Gun Merchant (GB)
Gun Merchant won twice from 31 starts on turf between May 2019 and Jun 2024. He took a novices handicap chase at Newcastle over 2m5f – 3m on good ground in Nov 2021 off an official rating of 89 and a bumper at Punchestown over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground in Jun 2019. The gelding, by Kayf Tara out of a Midnight Legend mare, last ran when fifth of 13 in a Class 5 handicap chase at Hexham in Jun 2024 off an official rating of 78. He reached a highest ever mark of 115.
- 2–31Wins / Runs
- 6.5%Strike rate
- 7 (22.6%)Placed
- −24.25£1 level staken=31 at SP
- 0.63Fair A/E n=31 · 0.53 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 61dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 96
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 112B | 87 | — |
| Soft | 6 | 129B | 108 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 108A | 90 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 14 | 129B | 89.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 111B | 84.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 112B | 108 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 31 runs looked at, 10 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (4) · did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 31 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,742 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 529 | 60 | 11.3% | −1.3 | — |
| Good | 4,490 | 524 | 11.7% | −0.9 | 1 from 13 |
| Good to Soft | 3,049 | 359 | 11.8% | −0.8 | 0 from 7 |
| Soft | 3,760 | 493 | 13.1% | +0.5 | 1 from 9 |
| Heavy | 1,708 | 277 | 16.2% | +3.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 193 | 24 | 12.4% | −0.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 163 | 18 | 11% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,975 | 521 | 13.1% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,759 | 593 | 12.5% | −0.1 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3,816 | 479 | 12.6% | 0 | 1 from 19 |
| Over 3m | 1,003 | 126 | 12.6% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 1 | 8% | −10.00 |
| Soft | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.25 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 15 | 1 | 7% | −12.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Hexham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kelso | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Musselburgh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newcastle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Tramore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 19 | 1 | 5% | −16.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Hamilton | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Davy Russell | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Denis O'Regan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kevin Brogan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Danny McMenamin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nathan Moscrop | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Day | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| L P Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms L O'Neill | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Miss Georgie Benson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 2 | 11% | −12.25 |
| Cheekpieces | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.00 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 19 | 1 | 5% | −16.00 |
| Hurdle | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Flat | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
Quick answers
- How many races has Gun Merchant won?
- Gun Merchant (GB) won 2 of 31 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 6.5%. Placed 7 times in total (22.6% of starts).
- Who trained Gun Merchant?
- Gun Merchant (GB) was trained by Alison Hamilton on the most recent run on record, at Hexham on 15 June 2024.
- Who is Gun Merchant's sire?
- Gun Merchant (GB) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Pearly Legend (GB), whose sire is Midnight Legend.
- What going does Gun Merchant prefer?
- Gun Merchant (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Gun Merchant's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 78, from the run on 15 June 2024. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Gun Merchant's sire's record?
- Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,742 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.