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Horse profile

Magic Merlin (FR)

4yo colt (at last run, Jun 2024) · Last trainer Lubos Urbanek · Last owner Lokotrans
by Ulysses (IRE) out of Marina Ellen (USA) (Giant's Causeway)
2 runs · 2 courses · from May 2024
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Jun 2024 — 845 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2024 · 6th of 6
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between May 2024 and Jun 2024, the last of them as a 4yo colt. Finished 6 of 6 at Saint-Cloud (FR) last time. By Ulysses (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 2,958 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Sep 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

No KTB Rating figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 2,958 runs since Jan 2008 (293 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm800%−10.5—
Good to Firm4965711.5%+1—
Good7477810.4%−0.1—
Good to Soft258259.7%−0.8—
Soft3043511.5%+10 from 2
Heavy88910.2%−0.3—
Standard (AW)1,05710810.2%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2229.1%−1.4—
6f – 7f531458.5%−2—
1m – 1m1f8278810.6%+0.1—
1m2f – 1m4f1,04912812.2%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m429378.6%−1.90 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f861214%+3.5—
2m5f – 3m1100%−10.5—
Over 3m300%−10.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Marina Ellen (USA) (Giant's Causeway)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Reech Band (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 7f–1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Reech Band (GB)617f—
Associate (GB)811m—
Bougell (GB)40——
Contributor (FR)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
21 Jun 24+26d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix la Moskowa () (4yo+) (Turf) 15f · Very Soft · 6 ran 6/6 1 9-0 Vaclav Janacek 10/1
26 May 24 Longchamp (FR) Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (4yo+) (Grande Course) (Turf) 15.5f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 hd 9-0 Theo Bachelot 26/1

Quick answers

How many races has Magic Merlin (FR) won?
Magic Merlin (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2024.
Who trained Magic Merlin (FR)?
Magic Merlin (FR) was trained by Lubos Urbanek on the most recent run on record, at Saint-Cloud (FR) on 21 June 2024.
Who is Magic Merlin (FR)'s sire?
Magic Merlin (FR) is by Ulysses (IRE) out of Marina Ellen (USA), whose sire is Giant's Causeway.
What is Magic Merlin (FR)'s sire's record?
Ulysses (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 2,958 runs since Jan 2008 (293 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Magic Merlin (FR)'s siblings?
Out of Marina Ellen (USA), Magic Merlin (FR) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Reech Band (GB) (1). The wins came over 7f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.