SCOTS POET

🐎 Horse Profile: Scots Poet (GB)

Foaled: 8 May 2016
Sex: Gelding
Colour: Bay
Sire: Yeats (IRE)
Dam: Blue Nymph (GB)

Owner: Distillery Racing Club
Trainer: Ewan Whillans

🏇 Racing Overview

Scots Poet is a seasoned National Hunt performer who competes in hurdle and chase races over staying trips, generally from about 1 mile 7 furlongs up to around 2 miles 2 furlongs. Now nine years old, he has amassed a lengthy record in competitive handicap hurdles with multiple wins, demonstrating stamina and battle‑hardened racing experience.

More recently he has also begun contesting steeplechases, showing promising form over fences and producing several solid efforts in novice handicap chases. Scots Poet typically races prominently and stays on well in the latter stages, making him a tough and consistent competitor across a variety of staying National Hunt events.

🧬 Pedigree Notes

By Yeats, Scots Poet carries a pedigree built for stamina and staying ability — essential qualities for success in National Hunt racing. His dam, Blue Nymph, adds further staying influence, reinforcing his aptitude for longer hurdle and chase distances.

This blend of staying bloodlines supports his durability and effectiveness over extended trips in both disciplines.

🏠 In Training

Under the care of Ewan Whillans, Scots Poet is campaigned primarily in staying handicap hurdles and novice handicap chases suited to his strengths. Whillans places him where his experience, stamina, and jumping ability can be competitive, often in challenging fields over courses that demand endurance and sound jumping.

His connections value his consistency and versatile staying qualities, which continue to make him a reliable performer year after year.

🔎 Key Attributes

• Preferred trip: ~1m 7f to 2m 2f

• Ground preference: Effective on a range of going types

• Racing style: Prominent with a staying finish

• Profile: Experienced staying National Hunt hurdler/chaser with multiple wins and a strong record in competitive handicap company