Poets Praise
Poets Praise is a 3-year-old still finding its way, but there is genuine encouragement in its recent form. The horse won at Sandown Park just this week, a breakthrough that came on its fourth outing. That single victory from four races — a win rate of 1 in 4 — might not sound like much, but for a young horse still learning the game, it signals progress rather than struggle. The run before that win was a fourth-place finish, then two fourth-place efforts before it. So Poets Praise is trending the right direction: it ran fourth, fourth, fourth, then won. That is the pattern of a horse coming into form.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Dunchurch Lodge Stud Company
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Raced by Ralph Beckett's Kimpton yard, which has sent out 107 winners this season, Poets Praise has a solid foundation. The trainer knows what she is doing, and a young horse at that level has real chances to develop. Sandown Park is where the horse has shown its best — it won there on 28 August, and that track may prove to be where it is most comfortable as it matures. With just one place finish alongside its win from four races, there is still inconsistency, but the timing of the recent victory and the general upward trajectory suggest Poets Praise could be ready to kick on from here.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
8 Oct
6th
Southwell
1m1f – 1m2f · Standard · 9 runners
28 Aug
🏆 Won
Sandown Park
1m1f – 1m2f · Good · 8 runners
17 Jul
4th
Wolverhampton
7f – 1m · Standard · 11 runners
24 Oct
4th
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Soft · 9 runners
22 Sep
5th
Leicester
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 13 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 |
|---|
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
28 Aug |
100% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
24 Oct |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
8 Oct |
0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Jul |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
22 Sep |
0% |