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Horse profile

Riviera Poet (IRE)

2yo colt (at last run, Aug 2011) · Last trainer D K Weld · Last owner Dr R Lambe
by Footstepsinthesand (GB) out of Dance Clear (IRE) (Marju)
3 runs · 2 courses · from May 2011
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Aug 2011 — 5,556 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2011 · 5th of 8 Won at Galway Beaten favourite LTO
KTB Profile

Riviera Poet (IRE) is 1 from 3. Hasn't won since Jul 2011.

Based on 3 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 99A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 25 Jul 2011

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 3 figures · best 99A · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good299A93.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
6f – 7f399A94—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,806 runs since Apr 2009 (937 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm721622.2%+12—
Good to Firm1,91122011.5%+1.30 from 1
Good2,9462689.1%−1.11 from 2
Good to Soft1,2411088.7%−1.5—
Soft1,7781458.2%−2—
Heavy5456211.4%+1.2—
Standard (AW)4,31248611.3%+1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,12714212.6%+2.4—
6f – 7f5,04652910.5%+0.31 from 3
1m – 1m1f3,33533610.1%−0.1—
1m2f – 1m4f2,1041969.3%−0.9—
1m5f – 2m840809.5%−0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f320226.9%−3.3—
2m5f – 3m3113.2%−7—
Over 3m300%−10.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Dance Clear (IRE) (Marju)

6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Twist Again (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Rosecliff (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Twist Again (IRE)1531m6f–2mClass 5
Rosecliff (GB)2321m4f–2mClass 4
Man Of The Match (IRE)317fClass 4
Thunder Mountain (IRE)417f—
Dyanita (GB)1311m½fClass 6
Pay The Grey (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 1 50% +1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 1 1 100% +2.00

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 KTB Jockey SP
2011 · 3 runs
20 Aug 11+26d Curragh Galileo European Breeders Fund Futurity Stakes (Group 2) 7f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 ½ 9-1 88A Pat Smullen 2/1F
25 Jul 11+84d Galway Claregalwayhotel.ie & Ramada Hotel Card Club (c & G) E.B.F. Maiden 7f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 9-0 99A Pat Smullen 2/1
02 May 11 Curragh Alfred Nobel European Breeders Fund Maiden 6f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3/8 1½ 9-3 94A Pat Smullen 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Riviera Poet won?
Riviera Poet (IRE) won 1 of 3 archived starts in 2011, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 2 times in total (66.7% of starts).
Who trained Riviera Poet?
Riviera Poet (IRE) was trained by D K Weld on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 20 August 2011.
Who is Riviera Poet's sire?
Riviera Poet (IRE) is by Footstepsinthesand (GB) out of Dance Clear (IRE), whose sire is Marju.
What is Riviera Poet's sire's record?
Footstepsinthesand (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,806 runs since Apr 2009 (937 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Who are Riviera Poet's siblings?
Out of Dance Clear (IRE), Riviera Poet (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Twist Again (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Rosecliff (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2011. 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.