Originally sourced by Seán Tiernan and Bernard Stoffel,[1] Don Poli made his racecourse debut in March 2013 at Auteuil before transferring to Willie Mullins in Ireland.
Finishing 2nd in his first race for Mullins at Navan, Don Poli would go on to win twice before attending his first Cheltenham Festival in 2014.
[3] He followed this up with an unsuccessful trip to Punchestown, but was a winner on return in December 2015 twice first at Aintree[4] and later in the Grade 1 Lexus Chase at Leopardstown.
[8] In March 2019 it was announced Don Poli would be one of two Gigginstown House Stud horses to be sold at the Goffs Aintree Sale.
After being pulled up at Punchestown, training switched to Nick Pearce [12] and Don Poli went pointing winning two races at Alnwick.