Horse profile
The Princes Poet (GB)
by Brazen Beau (AUS) out of Poesy (GB) (Poet's Voice)
49 runs · 20 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Feb 2025 — 642 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 11th of 11
4 wins · Brighton, Kempton (AW) & Windsor
Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile
The Princes Poet won four of 49 starts between Jun 2021 and May 2023. Two of those wins came at Windsor, one at Brighton and one at Kempton (AW), all in handicaps. He gained his victories over trips from under 6f to 7f on good or faster ground, including on firm at Brighton. The gelding, who was aged 7 at his last run in Feb 2025, finished 11 of 11 at Newcastle (AW) off an official rating of 45.
Based on 49 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 31lb off peak
- 4–49Wins / Runs
- 8.2%Strike rate
- 10 (20.4%)Placed
- −23.67£1 level staken=49 at SP
- 0.98Fair A/E n=49 · 0.84 incl. margin
- 76Highest OR
- 17dBetween runs (median)longest 272 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.
Official rating45↓ 31lb off peak
45
44–76
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 94
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 23 | 102A | 84 | — |
| Good | 10 | 105A | 77.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 9 | 115B | 85 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 88A | 62 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 86A | 42.5 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 115B | 83 | — |
| Under 6f | 20 | 102A | 81.5 | — |
Of 49 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 48 figures from 49 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 from 10 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 5 (50%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 4 (40%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 2,475 runs since Apr 2019 (186 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 3.7% from 162. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 15.8% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | +27.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 404 | 44 | 10.9% | +0.7 | 1 from 9 |
| Good | 451 | 31 | 6.9% | −3.3 | 1 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 162 | 6 | 3.7% | −6.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 158 | 13 | 8.2% | −2 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | −0.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,260 | 153 | 12.1% | +1.9 | 1 from 23 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 717 | 76 | 10.6% | +0.4 | 2 from 21 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,291 | 127 | 9.8% | −0.4 | 2 from 28 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 278 | 24 | 8.6% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 158 | 25 | 15.8% | +5.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −4.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 0 | 0% | −10.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −10.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Poesy (GB) (Poet's Voice)
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Crestofdistinction (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Crestofdistinction (GB)).
Family form: Crestofdistinction (GB) finished 2nd of 13 at Goodwood, 11 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestofdistinction (GB) | 12 | 2 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Saliteh (GB) | 19 | 1 | 5f | — |
| Luna Mia (GB) | 12 | 1 | 6f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 23 | 1 | 4% | −14.00 |
| Good | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 24 | 1 | 4% | −19.67 |
| Class 5 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +3.00 |
| Class 4 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Windsor | 7 | 2 | 29% | +5.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Brighton | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Bath | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 2 | 7% | −14.67 |
| Under 6f | 21 | 2 | 10% | −9.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bishop | 8 | 3 | 38% | +11.33 |
| Cam Hardie | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Harry Burns | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ryan Kavanagh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Billy Garritty | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Georgia Dobie | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| David Probert | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| George Downing | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| William Buick | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Laura Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Queally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 34 | 4 | 12% | −8.67 |
