Stoic Poet

His trainer, Iain Jardine, runs a yard at Carrutherstown that has already sent out 57 winners this season, so Stoic Poet is in a busy, successful operation. Jardine clearly believes in the horse — he has spoken about liking him and seeing promise for next year — but he also identifies why things have gone wrong. A poor run at Hamilton was put down partly to Stoic Poet racing too freely and not handling that particular track. Since then, the horse has been gelded, a change that can sometimes help settle a horse and unlock improvement. Jardine has pencilled in a race at Haydock at the end of the month, suggesting he still expects better to come. For a horse with just one win from ten starts, finding the right track and the right conditions matters hugely. Stoic Poet may still be a horse waiting to click into place.