Sheer Poetry (IRE)
Sheer Poetry (IRE) is 3 from 33. Hasn't won since Oct 2017. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 10 on softer). Last raced off 96, 23lb below the career-high mark.
- 3–33Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 8 (24.2%)Placed
- +7.00£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.56Fair A/E n=33 · 1.32 incl. margin
- 119Highest OR
- 30dBetween runs (median)longest 1096 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 120
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 118B | 90.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 120B | 109 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 101A | 90.5 | — |
Of 11 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,839 runs since Jul 2013 (707 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 222 | 28 | 12.6% | +0.7 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 3,443 | 476 | 13.8% | +1.9 | 2 from 16 |
| Good to Soft | 1,964 | 212 | 10.8% | −1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 2,841 | 305 | 10.7% | −1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 1,160 | 136 | 11.7% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 204 | 14 | 6.9% | −5 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −8.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 86 | 6 | 7% | −4.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 263 | 26 | 9.9% | −2 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,441 | 274 | 11.2% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,294 | 352 | 10.7% | −1.2 | 1 from 12 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,907 | 387 | 13.3% | +1.4 | 2 from 11 |
| Over 3m | 820 | 125 | 15.2% | +3.3 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2013 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Sassaway (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Porto Ferro (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassaway (IRE) | 75 | 6 | 5f–7f | — |
| Janet's Pearl (IRE) | 19 | 4 | 7f–2m | Class 5 |
| Porto Ferro (IRE) | 65 | 4 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Chicago Cop (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Loveisreckless (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sirinapha (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 16 | 2 | 13% | +20.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 16 | 2 | 13% | +3.00 |
| Class 4 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +16.00 |
| Class 6 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 8 | 1 | 13% | +7.00 |
| Worcester | 6 | 1 | 17% | +15.00 |
| Cheltenham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Taunton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wincanton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 1 | 8% | +9.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 11 | 2 | 18% | +8.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Jacob | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Conor O'Farrell | 6 | 2 | 33% | +13.00 |
| James Best | 4 | 1 | 25% | +17.00 |
| Maj Charlie O'Shea | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Robert Hawker | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Matthew Hampton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieron Edgar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss H M Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Brennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pat Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Royston Ffrench | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 17 | 3 | 18% | +23.00 |
| None | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| E/S | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +14.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +12.00 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 21 | 2 | 10% | −2.00 |
| Chase | 6 | 1 | 17% | +15.00 |
| Flat | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Sheer Poetry won?
- Sheer Poetry (IRE) won 3 of 33 archived starts between 2013 and 2021, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 8 times in total (24.2% of starts).
- Who trained Sheer Poetry?
- Sheer Poetry (IRE) was trained by Nigel Hawke on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 22 August 2021.
- Who is Sheer Poetry's sire?
- Sheer Poetry (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Sassari (IRE), whose sire is Darshaan.
- What going does Sheer Poetry prefer?
- Sheer Poetry (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Sheer Poetry's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 22 August 2021. The highest on record is 119.
- What is Sheer Poetry's sire's record?
- Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,839 runs since Jul 2013 (707 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
- Who are Sheer Poetry's siblings?
- Out of Sassari (IRE), Sheer Poetry (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Sassaway (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Porto Ferro (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m. As at Nov 2026.