City Of Poets

Trained by James Tate at Newmarket, City Of Poets emerged as a winner at Lingfield Park in late April 2025, and has been a reliable earner ever since. His most recent victory came this week at Windsor on 13 August, confirming he remains a force to be reckoned with even as the season wears on. Of his last six races, he has delivered two wins and picked up three places — a return that suggests he is still figuring out exactly which trips and conditions suit him best. Tate notes that City Of Poets is still developing as a four-year-old, growing into his frame and his talent. The trainer ran him over seven furlongs recently but sees no reason to rule out a mile in the future, a sign he believes the horse has more to offer as distances lengthen.

The Windsor win this week is particularly noteworthy in the context of an uneven recent stretch. City Of Poets raced at Sandown just days before and finished well down the field, a rough outing that Tate was unperturbed by — the kind of setback that happens to horses in work, and one he expects City Of Poets to shake off. With Tate's yard sending out fifty-one winners already this season, City Of Poets sits in the hands of a trainer who knows how to get horses ready. At his current level and on current evidence, he looks a horse that will keep finding his way into the winner's circle.