Poetic Jack
Poetic Jack is a 6-year-old with the look of a horse that has found its level in the lower reaches of racing. Those victories came at Chelmsford in November 2023 and at Lingfield Park in December 2024, both modest tracks where the competition sits at Class 6 level. At that standard, a 7 percent win rate (2 wins from 28 races) is exactly what you would expect from a horse of modest ability trying to make a living.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
What stands out is that Poetic Jack has gone 20 months without winning. Its last six races have all been placed runs — sixth, sixth, sixth, eighth, fourth, and a blank appearance — suggesting the horse is no longer capable of reaching the winner's enclosure. The jockey Marco Ghiani, who has ridden Poetic Jack 15 times, has steered the horse to both its wins, though that 13 percent win rate together is still just an average story. Robert Cowell's Newmarket yard, which has sent out 24 winners this season, clearly keeps the horse racing regularly, and its preference for races over distances between 7 furlongs and a mile is a sign the team knows what they are doing. But nothing about Poetic Jack suggests a turnaround is coming. This is a horse doing what it was always going to do — turning up, running moderately, and occasionally surprising everyone by getting its head in front. At this stage of its career and after such a long drought, those days may well be behind it.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 10% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on standard_to_slow ground: 0 wins from 5 starts
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Galloping tracks: 0 wins from 10 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Likes
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Avoids
Good (a little give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
Class 6 (grassroots)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
31 Jul
6th
Wolverhampton
5f – 6½f · Standard · 6 runners
9 Jun
6th
Brighton
5f – 6½f · Good · 8 runners
19 May
6th
Nottingham
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Soft · 14 runners
30 Apr
8th
Lingfield Park
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
15 Apr
4th
Southwell
Sprint (< 5f) · Standard · 10 runners
26 Feb
DNF
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 11 runners
29 Jan
5th
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 7 runners
8 Jan
2nd
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 12 runners
30 Oct
3rd
chelmsford
5f – 6½f · Standard · 6 runners
6 Oct
8th
Great Yarmouth
5f – 6½f · Good · 11 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| chelmsford |
23 |
1 win, 3 seconds, 3 thirds, 16 other |
26 Feb |
4.3% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
4 |
1 win, 1 second, 2 other |
30 Apr |
25% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
31 Jul |
0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
3 |
1 third, 2 other |
6 Oct |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
15 Apr |
0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 May |
0% |
| Brighton Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
9 Jun |
0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
7 Jun |
0% |