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Horse profile

Poet's Prize (GB)

2yo colt (at last run, Oct 2015) · Last trainer David Barron · Last owner Laurence Okane
by Compton Place (GB) out of La Gessa (GB) (Largesse)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2015
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Oct 2015 — 4,051 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2015 · 1st of 26 Won last time out 2 wins · Newmarket & Beverley Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile

Poet's Prize (GB) is 2 from 4. Won last time out at Newmarket (Class 2). Each win came on a first visit to the course.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 105A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 3 Oct 2015 Official rating 82 at the last run, 3 Oct 2015

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 4 figures · best 105A · median 98.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good3100A97—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Under 6f3100A97—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Compton Place (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since Jan 2008 (515 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 11.5% from 165.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1651911.5%+3—
Good to Firm1,9251879.7%+1.21 from 1
Good1,6261277.8%−0.71 from 3
Good to Soft811566.9%−1.6—
Soft625518.2%−0.3—
Heavy11886.8%−1.7—
Standard (AW)3,0772648.6%+0.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,6092509.6%+1.11 from 3
6f – 7f3,9903308.3%−0.21 from 1
1m – 1m1f815556.7%−1.8—
1m2f – 1m4f549468.4%−0.1—
1m5f – 2m280269.3%+0.8—
2m1f – 2m4f8655.8%−2.7—
2m5f – 3m1600%−8.5—
Over 3m200%−8.5—

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
La Gessa (GB) (Largesse)

7 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Wordismybond (GB) (9 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Envoy (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Wordismybond (GB)5197f–1m1fClass 5
Envoy (GB)1441m½f–1m4fClass 3
Tommy's Secret (GB)5445f–1mClass 4
Yorkstone (GB)3047f–1mClass 5
Poet's Lady (GB)1431m–1m½fClass 4
Case Statement (GB)317f—
Purpendicular (GB)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 1 33% −0.80
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +7.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 1 1 100% +7.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +1.20
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 1 1 100% +7.00
Beverley 1 1 100% +1.20
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Under 6f 3 1 33% −0.80
6f – 7f 1 1 100% +7.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Graham Gibbons 2 2 100% +8.20
Phillip Makin 1 0 0% −1.00
P J McDonald 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2015 · 4 runs
03 Oct 15+17d Newmarket 150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes Class 2 · 6f · Good To Firm · 26 ran 1/26 8-11 82105A Graham Gibbons 7/1
16 Sep 15+10d Beverley Win A Football Fortune With Scoop6Soccer Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 5f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 9-5 —100A Graham Gibbons 6/5F
06 Sep 15+36d York WDY UK Ltd Irish Champions Weekend EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 3 · 5½f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 2½ 9-5 —97A Phillip Makin 4/1
01 Aug 15 Thirsk British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 5f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 2½ 9-5 —80A P J McDonald 7/2

Quick answers

How many races has Poet's Prize won?
Poet's Prize (GB) won 2 of 4 archived starts in 2015, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 3 times in total (75% of starts).
Who trained Poet's Prize?
Poet's Prize (GB) was trained by David Barron on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 3 October 2015.
Who is Poet's Prize's sire?
Poet's Prize (GB) is by Compton Place (GB) out of La Gessa (GB), whose sire is Largesse.
What going does Poet's Prize prefer?
Poet's Prize (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 Poet's Prize's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 3 October 2015. That is also the highest on record.
What is Poet's Prize's sire's record?
Compton Place (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.5% of 8,347 runs since Jan 2008 (515 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 11.5% from 165.
Who are Poet's Prize's siblings?
Out of La Gessa (GB), Poet's Prize (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Wordismybond (GB) (9). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Envoy (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2015. 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.