Scots Poet (GB)
Owner: Distillery Racing Club Trainer: Ewan Whillans Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Yeats / Blue Nymph (Selkirk)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | |||
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Oct 2025 | Sedgefield | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 77y | 4 | Obsessedwithyou | 10st 7lbs | 3 of 3 | Craig Nichol | 6/1 |
| in rear, hit 6th, lost touch 4 out, plugged on | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2025 | Hexham | Good | 1m 7f 133y | 4 | Glory And Honour | 10st 12lbs | Fell of 4 | C O'Farrell | 10/3 |
| in touch, still going okay when fell 2 out | |||||||||
| 14 Jun 2025 | Hexham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 133y | 5 | Conquer The Breeze | 12st | 5 of 8 | Sean Quinlan | 5/1 |
| held up in rear, bad mistake 9th, ridden and no impression before last | |||||||||
| 10 May 2025 | Hexham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 133y | 4 | Willie Shake Hands | 10st 5lbs | 2 of 6 | C O'Farrell | 5/2 |
| in rear, headway 3 out, chased winner last, ridden after last, kept on | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2025 | Hexham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 133y | 4 | Diamond Mix | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 9 | C O'Farrell | 11/2 |
| held up in rear, headway out wide chasing leaders before 3 out, went modest 3rd out wide approaching last, ridden and stayed on same pace run-in, no chance with leading duo, just held on for 3rd | |||||||||
| 21 Mar 2025 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 1f 87y | 2 | Kingston James | 11st 2lbs | 6 of 12 | Craig Nichol | 6/1 |
| mid-division, took keen hold, headway 4 out, no impression 2 out | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2025 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 88y | 4 | Imperial Jade | 11st 8lbs | 6 of 8 | Craig Nichol | 12/1 |
| held up towards rear, closed going strongly before not much room normal 3 out, no impression before omitted last | |||||||||
| 01 Feb 2025 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft | 1m 7f 124y | 4 | Bashful | 11st 8lbs | 10 of 15 | Craig Nichol | 9/2 |
| mid-division, driven before 3 out, weakened 2 out | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2025 | Musselburgh | Soft | 1m 7f 124y | 3 | Slugger | 10st 11lbs | 3 of 6 | Craig Nichol | 15/2 |
| in touch on inner, asked for effort 3 out, went 3rd last, stayed on, not quite pace to challenge | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 2024 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 128y | 4 | Gentleman Bill | 11st 13lbs | 7 of 8 | Craig Nichol | 20/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along 3 out, kept on to dispute 4th 2 out, no impression and one pace on flat | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2024 | Perth | Good | 2m 47y | 2 | Here Comes Georgie | 11st 3lbs | 10 of 12 | B S Hughes | 17/2 |
| rear mid-division, hit 2nd, not fluent 3 out, never showed | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 7f 168y | 4 | Enthused | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 10 | Craig Nichol | 10/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along 3 out, kept on same pace, never threatened | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2024 | Cartmel | Good | 2m 1f 46y | 2 | Fiveonefive | 10st 12lbs | 11 of 12 | Craig Nichol | 12/1 |
| in rear, headway 2 out, ridden in 5th after last, weakened quickly flat | |||||||||
| 16 May 2024 | Perth | Good to Soft | 2m 47y | 3 | Mack The Man | 11st 3lbs | 4 of 9 | Craig Nichol | 11/2 |
| mid-division, headway home turn, led before 2 out, ridden and headed before last, faded run-in | |||||||||
| 26 Apr 2024 | Perth | Soft | 2m 47y | 4 | Scots Poet | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 11 | Craig Nichol | 12/1 |
| towards rear, headway from 3 out, chased leaders 2 out, still a lot to last, ran on strongly run-in, all out when led final strides | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2024 | Musselburgh | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 1f 87y | 2 | Mack The Man | 11st 10lbs | 11 of 13 | Craig Nichol | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, not fluent 1st, ridden 3 out, lost place 2 out | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2024 | Musselburgh | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 124y | 3 | Scots Poet | 10st 7lbs | 1 of 11 | Craig Nichol | 16/1 |
| mid-division on inside, going well 3 out, ridden to lead 2 out, clear last, stayed on well flat | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2023 | Musselburgh | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 124y | 4 | Cuban Cigar | 11st 5lbs | Fell of 9 | Craig Nichol | 9/2 |
| mid-division, made mistake 3 out, soon driven along, making headway under pressure when falling between final two flights | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2023 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 7f 124y | 3 | Matchless | 10st 6lbs | 2 of 9 | Craig Nichol | 5/1 |
