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Poet's Sonnet (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Paul Cashman · Owner Mrs C Cashman
by Poet's Word (IRE) out of Maple Mons (IRE) (Great Exhibition)
2 runs · 1 course · from Aug 2026
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
First-time headgear LTO Last run 11 Oct 2026 · 4th of 7
KTB Profile

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.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Aug 2026 · updated 25 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 55 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Cork (IRE), 11 Oct 2026

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 2 figures · best 70C · median 62.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good270C62.52 runs · 70 / 62.5
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f270C62.52 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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 101B the best of the last 2 rated runs · Cork (IRE), 11 Oct 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 101B · median 99.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good2101B99.52 runs · 101 / 99.5
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2101B99.52 runs · 101 / 99.5

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 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

Sire

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.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−9.8—
Good to Firm47714.9%+5.1—
Good201157.5%−2.30 from 2
Good to Soft126118.7%−1.1—
Soft159127.5%−2.3—
Heavy61914.8%+5—
Standard (AW)1061514.2%+4.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f500%−9.8—
6f – 7f78810.3%+0.5—
1m – 1m1f65812.3%+2.5—
1m2f – 1m4f9699.4%−0.4—
1m5f – 2m239239.6%−0.2—
2m1f – 2m4f181179.4%−0.40 from 2
2m5f – 3m3638.3%−1.5—
Over 3m2150%+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

Dam
Maple Mons (IRE) (Great Exhibition)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Syr Maffos (IRE)80——
Maple Mornin (IRE)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 2 runs
11 Oct 26+69d Cork (IRE) Fitzgerald's Woodlands House Hotel (Pro/Am) Flat Race 19f · Good · 7 ran 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 55A101B Mr A P Ryan 12/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle On Saturday August 29th Flat Race 18f · Good · 17 ran Held handy spot early - third at halfway - dropped away rapidly from 3f out and finished well behind 9/17 nk 11-9 70C98C 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.

Record shown from August 2026. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.