Fighting Poet (2018) Horse

Foal Date

14-May-18

Colour

bay

Sire

The Gurkha

Prize Money

37761

Owners

The Adlestrop Club

About

Fighting Poet is an 8yo b racehorse trained by R T Phillips. It is by The Gurkha out of Inkling and has won 3 races so far. On 19 Aug 2025 at Brighton, Fighting Poet secured its most important victory, claiming the $6492.00 Cl6 Hcp.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Brighton 23-Jun-26 2394m GOOD R3 CL6 (of $6,492) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:33.650, SP: 23.00 1st Gearing'S Point ( G Bass 135 ) 2nd Highland Harvey ( W Carson 135 , Cd 130 ) 2.25L 3rd Foinix ( D E Hogan 135 ) 5.75L 6th Fighting Poet ( S D Bowen 135 ) 22.25L See full resultsS D Bowen 61.2kg 22.25L6 (8)
Brighton 10-Jun-26 2000m GOOD R4 CL6 Hcp (of $6,492) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:05.520, SP: 17.00 1st Bohemian Breeze ( T P Queally 135 ) 2nd Night Bear ( S D Sousa 134 ) 0.30L 3rd Power Of Prayer ( J Callan 133 ) 2.50L 13th Fighting Poet ( S D Bowen 130 ) 14.70L See full resultsS D Bowen 59kg 14.70L13 (14)
Windsor 07-May-26 2012m GOOD R5 CL6 Hcp $405 (of $6,492) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:09.460, SP: 34.00 1st Bizou ( R Hornby 135 ) 2nd Happy Chandler ( L Catton 129 ) 1.50L 3rd Beta Reader ( W Carson 134 ) 2.50L 4th Fighting Poet ( C Hutchinson 126 ) 4.75L See full resultsC Hutchinson 57.2kg 4.75L4 (8)
Lingfield 27-Oct-25 2010m SYNTHETIC R4 CL6 Hcp (of $5,902) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:07.700, SP: 51.00 1st Sir Laurence Graff ( J Haynes 131 ) 2nd Latin ( P Bradley 133 ) 1.25L 3rd Thundering Breeze ( A Lewis 129 ) 0.50L 9th Fighting Poet ( S D Bowen 133 ) 4.90L See full resultsS D Bowen 60.3kg 4.90L9 (12)
Brighton 16-Oct-25 2000m GOOD R5 CL6 Hcp (of $6,492) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:00.740, SP: 17.00 1st Mc'ted ( A Bond 130 ) 2nd Birthday Angel ( R Clutterbuck 132 ) 4.50L 3rd Mrembo ( O Tubb 134 ) 2.00L 9th Fighting Poet ( S D Bowen 128 ) 9.05L See full resultsS D Bowen 58.1kg 9.05L9 (13)