Horse profile
Poet (GB)
by Kodiac (GB) out of Swiss Diva (GB) (Pivotal)
44 runs · 12 courses · from Jul 2021
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Newcastle (AW) & Kempton (AW)
Headgear returns LTO
Last run 22 Jul 2026 · 10th of 12
Last raced off OR 38
KTB Profile
Poet is 2 from 44 with both wins on the all-weather at 6f – 7f. He won a Class 6 handicap at Newcastle (AW) in May 2025 off an official rating of 45 and a Class 5 nursery at Kempton (AW) in Dec 2021 off 75. Both wins came on Standard (AW) going. Aged 7 at his last run in Jul 2026 he finished 10 of 12 in a Class 6 at Lingfield off an official rating of 38, 40lb below his highest ever mark of 78, with headgear returning. Typically held up, he has raced 20 times at Wolverhampton (AW) without winning.
Based on 44 archived runs · run-style from 23 commented runs since Apr 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on AW
OR ↓ 40lb off peak
- 2–44Wins / Runs
- 4.5%Strike rate
- 4 (9.1%)Placed
- −10.67£1 level staken=44 at SP
- 0.79Fair A/E n=44 · 0.68 incl. margin
- 78Highest OR
- 42dAvg between runs
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 rating38↓ 40lb off peak
38
38–78
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 115
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 33 | 98A | 83 | 9 runs · 84 / 70 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 115A | 86.5 | 3 runs · 115 / 83 |
| Good | 5 | 96A | 75 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 40 | 115A | 83.5 | 12 runs · 115 / 71 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 88A | 75 | 1 run · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 44 figures from 44 runs · as at 3 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 from 23 analysed runs since Apr 2025
- Held up 14 (61%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 5 (22%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (13%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (4%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,552 runs since Jan 2008 (1,665 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 147 | 21 | 14.3% | +3.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4,208 | 496 | 11.8% | +1.4 | 0 from 6 |
| Good | 5,159 | 548 | 10.6% | +0.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 2,367 | 218 | 9.2% | −1.2 | — |
| Soft | 2,462 | 218 | 8.9% | −1.5 | — |
| Heavy | 682 | 68 | 10% | −0.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 8,527 | 872 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 2 from 33 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5,123 | 591 | 11.5% | +1.1 | 0 from 3 |
| 6f – 7f | 11,595 | 1,187 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 2 from 40 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,886 | 393 | 10.1% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,929 | 182 | 9.4% | −1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 696 | 66 | 9.5% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 252 | 18 | 7.1% | −3.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 60 | 4 | 6.7% | −3.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −10.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Swiss Diva (GB) (Pivotal)
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Poetry (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Listed (Poetry (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poetry (GB) | 11 | 2 | 5f | Listed |
| Swiss Knight (GB) | 30 | 2 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Swiss Lightning (GB) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Swiss Cabaret (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 33 | 2 | 6% | +0.33 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 30 | 1 | 3% | −1.00 |
| Class 4 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 20 | 0 | 0% | −20.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +22.00 |
| Chepstow | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Lingfield | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 40 | 2 | 5% | −6.67 |
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran O'Neill | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Jefferson Smith | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Elisha Whittington | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mikkel Mortensen | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jack Dace | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Laura Coughlan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Joey Haynes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taryn Langley | 2 | 1 | 50% | +27.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Egan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Christian Howarth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tyler Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aidan Keeley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Feilden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Bradnam | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dale Swift | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Connor Beasley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonathan Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Ray Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 30 | 2 | 7% | +3.33 |
| Cheekpieces | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1 | 8% | +16.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.67 |
