 13 May 2013.
- Who is Lyric Poet's sire?
- Lyric Poet (USA) is by Distorted Humor (USA) out of Baltic Nations (USA), whose sire is Seattle Slew.
- What going does Lyric Poet prefer?
- Lyric Poet (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 13 starts (7.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Lyric Poet's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 54, from the run on 13 May 2013. The highest on record is 78.
- What is Lyric Poet's sire's record?
- Distorted Humor (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 1,353 runs since Jan 2008 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together.