Poet

What stands out is that Poet's last win came 15 months ago at Newcastle on 2 May 2025, and the horse has not found the frame in its last six races. The recent form reads 10-9-7-7-9-9 — a run of mid-field finishes suggesting Poet is losing ground at the lower end of the sport. Yet the horse is actively racing and still trying: it ran just yesterday. Scott Dixon's yard at Rolleston has sent out 33 winners this season, so there is competence behind the scenes, but Poet has not been the beneficiary of a winning run.

The horse performs best over five to six and a half furlongs, where it has won twice from 26 races — an 8 per cent win rate, better than its overall record but still modest. At Class 6, the bottom rung, Poet has won just once from 27 races. Kieran O'Neill has been the regular rider, but the partnership has yielded no wins across seven rides together. Poet's first career win came at Kempton Park back in December 2021, and the intervening years have been a long, patient grind. This is a horse that has earned its place in the racing calendar through durability rather than brilliance — the kind of runner the betting public forgets about between runs, but one that keeps showing up because there is still something left to run for.