| E/SB | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| E/S | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.67 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +3.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Feb 25+9d | Newcastle (AW) | BetUK: It's Where The UK Bets Handicap Quick break to trail the field - stayed within range early - asked for effort a furlong out but found nothing - well held at the finish | 11/11 | 1 | 8-11 | 45 | 83A | 43A | Harry Burns | 28/1 |
| 23 Jan 25+13d | Newcastle (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Classified Stakes Settled at the back - made ground on the far rail entering the final furlong - plugged on without threatening the front runners | 4/12 | ¾ | 9-4 | 44 | 84A | 68A | Ryan Kavanagh | 10/1 |
| 10 Jan 25+7d | Newcastle (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Handicap Settled towards the back - some progress on the inner in the closing stages - finished fifth | 5/10 | ½ | 8-11 | 45 | 94A | 62A | Harry Burns | 22/1 |
| 03 Jan 25+56d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. Its Where The UK Bets Classified Stakes (Div 1) Held up early - never involved with leading group - finished well back in 10th | 10/12 | 5 | 9-9 | 45 | 54A | 37A | Laura Pearson | 100/1 |
| 2024 · 13 runs | ||||||||||
| 08 Nov 24+10d | Newcastle (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Handicap Stood up and lost ground at the break - settled towards the back - late shuffled closer but well held in 7th | 7/12 | shd | 9-0 | 46 | 92A | 60A | Harry Burns | 28/1 |
| 29 Oct 24+7d | Newcastle (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap (Div 1) Settled with leaders early - made ground 4f out to hit the front 3f out - overtaken inside final furlong - unable to find more close home finishing fourth | 4/10 | 6 | 8-10 | 45 | 85A | 59A | Ryan Kavanagh | 25/1 |
| 22 Oct 24+12d | Newcastle (AW) | Weekly 5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap Held up towards the back near the stands rail - pushed along a furlong out and closing on the front group when squeezed for space inside the final 100 yards - finished strongly once given room to finish 4th | 4/12 | hd | 8-7 | 45 | 61A | 61A | Ryan Kavanagh | 50/1 |
| 10 Oct 24+14d | Southwell (AW) | Southwell Golf Club Handicap Settled in the pack towards the wide side - pushed along and made progress over 2f out - lost ground inside final furlong - finished 9th | 9/10 | 1 | 8-11 | 47 | 60A | 38A | Ryan Kavanagh | 125/1 |
| 26 Sep 24+10d | Pontefract | Season Finale On 21st October Apprentice Handicap Dwelt at the start - dropped to the rear and never a factor - a long way adrift entering the final furlong | 10/10 | 13 | 9-0 | 51 | — | 19C | Harry Burns | 125/1 |
| 16 Sep 24+23d | Thirsk | Join RacingTV Today Selling Handicap Handy early - driven approaching 2f out then lost touch inside final furlong - allowed to drop away late finishing 11th | 11/11 | 27 | 9-5 | 51 | -1C | 40C | Billy Garritty | 100/1 |
| 24 Aug 24+136d | Redcar | Join RacingTV For 12.00 This Weekend Handicap (Div 2) Held a forward spot early - squeezed for space in second at halfway and dropped back - driven approaching 2f out then faded inside the final furlong | 8/11 | ½ | 9-6 | 52 | 74A | 63A | Andrew Mullen | 66/1 |
| 10 Apr 24+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Tips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Handicap (Div 2) | 9/10 | 3 | 9-9 | 52 | 57A | 41A | Cam Hardie | 33/1 |
| 25 Mar 24+27d | Newcastle (AW) | Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap | 10/13 | hd | 9-4 | 53 | 94B | 60A | Cam Hardie | 33/1 |
| 27 Feb 24+23d | Southwell (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly With BetUK Handicap | 12/12 | 99 | 9-4 | 53 | -203C | 32C | Billy Garritty | 22/1 |
| 04 Feb 24+17d | Newcastle (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap (Div 1) | 3/11 | 3 | 9-6 | 54 | 73A | 72A | Billy Garritty | 22/1 |
| 18 Jan 24+14d | Southwell (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 6/7 | 6 | 9-8 | 57 | 57C | 43C | Billy Garritty | 18/1 |
| 04 Jan 24+8d | Newcastle (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap (Div 2) | 5/12 | ¾ | 9-7 | 60 | 99A | 72A | Cam Hardie | 25/1 |
| 2023 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 23+18d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap (Div 1) | 5/11 | 1½ | 9-9 | 60 | 88A | 69A | Cam Hardie | 25/1 |
| 09 Dec 23+18d | Newcastle (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly With BetUK Handicap | 6/12 | nk | 9-6 | 62 | 78A | 74A | Cam Hardie | 66/1 |
| 21 Nov 23+45d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Christmas At CCR Handicap | 8/9 | 2 | 9-6 | 64 | 91A | 56A | Cam Hardie | 28/1 |
| 07 Oct 23+33d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Price Promise At bet365 Handicap | 6/11 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 66 | 95A | 70A | George Downing | 14/1 |
| 04 Sep 23+16d | Brighton | Racing League On Sky Sports Racing Handicap | 3/4 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 68 | 68C | 70B | Charles Bishop | 15/8F |