| raced keenly, held up in last pair, good headway on inside tracking leaders before 2 out, went 2nd after 2 out, ridden and every chance run-in, found no extra final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2023 | Kelso | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 51y | 4 | Bois Guillbert | 10st 13lbs | 4 of 8 | Craig Nichol | 11/2 |
| in rear, in touch, hit 2nd, pushed along into 4th approaching last, not fluent final flight and weakened flat | |||||||||
| 18 May 2023 | Perth | Good | 2m 47y | 3 | Calico | 10st 12lbs | 2 of 8 | C O'Farrell | 9/4 |
| held up in rear, progress 3 out, ridden and short of room approaching last, narrowly denied | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2023 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m | 3 | Afadil | 10st 4lbs | 4 of 15 | Craig Nichol | 9/1 |
| held up in rear, headway when not fluent 3 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on, went 4th close home | |||||||||
| 24 Mar 2023 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft | 2m 1f 87y | 2 | Cuban Cigar | 10st 11lbs | 3 of 15 | Craig Nichol | 5/1 |
| close up, led 3 out, bad mistake 2 out, blundered and headed next, no extra | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2023 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 7f 124y | 4 | Scots Poet | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 13 | Craig Nichol | 17/2 |
| held up in mid-division, steady headway before 3 out, went 2nd going well before 2 out where hit, led last, ridden and stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Jan 2023 | Musselburgh | Soft | 1m 7f 124y | 5 | Russian Virtue | 11st 12lbs | of 13 | Craig Nichol | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2022 | Musselburgh | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 124y | 4 | Al Zaraqaan | 10st 6lbs | 3 of 6 | Craig Nichol | 6/1 |
| raced keenly, tracked leader until before 4th, chased leaders, outpaced before 2 out, kept on again run-in, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2022 | Kelso | Good to Soft | 2m 51y | 4 | Lock Down Luke | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 9 | Craig Nichol | 5/1 |
| in rear, headway into 3rd 3 out, pushed along and not fluent 2 out, soon ridden and weakened quickly before last | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2022 | Kelso | Good | 2m 51y | 4 | Well Educated | 10st 11lbs | 6 of 8 | Craig Nichol | 16/1 |
| held up in last pair, steady headway chasing leaders after 3 out, weakened last | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2022 | Aintree | Good | 2m 103y | 3 | Hurricane Ali | 10st 11lbs | 4 of 6 | Craig Nichol | 9/1 |
| held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, 4th and outpaced before last, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 10 May 2022 | Sedgefield | Good | 2m 178y | 4 | Scots Poet | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 8 | Craig Nichol | 18/1 |
| keen close up, led approaching last, ridden out | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2021 | Kelso | Soft | 2m 51y | 4 | Soft Risk | 10st 12lbs | 2 of 11 | Callum Bewley | 22/1 |
| mid-division, closed up to track leaders after 3 out, ridden and left behind by leader after 2 out, kept on but no match for easy winner | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2021 | Newcastle | Good to Soft | 2m 46y | 4 | Donny Boy | 11st 4lbs | 7 of 12 | Callum Bewley | 80/1 |
| in touch, headway 4th, ridden 3 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2021 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Soft Risk | 10st 12lbs | 8 of 12 | Callum Bewley | 40/1 |
| held up well in rear, not always fluent, headway before 3 out, no impression 2 out, mistake last, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2021 | Stratford | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 70y | 5 | Scots Poet | 11st | 1 of 14 | Callum Bewley | 50/1 |
| held up off the pace in last pair, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, switched right and strong run between horses inside final furlong, led final 110 yards, quickened clear | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2021 | Perth | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 47y | 4 | Lily Du Berlais | 11st | 8 of 9 | Danny McMenamin | 25/1 |
| held up rear of mid-division on outside, pulled hard, closed 11f out, led 9f out and hanging left, ran very wide and headed over 3f out, soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 04 May 2021 | Ayr | Soft | 2m | 5 | Largy Train | 11st | 6 of 9 | Danny McMenamin | 40/1 |
| in rear, steady headway end of back straight, midfield turning for home, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2021 | Hexham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 48y | 5 | Dazzling Glory | 11st 4lbs | 8 of 10 | Danny McMenamin | 12/1 |
| raced keenly in midfield, headway to challenge when hung right off the bend over 3f out, continued to hang right 2f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||