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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Jul 26+6d | Lingfield | Free Tips On attheraces.com Classified Stakes raced in a forward position early - driven approaching two furlongs out - soon faded | 10/12 | 2¾ | 9-9 | 38 | 69B | 40A | Christian Howarth | 80/1 |
| 16 Jul 26+9d | Chepstow | Bet Now With fairplaybet.co.uk Handicap Stakes set the pace from the off - overtaken over 4f out but stayed on the front rank - driven along and faded over 2f out | 9/12 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 38 | 115A | 43A | Kieran O'Neill | 80/1 |
| 07 Jul 26+22d | Brighton | Bet Now With fairplaybet.co.uk Classified Stakes Handy in the early stages - shifted right and found little with 2f to run - no longer competitive over 1f out | 7/11 | 3 | 9-6 | 38 | 83B | 47A | Ryan Kavanagh | 80/1 |
| 15 Jun 26+97d | Chepstow | Engstaff-In Birthday Handicap Sluggish start - held up towards the back - unable to reach the front group throughout - finished well held in 7th | 7/7 | shd | 8-4 | 45 | 84A | 50A | Jack Dace | 150/1 |
| 10 Mar 26+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Classified Stakes (Div 1) Stumbled at the break and lost ground - pushed along in mid-race to get up with the front group - faded over 1f out and finished ninth | 9/9 | 3½ | 9-6 | 40 | 65C | 21C | Laura Coughlan | 150/1 |
| 02 Mar 26+13d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Classified Stakes (Div 1) Sluggish start - stayed at the back of the field throughout - lost more ground near the finish - eventually beaten well in 10th | 10/10 | ½ | 9-6 | 40 | 84A | 43A | Laura Coughlan | 125/1 |
| 17 Feb 26+25d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Sluggish start - stayed at back of the field throughout and drifted right under pressure a furlong out - faded late to finish ninth | 9/9 | 1½ | 8-9 | 45 | 69A | 37A | Mikkel Mortensen | 100/1 |
| 23 Jan 26+13d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Classified Stakes (Div 1) Missed the break and drifted right the whole trip - fought the bridle while towards the back - made progress 3f out - pressed for effort 2f out - soon lost momentum - finished ninth well beaten | 9/9 | 7 | 9-9 | 42 | 59A | 28A | Kieran O'Neill | 100/1 |
| 10 Jan 26+4d | Newcastle (AW) | Midnite Ain't Your Grandad's Bookie Handicap (Div 2) Bumped and lurched on the jump-off - pulling hard towards the back - never involved - finished 8th | 8/8 | 4 | 9-0 | 45 | 70A | 30A | Joey Haynes | 50/1 |
| 06 Jan 26+10d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Make The Move To Midnite Classified Stakes (Div 2) Driven up to sit near the front early - lost touch with 2f out - dropped away rapidly inside the final furlong - finished 9th | 9/9 | hd | 9-9 | 43 | 70A | 46A | Kieran O'Neill | 50/1 |
| 2025 · 13 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 25+37d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Held up at the back throughout - never a threat - finished well held in 10th | 10/10 | hd | 8-4 | 45 | 72A | 35A | Tyler Heard | 80/1 |
| 20 Nov 25+24d | Newcastle (AW) | Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap (Div 1) Edged sideways at the off - settled towards the back - driven with effort before losing touch over 2f out - well held at the finish | 10/10 | 21 | 8-9 | 45 | 27C | 30C | Aidan Keeley | 25/1 |
| 27 Oct 25+7d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap (Div 2) Dwelt badly at the off - settled at the back and denied room a furlong out - always held finishing eighth | 8/11 | 1¼ | 8-4 | 46 | 83A | 47A | Jack Dace | 11/1 |
| 20 Oct 25+11d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Apprentice Handicap Settled just behind the pace - pressed for effort with 2f left - improved position wide out inside final 2f - up to fourth briefly before weakening late to finish seventh | 7/11 | nse | 8-9 | 46 | 83A | 60A | Sam Feilden | 33/1 |
| 09 Oct 25+53d | Newcastle (AW) | Florence Jamieson Memorial Handicap (Div 1) Checked early and settled towards the back - fighting for control through the race - shifted wide to finish but lacked the speed to challenge late | 5/10 | ¾ | 8-5 | 47 | 79A | 57A | Mikkel Mortensen | 50/1 |
| 17 Aug 25+8d | Southwell (AW) | Newark Advertiser Apprentice Handicap Held up towards the back - pushed along with 2f left - couldn't find any extra - well held in 10th | 10/12 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 48 | 48A | 43A | Joe Bradnam | 20/1 |
| 09 Aug 25+14d | Lingfield | RJB Agri Ltd Classified Stakes Hampered and hesitant into stride - held up towards the middle - nudged into contention passing the 2f marker but unable to threaten - held no sway from 1f out | 7/7 | 5 | 9-9 | 48 | 51B | 29A | Joey Haynes | 6/1 |
| 26 Jul 25+29d | Newcastle (AW) | probio-energy.com Energy:Reborn Classified Stakes (Div 2) Settled midpack early - faded towards back approaching 3f out - driven up into contention 2f out after a shift to the left - kept on well inside final furlong - held by winner close home finishing second | 2/9 | 1 | 9-4 | 48 | 86A | 73A | Mikkel Mortensen | 13/2 |
| 27 Jun 25+15d | Newcastle (AW) | Take The Lead With X3 Consulting Handicap Held up towards the back and pulling hard early - crept closer late without threatening - finished well held in 7th | 7/13 | ½ | 9-0 | 49 | 90B | 62A | Dale Swift | 18/1 |
