Poetry (GB)
Poetry (GB) is 2 from 11, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Criterium de Vitesse at Chantilly (FR) (Oct 2018). Hasn't won since Oct 2018. Each win came on a first visit to the course.
- 2–11Wins / Runs
- 18.2%Strike rate
- 4 (36.4%)Placed
- −1.50£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.47Fair A/E n=11 · 1.26 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 114
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 114A | 79 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 114A | 99 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 58A | 57.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 7,474 runs since Jan 2008 (775 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11.1% from 959. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −6.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,201 | 201 | 16.7% | +2.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 1,683 | 240 | 14.3% | −0.3 | 1 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 911 | 123 | 13.5% | −1.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 959 | 106 | 11.1% | −3.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 289 | 36 | 12.5% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,418 | 382 | 15.8% | +1.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 274 | 39 | 14.2% | −0.4 | 2 from 7 |
| 6f – 7f | 2,622 | 386 | 14.7% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,572 | 397 | 15.4% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,489 | 218 | 14.6% | 0 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 362 | 36 | 9.9% | −4.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 121 | 11 | 9.1% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 2 | 6.3% | −8.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Swiss Knight (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Swiss Lightning (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Knight (GB) | 30 | 2 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Poet (GB) | 44 | 2 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Swiss Lightning (GB) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Swiss Cabaret (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Atzeni | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Mickael Barzalona | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Maxime Guyon | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hayley Turner | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Poetry (GB) won?
- Poetry (GB) won 2 of 11 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 18.2%. Placed 4 times in total (36.4% of starts).
- Who trained Poetry (GB)?
- Poetry (GB) was trained by Michael Bell on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 5 October 2019.
- Who is Poetry (GB)'s sire?
- Poetry (GB) is by Kingman (GB) out of Swiss Diva (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Poetry (GB) prefer?
- Poetry (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 3 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 Poetry (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 5 October 2019. The highest on record is 100.
- What is Poetry (GB)'s sire's record?
- Kingman (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 7,474 runs since Jan 2008 (775 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.1% from 959. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
- Who are Poetry (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Swiss Diva (GB), Poetry (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Swiss Knight (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Swiss Lightning (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.