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Poke The Bear: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Poke The Bear is a 4-year-old gelding by Eqtidaar, trained by Hayley Burton. He has won 3 of 23 starts and placed in 2 more, for £16,952 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 1 win from 7 is a 14% strike rate against 13% at every other distance. He was last seen finishing fifth at Newmarket on 26 June 2026, and has no declared entry. His best performance rating is 64, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 23
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 5
  • Strike rate 13%
  • Prize money £16,952
  • Best rating 64
  • Official rating 56

Poke The Bear form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
26 Jun 26 Newmarket Air Charter Service Handicap Class 5 1m Good To Firm 5 18.75 22/1 Travis Ford 56
2 Jun 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Race And Rest At The Holiday Inn Handicap Class 6 1m 1.5f Standard 4 2 22/1 Tyler Heard 57
20 May 26 Yarmouth Download The At The Races App Handicap Class 6 1m Good 7 8.5 28/1 Silvestre De Sousa 59
30 Apr 26 Lingfield (AW) Newsteam Group Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 10 12 10/1 Tyler Heard 61
27 Mar 26 Lingfield (AW) Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 6 7 15/2 Tyler Heard 62
28 Feb 26 Lingfield (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 7f Standard 5 6.75 11/2 Tyler Heard 63
21 Feb 26 Lingfield (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 2 1 5/1 Tyler Heard 62
6 Feb 26 Wolverhampton (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Class 6 7f Standard 7 6.25 11/2 Tyler Heard 55
29 Jan 26 Lingfield (AW) Win 250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 1 — 5/4F Tyler Heard 51
24 Jan 26 Lingfield (AW) BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 7f Standard 1 — 9/1 Tyler Heard 51
6 Jan 26 Southwell (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 1m Standard 6 16 5/1 Luke Morris 51
17 Dec 25 Lingfield (AW) Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 3 1.25 6/1 Tyler Heard 45
8 Dec 25 Lingfield (AW) Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 1m Standard 1 — 22/1 Tyler Heard 45
31 Oct 25 Southwell (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 1m Standard 4 6.5 20/1 Jason Hart 45
23 Oct 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Safer Gambling Tools Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 9 22.75 33/1 Frederick Larson 45
16 Oct 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Safer Gambling Tools Handicap Class 6 1m Standard 4 3 80/1 Tyler Heard 45
18 Sep 25 Kempton (AW) Bet At racingtv.com Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 1m Standard To Slow 11 20 16/1 Aidan Keeley 46
15 Oct 24 Yarmouth Download The Raceday Ready App Nursery Class 6 7f Soft 6 7.5 12/1 Jonny Peate 50
28 Sep 24 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Safer Gambling Tools Nursery Class 6 7f Standard 10 6 22/1 Jonny Peate 52
16 Sep 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet Zero% Mission Nursery Class 6 7f Standard To Slow 6 6.25 18/1 Frederick Larson 53
6 Sep 24 Kempton (AW) Racing TV/EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 1m Standard To Slow 7 13.75 250/1 Frederick Larson –
20 Aug 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 1m Standard To Slow 5 19.5 125/1 Kieran Shoemark –
6 Aug 24 Chelmsford City (AW) IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 7f Standard 9 16.5 33/1 Jonny Peate –

Last time out

Finished 5 in the Air Charter Service Handicap at Newmarket on 26 June 2026. Held up in the front rank - pressed for effort with 2f left - unable to find more from the final furlong - finished 5th.

Poke The Bear by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
8f 15 2 13% —
7f 7 1 14% —
9.5f 1 0 0% —

Poke The Bear by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Standard 16 3 19% —
Standard To Slow 4 0 0% —
Good To Firm 1 0 0% —
Good 1 0 0% —
Soft 1 0 0% —

Poke The Bear by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Lingfield (AW) 8 3 38% —
Chelmsford City (AW) 4 0 0% —
Kempton (AW) 4 0 0% —
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 0 0% —
Yarmouth 2 0 0% —
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% —
Newmarket 1 0 0% —

Poke The Bear breeding

  • Sire Eqtidaar (IRE)
  • Dam Anaakeed (GB)
  • Damsire Dubawi (IRE)
  • Breeder Oristown Stud
  • Foaled 25 April 2022

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