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Epic Poet: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Epic Poet is a 7-year-old gelding by Lope De Vega, trained by David O'Meara. He has won 5 of 31 starts and placed in 12 more, for £928,353 in prize money. His best trip is 1m 1f, where 2 wins from 3 is a 67% strike rate against 11% at every other distance. He runs next in the 3:00 at Doncaster on 11 September, where the best price is 12/1 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 113, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 31
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 17
  • Strike rate 16%
  • Prize money £928,353
  • Best rating 113
  • Official rating 109

Where Epic Poet runs next

Time Course Race Best price
3:00 Doncaster Betfred Howard Wright Doncaster Cup Stakes (Group 2) 12/1 Bet365 bet365

Epic Poet form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
22 Aug 26 York Sky Bet Ebor Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBplus Race) Class 2 1m 6f Good To Soft 15 11.75 50/1 Daniel Tudhope 109
11 Jul 26 York John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 1m 6f Good To Firm 5 7.5 8/1 Daniel Tudhope 110
13 Jun 26 York Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Grand Cup Stakes (Listed) Class 1 1m 6f Good 6 22.5 6/1 Ryan Moore 111
28 May 26 Sandown Star Sports Henry II Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 2m Good 4 2.75 7/1 Daniel Tudhope 111
15 May 26 York Boodles Yorkshire Cup Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 1m 6f Good 3 2.5 11/1 Daniel Tudhope 110
28 Mar 26 Meydan (UAE) Dubai Gold Cup Sponsored By Al Tayer Motors (Turf) 2m Good 5 4.75 12/1 Daniel Tudhope 111
14 Feb 26 Riyadh (KSA) Red Sea Turf Handicap Presented by Longines (Turf) 1m 7f Good To Firm 5 2.25 11/4F Daniel Tudhope –
23 Jan 26 Meydan (UAE) Al Khail Trophy Presented By Longines (Turf) 1m 6f Good 2 .5 16/5 Daniel Tudhope 110
16 Aug 25 Newbury Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 1m 5.5f Good To Firm 2 3 3/1C Daniel Tudhope 110
21 Jun 25 Ascot Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 1m 4f Good To Firm 11 24 25/1 Daniel Tudhope 111
16 May 25 York Boodles Yorkshire Cup Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 1m 6f Good To Firm 2 .25 7/1 Daniel Tudhope 110
5 Apr 25 Meydan (UAE) Dubai Gold Cup Sponsored By Al Tayer Motors (Turf) 2m Good 3 3.5 9/1 Daniel Tudhope 108
22 Feb 25 Riyadh (KSA) Longines Red Sea Turf Handicap (3yo+) (Inner Track) (Turf) 1m 7f Good To Firm 2 1.25 5/1 Daniel Tudhope 107
24 Jan 25 Meydan (UAE) Al Khail Trophy Presented By Longines (Turf) 1m 6f Good To Firm 3 .5 6/1 Daniel Tudhope 107
3 Jan 25 Meydan (UAE) Zoho (Conditions) (Turf) 1m 6f Good To Firm 1 — 11/2 Daniel Tudhope 106
27 Sep 24 Newmarket Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai Godolphin Stakes (Listed) Class 1 1m 4f Soft 4 11.75 5/2 Daniel Tudhope 100
7 Sep 24 Haydock Betfair Exchange Old Borough Cup Handicap Class 2 1m 6f Good 1 — 11/2 Daniel Tudhope 100
24 Aug 24 York Sky Bet Ebor Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 1m 6f Good To Firm 4 4 10/1 Daniel Tudhope 100
13 Jul 24 York John Smith's Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 1m 2.5f Good To Soft 5 3.25 15/2 Daniel Tudhope 97
21 Jun 24 Ascot Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 1m 4f Good To Firm 2 2.25 25/1 Daniel Tudhope 97
17 May 24 York Knights Solicitors Handicap Class 2 1m 2.5f Good 6 5.5 18/1 Daniel Tudhope 98
30 Sep 23 Newmarket bet365 Cambridgeshire (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 1m 1f Good To Firm 22 10.25 100/1 George Wood 101
4 Aug 23 Goodwood L'Ormarins King's Plate Glorious Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 1m 4f Good To Soft 7 20.25 50/1 Sean Levey 104
22 Jul 23 Newbury bet365 Stakes (Listed) (Registered As The Steventon Stakes) Class 1 1m 2f Good 6 11.25 6/1 Oisin Murphy 106
13 Nov 22 Marseille Borely (FR) Grand Prix de Marseille - 15th Etape du Defi du Galop () (3yo+) (Turf) 1m 2f Good 2 1 3/1 Jean-Bernard Eyquem –
10 Oct 22 Marseille Borely (FR) Grand Prix des Provinces-Prix Andre Baboin () (3yo+) (Turf) 1m 2f Good To Soft 2 .75 EvensF Cristian Demuro –
4 Sep 22 Longchamp (FR) Prix du Prince d'Orange (3yo) (Grande Course) (Turf) 1m 2f Good To Soft 3 3.5 8/5F Cristian Demuro –
26 Jul 22 Compiegne (FR) Prix Pelleas () (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) 1m 2f Good To Soft 1 — 2/1F Cristian Demuro –
12 Jun 22 Longchamp (FR) Prix Ridgway () (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Grande Course) (Turf) 1m 2f Good To Soft 3 2.25 1/2F Cristian Demuro –
4 May 22 Longchamp (FR) Prix de Croissy (Conditions) (3yo) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) 1m 1f Good To Soft 1 — 1/2F Cristian Demuro –
17 Oct 21 Longchamp (FR) Prix de Belleville (Maiden) (Unraced 2yo Colts & Geldings) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) 1m 1f Good To Soft 1 — 57/10 Cristian Demuro –

Last time out

Finished 15 in the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBplus Race) at York on 22 August 2026. Held up towards the back - nudged for effort and made ground into contention with two furlongs left - driven then lost momentum inside the final furlong - eventually well held.

Epic Poet by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
14f 10 2 20%
10f 6 1 17%
12f 4 0 0%
16f 3 0 0%
9f 3 2 67%
15f 2 0 0%
10.5f 2 0 0%
13.5f 1 0 0%

Epic Poet by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good To Firm 11 1 9%
Good 10 1 10%
Good To Soft 9 3 33%
Soft 1 0 0%

Epic Poet by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
York 8 0 0%
Meydan (UAE) 5 1 20%
Longchamp (FR) 4 2 50%
Riyadh (KSA) 2 0 0%
Newbury 2 0 0%
Ascot 2 0 0%
Newmarket 2 0 0%
Marseille Borely (FR) 2 0 0%
Sandown 1 0 0%
Haydock 1 1 100%

Epic Poet breeding

  • Sire Lope De Vega (IRE)
  • Dam Sagaciously (IRE)
  • Damsire Lawman (FR)
  • Breeder George Kent
  • Foaled 30 January 2019

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