| 19 Aug 23+53d | Bath | Big Stage Hire Handicap | 7/10 | nk | 9-3 | 69 | 89A | 60A | George Downing | 11/1 |
| 27 Jun 23+18d | Newbury | BetVictor Handicap | 7/11 | 1½ | 10-2 | 70 | 89A | 75A | Charles Bishop | 13/2 |
| 09 Jun 23+10d | Goodwood | 36-Years Of Frankie Dettori At Goodwood Apprentice Handicap | 4/7 | 2½ | 9-13 | 64 | 115B | 75A | Georgia Dobie | 5/2F |
| 30 May 23+36d | Brighton | At The Races App Market Movers Handicap | 1/6 | 9-8 | 64 | 97A | 89B | Charles Bishop | 10/3 | |
| 24 Apr 23+131d | Windsor | At The Races Form Study Handicap | 12/12 | 29 | 9-8 | 64 | -70C | 56C | Tom Marquand | 6/1 |
| 2022 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Dec 22+28d | Lingfield (AW) | Betuk Over 40,000 Live Streamed Races Handicap | 3/10 | nse | 9-3 | 64 | 102A | 78A | David Probert | 11/2 |
| 16 Nov 22+29d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap | 4/12 | 1½ | 9-6 | 64 | 85A | 73A | Charles Bishop | 4/1 |
| 18 Oct 22+15d | Kempton (AW) | Racing TV Handicap | 1/10 | 9-4 | 63 | 98A | 82A | Charles Bishop | 8/1 | |
| 03 Oct 22+37d | Windsor | Download The At The Races App Handicap | 6/16 | ¾ | 9-12 | 65 | 94C | 86A | Tom Marquand | 17/2 |
| 27 Aug 22+12d | Newmarket | Take Time To Think Handicap | 8/8 | ½ | 8-7 | 67 | 75A | 54A | Harry Davies | 9/1 |
| 15 Aug 22+63d | Windsor | MPM Flooring & Gemco Contracts Handicap | 3/9 | ½ | 9-4 | 68 | 102A | 83A | David Probert | 17/2 |
| 13 Jun 22+28d | Nottingham | Watch On Racing TV Handicap | 9/10 | 2¾ | 9-5 | 71 | 79A | 57A | Richard Kingscote | 5/1 |
| 16 May 22+22d | Windsor | Fitzdares Sprint Series Qualifier Handicap | 10/11 | ¾ | 8-1 | 72 | 105A | 56A | Georgia Dobie | 40/1 |
| 24 Apr 22+13d | Bath | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap | 5/7 | 1½ | 9-1 | 74 | 101A | 71A | Charles Bishop | 6/1 |
| 11 Apr 22+194d | Windsor | Cazoo Handicap | 2/10 | 4¾ | 8-13 | 74 | 86A | 83A | William Buick | 18/5 |
| 2021 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Sep 21+27d | Nottingham | Jockey Club Grassroots Series Final Sprint Handicap | 15/15 | ½ | 9-4 | 76 | 71C | 55A | David Probert | 22/1 |
| 02 Sep 21+7d | Newcastle (AW) | William Hill Double Your Odds Racing League Race Thirty-six Handicap | 11/11 | ¾ | 8-7 | 74 | 52B | 40A | Georgia Dobie | 7/1 |
| 26 Aug 21+10d | Lingfield | William Hill Free Or Four Racing League Race Twenty-Five (Handicap) | 4/9 | nk | 8-8 | 70 | 50C | 81A | Georgia Dobie | 12/1 |
| 16 Aug 21+24d | Windsor | Visit At edengrove-londonroad.co.uk Handicap | 1/6 | 9-1 | 70 | 85B | 79B | William Buick | 5/1 | |
| 23 Jul 21+14d | Chepstow | Wessex Garages All New Nissan Qashqai Handicap | 8/10 | nk | 9-12 | 72 | 77B | 73A | Charles Bishop | 11/2 |
| 09 Jul 21+13d | York | Longines Irish Champions Weekend Handicap | 5/15 | 1 | 8-10 | 72 | 80C | 72A | Tom Marquand | 15/2 |
| 26 Jun 21+30d | Windsor | Follow At The Races On Twitter Novice Stakes | 1/10 | 9-4 | 72 | 70A | 82A | Charles Bishop | 5/1 | |
| 27 May 21+9d | Ripon | Visit Ripon-races.co.uk Handicap | 5/9 | 3¼ | 9-7 | 70 | 62A | 62A | Tom Marquand | 5/2 |
| 18 May 21+272d | Nottingham | Follow racingtv On Twitter Handicap | 2/8 | 1¼ | 8-11 | 70 | 88A | 89A | Oisin Murphy | 12/1 |
| 2020 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 19 Aug 20+12d | York | Sky Bet Nursery | 8/12 | 2¾ | 8-5 | 73 | 51A | 59A | Hollie Doyle | 28/1 |
| 07 Aug 20+10d | Wolverhampton (AW) | British Stallion Studs EBF Penk Novice Median Auction Stakes (Div 1) | 6/10 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 76A | 60A | Tom Queally | 11/4 |
| 28 Jul 20 | Goodwood | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 3/9 | 3½ | 9-0 | — | 81A | 74A | Tom Marquand | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Princes Poet won?
- The Princes Poet (GB) won 4 of 49 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 8.2%. Placed 10 times in total (20.4% of starts).
- Who trained The Princes Poet?
- The Princes Poet (GB) was trained by Ian McInnes on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 1 February 2025.
- Who is The Princes Poet's sire?
- The Princes Poet (GB) is by Brazen Beau (AUS) out of Poesy (GB), whose sire is Poet's Voice.
- What going does The Princes Poet prefer?
- The Princes Poet (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Princes Poet's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 1 February 2025. The highest on record is 76.
- What is The Princes Poet's sire's record?
- Brazen Beau (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 2,475 runs since Apr 2019 (186 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 3.7% from 162. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 15.8% from 158.
- Who are The Princes Poet's siblings?
- Out of Poesy (GB), The Princes Poet (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Crestofdistinction (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Crestofdistinction (GB)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Nov 2026.