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Poetic Focus: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Poetic Focus is a 6-year-old mare by Yeats, trained by Andrew Slattery. She has won 0 of 13 starts and placed in 1 more, for £2,000 in prize money. She runs next in the 6:11 at Galway on 7 September. Her best performance rating is 91, which is the figure to judge her against in this grade.

  • Runs 13
  • Wins 0
  • Placed 1
  • Strike rate 0%
  • Prize money £2,000
  • Best rating 91
  • Official rating 84

Where Poetic Focus runs next

Time Course Race Best price
6:11 Galway WTW Willis Handicap Hurdle (Div II) —

Poetic Focus form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Tim Kelly Group Handicap Hurdle 22.5f Good 2 .5 4/1F Danny Gilligan 84
12 Jul 26 Sligo Kilcawley Construction Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 20f Good 13 117.25 11/1 Cian Quirke 87
4 Jul 26 Bellewstown Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 20.5f Good 5 12.5 12/1 Josh Younge 88
28 May 26 Limerick Frankie Dunworth Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 22f Soft 7 42 8/1 Philip Donovan 89
8 Nov 25 Gowran Park Pat Carroll's Pub Kilkenny Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 20f Heavy 12 42.75 25/1 Calum Hogan 91
2 Oct 25 Clonmel Glenary Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 23f Yielding F - 10/1 Eoin Staples 92
8 Sep 25 Galway Galway Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 22.5f Good To Yielding 4 8.25 25/1 Sean O'Keeffe 92
8 Aug 25 Wexford Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 24f Good To Yielding PU - 17/2 Eoin Staples 94
5 Jul 25 Bellewstown Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 20.5f Good 5 19.25 66/1 Eoin Staples 95
2 Jun 25 Listowel Nora Canty Mares Maiden Hurdle 16f Good 11 32.5 28/1 Conor Stone-Walsh –
29 Dec 24 Limerick Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 19f Yielding To Soft PU - 100/1 Conor McNamara –
21 Nov 24 Thurles Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle 23f Good 6 13 50/1 Sean Cleary-Farrell –
12 Oct 24 Fairyhouse Adare Manor Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle 20.5f Good 6 10 11/1 Sean Cleary-Farrell –

Last time out

Finished 2 in the Tim Kelly Group Handicap Hurdle at Ballinrobe (IRE) on 10 August 2026. Shared front spot early and clipped opponent at the first - lost top spot from the second - settled just behind the pace at halfway - back in front after two out - hit the front approaching the last - driven along and matched stride for stride inside final furlong - overtaken near the line.

Poetic Focus by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
20.5f 3 0 0%
22.5f 2 0 0%
20f 2 0 0%
23f 2 0 0%
22f 1 0 0%
24f 1 0 0%
16f 1 0 0%
19f 1 0 0%

Poetic Focus by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 7 0 0%
Good To Yielding 2 0 0%
Soft 1 0 0%
Heavy 1 0 0%
Yielding 1 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0%

Poetic Focus by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Bellewstown 2 0 0%
Limerick 2 0 0%
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1 0 0%
Sligo 1 0 0%
Gowran Park 1 0 0%
Clonmel 1 0 0%
Galway 1 0 0%
Wexford 1 0 0%
Listowel 1 0 0%
Thurles 1 0 0%

Poetic Focus breeding

  • Sire Yeats (IRE)
  • Dam Western Focus (IRE)
  • Damsire Westerner (GB)
  • Breeder Patrick Cashman
  • Foaled 20 March 2020

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