Melrose Jack (GB)
Melrose Jack is a lightly raced gelding with no wins or places from two starts between Apr 2025 and Dec 2025. By Shirocco out of a Flemensfirth mare whose only winning produce is Barbary Master, he represents a sire whose progeny have won 1020 of 9135 runs since Jan 2008. He finished 13 of 14 in a Class 4 novices hurdle at Wetherby on good ground in Dec 2025, having also run at Hexham on soft. All his racing has been over 1m5f to 2m on turf.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 236dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 63C | 59.5 | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,160 runs since Jan 2008 (920 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 3 | 20% | +8.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 343 | 30 | 8.7% | −2.5 | — |
| Good | 2,727 | 315 | 11.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,807 | 217 | 12% | +0.8 | — |
| Soft | 2,472 | 258 | 10.4% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 1,030 | 123 | 11.9% | +0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 766 | 76 | 9.9% | −1.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 20 | 0 | 0% | −11.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 203 | 15 | 7.4% | −3.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 401 | 34 | 8.5% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,091 | 107 | 9.8% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,696 | 283 | 10.5% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,685 | 315 | 11.7% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,660 | 223 | 13.4% | +2.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 404 | 45 | 11.1% | −0.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Barbary Master (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbary Master (GB) | 18 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Atlantic Adventure (GB) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Nae Bother At A' (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Molly Whuppie (GB) | 15 | 0 | — | — |
| Cheenys Venture (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Dec 25+236d | Wetherby | racingtv.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled off the pace early - urged forward around halfway then dropped away past 4 out - finished well adrift | 13/14 | 5½ | 10-9 | 63C | 91C | Charlie Maggs | 500/1 |
| 14 Apr 25 | Hexham | Download The At The Races App 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat off the pace wide of rivals early - fumbled the fourth-last then lost touch two out - well held at the finish | 9/12 | 1 | 11-2 | 56C | 80C | Charlotte Jones | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Melrose Jack (GB) won?
- Melrose Jack (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trains Melrose Jack (GB)?
- Melrose Jack (GB) is trained by Paula Smith, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 December 2025.
- Who is Melrose Jack (GB)'s sire?
- Melrose Jack (GB) is by Shirocco (GER) out of Daisies Adventure (IRE), whose sire is Flemensfirth.
- What is Melrose Jack (GB)'s sire's record?
- Shirocco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,160 runs since Jan 2008 (920 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
- Who are Melrose Jack (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Daisies Adventure (IRE), Melrose Jack (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Barbary Master (GB) (1). The wins came over 2m. As at Oct 2026.