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Mercer's Troop (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2020) · Last trainer Alistair Whillans · Last owner On The Road Again 2
by Canford Cliffs (IRE) out of Meek Appeal (USA) (Woodman)
20 runs · 19 courses · from Jan 2018
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Jan 2020 — 2,489 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2020 2 wins · Uttoxeter & Kempton (AW) Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 97
KTB Profile

Mercer's Troop (IRE) is 2 from 20, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Feb 2019.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5
Official rating97↓ 5lb off peak
97 63–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 131 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Uttoxeter, 25 Feb 2019

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 →

Flat 10 figures · best 102A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)5102A95—
Good288C76.5—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f6102A78—
1m5f – 2m495A78.5—
Jumps 8 figures · best 131B · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good4131B78—
Good to Soft272C65—
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7131B83—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 20 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 62A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hamilton, 19 Jul 2019 Official rating 63 at the last flat run, 14 Dec 2019

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 99A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell, 9 Apr 2019 Official rating 97 at the last jumps run, 3 Jan 2020

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 10 figures · best 77B · median 62
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)577B76—
Good262C55—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f677B69—
1m5f – 2m467A60.5—
Jumps 9 figures · best 117A · median 88
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good5117A88—
Good to Soft281C80.5—
Good to Firm1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7117A86—
2m1f – 2m4f299A93.5—

Of 20 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 20 runs · as at 4 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

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 5,091 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 263.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1715.9%−3.9—
Good to Firm620558.9%−0.90 from 2
Good1,15213411.6%+1.81 from 7
Good to Soft605518.4%−1.40 from 4
Soft759678.8%−10 from 2
Heavy263186.8%−3—
Standard (AW)1,67417010.2%+0.41 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f406409.9%+0.1—
6f – 7f1,52916210.6%+0.8—
1m – 1m1f1,078938.6%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f909808.8%−11 from 6
1m5f – 2m6977811.2%+1.41 from 12
2m1f – 2m4f367359.5%−0.30 from 2
2m5f – 3m9688.3%−1.5—
Over 3m9111.1%+1.3—

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

Dam
Meek Appeal (USA) (Woodman)

7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Spinners Ball (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Spinners Ball (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Spinners Ball (IRE)1331m3f–1m4fClass 4
Triumphant (IRE)2221m–2m—
In Bloom (IRE)1412m—
Ferdinand Magellan (IRE)311m2f—
Born To Star (IRE)40——
Angel's Gift (IRE)120——
From A Distance (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 1 14% −2.00
Standard (AW) 5 1 20% +16.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 9 2 22% +17.00
Class 4 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Uttoxeter 2 1 50% +3.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100% +20.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 12 1 8% −7.00
1m2f – 1m4f 6 1 17% +15.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Harry Skelton 5 1 20% +0.00
Edward Greatrex 3 1 33% +18.00
Bridget Andrews 2 0 0% −2.00
Oisin Murphy 2 0 0% −2.00
Callum Bewley 1 0 0% −1.00
Ben Sanderson 1 0 0% −1.00
Brendan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Rachel Richardson 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Mulrennan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
William Marshall 1 0 0% −1.00
Daniel Tudhope 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 16 2 13% +10.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 1 0 0% −1.00
2019 9 1 11% −4.00
2018 10 1 10% +11.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 1 10% −5.00
Flat 10 1 10% +11.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2020 · 1 run
03 Jan 20+20d Musselburgh Betway Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-11 97—— Callum Bewley 18/1
2019 · 9 runs
14 Dec 19+49d Newcastle (AW) Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap Class 6 · 16.5f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 8 9-7 6369C54C Ben Sanderson 50/1
26 Oct 19+82d Kelso William Hill Leading Racecourse Bookmaker Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 11/14 1¼ 11-2 10072C81C Brendan Powell 50/1
05 Aug 19+17d Carlisle Tracy Gannon Inspirational Lady Glo & Go Handicap (Pro-Am Lady Riders) Class 5 · 11f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 14/16 3¼ 10-4 6774C56C Rachel Richardson 33/1
19 Jul 19+20d Hamilton Clyde Scaffolding Ltd, Premier Scaffolding Services Handicap Class 5 · 11f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 5 10-0 7057A62A Paul Mulrennan 50/1
29 Jun 19+51d York Visit sunracing.co.uk For Top Bookmaker Offers Handicap Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 13/13 33 9-1 7359C59C Tom Queally 33/1
09 May 19+30d Wincanton philsmallmarquees.co.uk Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4/6 1 10-6 9785A86B William Marshall 6/1
09 Apr 19+43d Southwell Toalsbet World Lotteries Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 1¾ 11-0 102—99A Harry Skelton 11/4F
25 Feb 19+44d Uttoxeter Abode Estate Agents Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 11-4 97131B117A Harry Skelton 4/1
12 Jan 19+26d Warwick Trial Racing TV For Free Now Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 3½ 10-4 10083A68A Harry Skelton 9/4F
2018 · 10 runs
17 Dec 18+60d Plumpton Bluebell Vineyard Estates Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 10 ran 2/10 5 11-0 10092A112A Harry Skelton 8/1
18 Oct 18+19d Uttoxeter Moorland Racing Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7/9 3 10-12 —58B80A Harry Skelton 22/1
29 Sep 18+20d Market Rasen Just Jane Juvenile Hurdle Class 2 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 hd 10-12 —66C88C Bridget Andrews 50/1
09 Sep 18+34d Fontwell Happy 60th Birthday Geoff Yates Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 14 ran 11/14 7 10-12 —73C88C Bridget Andrews 20/1
06 Aug 18+46d Ripon Roa/racing Post Owners' Jackpot Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good · 6 ran 6/6 26 9-7 7765C48C Daniel Tudhope 5/1
21 Jun 18+14d Chelmsford City (AW) Bond Street Chelmsford Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 1¾ 9-3 7995A67A Edward Greatrex 16/1
07 Jun 18+38d Sandown smarkets.com Young Stayers Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Good · 10 ran 10/10 5 9-6 8188C62C Oisin Murphy 25/1
30 Apr 18+38d Southwell (AW) Mintbet.com Free Bets For Life Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 5 · 11f · Standard · 7 ran 4/7 nk 9-2 —102A76A Edward Greatrex 5/1
23 Mar 18+55d Lingfield (AW) 32Red.com Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 6 ran 3/6 1 9-9 —102A77B Oisin Murphy 4/1
27 Jan 18 Kempton (AW) 32Red On The App Store Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-5 —82A77A Edward Greatrex 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Mercer's Troop won?
Mercer's Troop (IRE) won 2 of 20 archived starts between 2018 and 2020, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 3 times in total (15% of starts).
Who trained Mercer's Troop?
Mercer's Troop (IRE) was trained by Alistair Whillans on the most recent run on record, at Musselburgh on 3 January 2020.
Who is Mercer's Troop's sire?
Mercer's Troop (IRE) is by Canford Cliffs (IRE) out of Meek Appeal (USA), whose sire is Woodman.
What going does Mercer's Troop prefer?
Mercer's Troop (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Mercer's Troop's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 97, from the run on 3 January 2020. The highest on record is 102.
What is Mercer's Troop's sire's record?
Canford Cliffs (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 5,091 runs since Jan 2008 (314 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.8% from 263.
Who are Mercer's Troop's siblings?
Out of Meek Appeal (USA), Mercer's Troop (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Spinners Ball (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Spinners Ball (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 2018. 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.