Poetic Flare is a bay colt with a white sock on his right hind leg bred in Ireland by Jim Bolger.

[4] Poetic Flare was ridden in all of his races as a two-year-old by Kevin Manning, the husband of Jim Bolger's daughter Una.

[5] He was off the course for more than six months before being sent to England to contest the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse on 10 October when he started a 25/1 outsider and came home tenth of the fourteen runners behind St Mark's Basilica.

"[7] On his first appearance as a three-year-old, Poetic Flare started at odds of 3/1 for the Listed 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes over seven furlongs on good ground at Leopardstown on 11 April.

The colt was settled by Manning behind the front-running Snapraeterea before going to the front approaching the final furlong and won by one and a half lengths from the Jessica Harrington-trained Ace Aussie.

Poetic Flare started well and raced just behind the leaders as the outsider Naval Crown set the pace, before moving up to gain the advantage approaching the final furlong.

[12] On 16 May Poetic Flare was sent to France for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (the French equivalent of the 2000 Guineas) over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse and started favourite but after appearing to be outpaced in the closing stages he came home sixth behind his compatriot St Mark's Basilica, beaten just over two lengths by the winner.

Six days later he ran in the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh when he failed by a short head to reel in his front-running stablemate Mac Swiney.

Poetic Flare drew right away from his opponents in the closing stages and won in "impressive" style by four and a quarter lengths from Lucky Vega.

In October 2021 Jim Bolger announced that Poetic Flare was retired from racing and would commence his breeding career at the Shadai Stallion Station in Hokkaido, Japan.