| 12 Jun 25+22d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Bumped at the break - tracked front rank on the outer flank - driven over 2f out and faded into the finish | 7/8 | 4 | 9-4 | 50 | 84A | 50A | Kieran O'Neill | 16/1 |
| 21 May 25+19d | Chepstow | DragonBet, Top Prices On Top Markets Handicap Held up at the rear - never a factor - finished well held in 8th | 8/9 | 3¼ | 8-6 | 50 | 96A | 42A | Taryn Langley | 12/1 |
| 02 May 25+9d | Newcastle (AW) | Alfie's Bar Apprentice Handicap Hampered start - settled midpack - boxed in approaching 2f out - found space and angled left inside final 2f - hit front late and drove clear to score | 1/11 | 8-11 | 45 | 96A | 76A | Taryn Langley | 28/1 | |
| 23 Apr 25+320d | Lingfield (AW) | Get Raceday Ready Handicap Hampered start and shifted left - held up towards back of field - improved wide inside final furlong but couldn't get on terms with front-runners | 5/9 | nk | 8-7 | 45 | 89A | 58A | Kieran O'Neill | 50/1 |
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 07 Jun 24+347d | Brighton | Download The AK Bets App Classified Stakes | 7/9 | 4¼ | 9-9 | 46 | 94A | 50A | Tom Queally | 66/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Jun 23+32d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Classified Stakes | 11/11 | ¾ | 9-4 | 50 | 79A | 41A | Elisha Whittington | 18/1 |
| 25 May 23+118d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Search Fitzdares On Chat-GPT Handicap | 6/8 | ¾ | 8-0 | 52 | 75A | 45A | Elisha Whittington | 22/1 |
| 27 Jan 23+6d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Spreadex Sports 300 Spread Betting Cashback Handicap | 9/10 | nk | 9-6 | 57 | 87A | 50A | Elisha Whittington | 80/1 |
| 21 Jan 23+12d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Spreadex Sports 300 Spread Betting Cashback Handicap | 8/9 | 1 | 9-6 | 57 | 86C | 59A | Connor Beasley | 14/1 |
| 09 Jan 23+38d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Spreadex Sports Best Odds On Sunderland Apprentice Handicap | 10/10 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 60 | 69A | 43A | Elisha Whittington | 40/1 |
| 2022 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Dec 22+21d | Newcastle (AW) | Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Handicap (Div 2) | 10/14 | ½ | 9-7 | 63 | 75B | 71A | Kieran O'Neill | 50/1 |
| 11 Nov 22+25d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Spreadex Sports Bet 10 Get 100 'Confined' Handicap | 11/12 | 1½ | 9-9 | 65 | 94A | 52A | Kieran O'Neill | 15/2 |
| 17 Oct 22+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | At The Races App Market Movers Handicap | 5/10 | nk | 8-13 | 67 | 97A | 65A | Kieran O'Neill | 80/1 |
| 01 Oct 22+18d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap | 9/10 | ½ | 9-6 | 70 | 98A | 63A | Jefferson Smith | 66/1 |
| 13 Sep 22+13d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Handicap | 11/12 | ¾ | 9-2 | 72 | 80C | 40C | Jefferson Smith | 50/1 |
| 31 Aug 22+177d | Southwell (AW) | Southwell Golf Club Handicap | 7/8 | nk | 8-13 | 75 | 88A | 57A | Jefferson Smith | 50/1 |
| 07 Mar 22+42d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Coral Proud To Support British Racing Handicap | 8/8 | 1½ | 8-12 | 76 | 92A | 53A | Jonathan Fisher | 33/1 |
| 24 Jan 22+12d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Watch Racing Free Online At Coral Handicap | 3/5 | nk | 9-7 | 77 | 85C | 68B | Jefferson Smith | 6/1 |
| 12 Jan 22+27d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap | 4/6 | 1 | 9-0 | 78 | 87A | 70B | Jefferson Smith | 11/2 |
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Dec 21+15d | Southwell (AW) | Watch Racing Free Online At Coral Nursery | 3/7 | 2½ | 9-3 | 78 | 69A | 74A | Jack Mitchell | 15/8F |
| 01 Dec 21+41d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Nursery | 1/11 | 9-7 | 75 | 85A | 82A | Rossa Ryan | 10/3 | |
| 21 Oct 21+41d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Nursery | 2/10 | ¾ | 9-2 | 73 | 96A | 82A | David Egan | 7/1 |
| 10 Sep 21+30d | Sandown | Paul Ferguson Memorial EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 7/10 | 2 | 9-5 | — | 75A | 57A | Ray Dawson | 5/1 |
| 11 Aug 21+16d | Salisbury | Byerley Stud British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 6/10 | 1 | 9-5 | — | 73A | 74A | Jack Mitchell | 9/4 |
| 26 Jul 21 | Windsor | British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/11 | 1¾ | 9-5 | — | 89A | 78A | David Egan | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Poet won?
- Poet (GB) won 2 of 44 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 4.5%. Placed 4 times in total (9.1% of starts).
- Who trains Poet?
- Poet (GB) is trained by Scott Dixon, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 July 2026.
- Who is Poet's sire?
- Poet (GB) is by Kodiac (GB) out of Swiss Diva (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Poet prefer?
- Poet (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 33 starts (6.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Poet's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 38, from the run on 22 July 2026. The highest on record is 78.
- What is Poet's sire's record?
- Kodiac (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,552 runs since Jan 2008 (1,665 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
- Who are Poet's siblings?
- Out of Swiss Diva (GB), Poet (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Poetry (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Poetry (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.