Poet's Sonnet (IRE)
Poet's Sonnet is a lightly raced gelding with two starts since Aug 2026, both at Cork over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground. He finished 4 of 7 in the Fitzgerald's Woodlands House Hotel Flat Race at Cork in Oct 2026, his best effort to date and first time in headgear. By Poet's Word, whose progeny have won 69 of 691 runs since Jan 2008. His dam has produced two runners but no winners so far.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 69dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 55
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 70C | 62.5 | 2 runs · 70 / 62.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 70C | 62.5 | 2 runs · 70 / 62.5 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 19 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 702 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 106.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 47 | 7 | 14.9% | +5.1 | — |
| Good | 201 | 15 | 7.5% | −2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 126 | 11 | 8.7% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 159 | 12 | 7.5% | −2.3 | — |
| Heavy | 61 | 9 | 14.8% | +5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 106 | 15 | 14.2% | +4.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 78 | 8 | 10.3% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 65 | 8 | 12.3% | +2.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 96 | 9 | 9.4% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 239 | 23 | 9.6% | −0.2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 181 | 17 | 9.4% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 36 | 3 | 8.3% | −1.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +40.2 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syr Maffos (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Maple Mornin (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 26+69d | Cork (IRE) | Fitzgerald's Woodlands House Hotel (Pro/Am) Flat Race Settled at the back - pulled hard early - moved up to 4th over 2f out - found nothing more and finished 4th well beaten | 4/7 | 15 | 11-4 | 55A | 101B | Mr A P Ryan | 12/1 |
| 03 Aug 26 | Cork (IRE) | Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle On Saturday August 29th Flat Race Held handy spot early - third at halfway - dropped away rapidly from 3f out and finished well behind | 9/17 | nk | 11-9 | 70C | 98C | Mr A P Ryan | 4/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Poet's Sonnet won?
- Poet's Sonnet (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026.
- Who trains Poet's Sonnet?
- Poet's Sonnet (IRE) is trained by Paul Cashman, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 October 2026.
- Who is Poet's Sonnet's sire?
- Poet's Sonnet (IRE) is by Poet's Word (IRE) out of Maple Mons (IRE), whose sire is Great Exhibition.
- What is Poet's Sonnet's sire's record?
- Poet's Word (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 702 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.2% from 106.
- Who are Poet's Sonnet's siblings?
- Out of Maple Mons (IRE), Poet's Sonnet (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.