Poatan
Poatan is a three-year-old still learning the game, with one win from six races but enough promise in the placings to suggest there is more to come. The horse broke through at Windsor on 23 August 2025 and has been placed in four of the five races since, which shows consistency if not quite the frequency of wins you would want at this stage of a career. Over those last six runs, the form reads 7-3-3-1-5-3 — so a wide spread of results, but notably three third-place finishes and a first suggest the horse finds certain conditions or track shapes to its liking.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
📊 Key Numbers
Career statistics for this horse
66.7%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
🔍 Full Analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
What stands out is that Poatan has not won since that August day at Windsor, now a full year ago. That is a long gap for a young horse in training, and it raises a question mark. A win rate of roughly one in six races is not spectacular, but the four placings tell you the horse is competing at a reasonable level and finishing in the frame regularly enough to matter. George Scott's Newmarket yard has been in fine form this season with 52 winners, so the training is solid, and Poatan was raced just a day ago, meaning it is actively campaigned and the team believes there is work still to do. Whether that next win comes soon, or whether this horse has hit a ceiling, the recent form does not yet tell us — but the consistency of finishing in the money suggests a horse worth watching rather than one in serious trouble.
🎯 Where This Horse Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent Runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
19 Aug
7th
York
5f – 6½f · Good · 19 runners
13 Jun
3rd
Sandown Park
5f – 6½f · Good · 9 runners
11 Sep
3rd
Doncaster
7f – 1m · Good_To_Soft · 22 runners
23 Aug
🏆 Won
Windsor
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 12 runners
8 Jun
5th
Goodwood
5f – 6½f · Soft · 10 runners
13 May
3rd
Beverley
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
🏟 Track Record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
23 Aug |
100% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
11 Sep |
0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
8 Jun |
0% |
| Beverley Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
13 May |
0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
13 Jun |
0% |
| York Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 Aug |
0% |