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Horse profile

Poet's Duke (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Paul Nolan · Owner Sonja Buckley Ruth Browne Partnership
by Poet's Word (IRE) out of Pas De Chapeau (IRE) (Milan)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Dec 2025
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 17 Oct 2026 · 7th of 18
KTB Profile

Poet's Duke is a gelding by Poet's Word out of a Milan mare who has yet to win from four starts on turf. He has raced twice over 1m5f to 2m and twice over 2m1f to 2m4f, all on good to soft or heavy ground at four different Irish tracks. His last run, at Limerick in Oct 2026, saw him finish 7 of 18 after racing prominently in the Thisisracing Maiden Hurdle.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Dec 2025 · updated 1 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 99 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Naas, 15 Dec 2025

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 99B · median 72.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good to Soft391B543 runs · 91 / 54
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f291B72.52 runs · 91 / 72.5
1m5f – 2m299B75.52 runs · 99 / 75.5

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 25 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 105A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wexford, 10 Apr 2026

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 113A · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good to Soft3105A973 runs · 105 / 97
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2105A1012 runs · 105 / 101
1m5f – 2m2113A982 runs · 113 / 98

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 25 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 4 analysed runs since Dec 2025

  • Prominent 3 (75%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Poet's Word (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 725 runs since May 2022 (138 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14% from 107.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−9.9—
Good to Firm51815.7%+5.8—
Good207167.7%−2.2—
Good to Soft130118.5%−1.40 from 3
Soft162138%−1.9—
Heavy66913.6%+3.70 from 1
Standard (AW)1071514%+4.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f500%−9.9—
6f – 7f79810.1%+0.2—
1m – 1m1f65812.3%+2.4—
1m2f – 1m4f9799.3%−0.6—
1m5f – 2m246249.8%−0.10 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f191199.9%00 from 2
2m5f – 3m3937.7%−2.2—
Over 3m3133.3%+23.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2022 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Pas De Chapeau (IRE) (Milan)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Luminaries (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 2m4½f–3m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Luminaries (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Luminaries (IRE)3162m4½f–3m½fClass 4
Westcoastinformant (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Eoin Staples 2 0 0% −2.00
Conor Stone-Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J M Halford 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 3 runs
17 Oct 26+155d Limerick (IRE) #Thisisracing Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran Prompted the pace from the outset - pushed for more before 2 out when losing touch - kept going on the run-in 7/18 1½ 11-7 91B97A Eoin Staples 8/1
15 May 26+35d Kilbeggan SIS Supporting Irish Racing Maiden Hurdle 1m7½f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Sat close to pace early - pressed for effort three out - dropped away steadily to finish well beaten in 14th 14/14 4 11-12 52C83C Conor Stone-Walsh 7/2
10 Apr 26+116d Wexford Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran Settled behind front group early - 4th at halfway - pushed into 3rd approaching 2 out but unable to close - stayed on same gear to finish 5th 5/8 2 11-3 54A105A Eoin Staples 17/2
2025 · 1 run
15 Dec 25 Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran Settled midfield - pressed for effort 2f out - 7th approaching final furlong and unable to find more 7/15 1¼ 11-5 99B113A Mr J M Halford 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Poet's Duke won?
Poet's Duke (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
Who trains Poet's Duke?
Poet's Duke (IRE) is trained by Paul Nolan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 October 2026.
Who is Poet's Duke's sire?
Poet's Duke (IRE) is by Poet's Word (IRE) out of Pas De Chapeau (IRE), whose sire is Milan.
What is Poet's Duke's sire's record?
Poet's Word (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 725 runs since May 2022 (138 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14% from 107.
Who are Poet's Duke's siblings?
Out of Pas De Chapeau (IRE), Poet's Duke (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Luminaries (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Luminaries (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4½f–3m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2025. 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.