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Horse profile

Merchant House (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2022) · Last trainer Richard Hawker · Last owner Bryan A Hawker
by Fairly Ransom (USA) out of Skyra (IRE) (Scorpion)
7 runs · 6 courses · from Apr 2019
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Sep 2022 — 1,521 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2022 Won at Exeter Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Merchant House won a Class 4 bumper at Exeter in Apr 2019 on good to soft going. The gelding, who raced six times over 2m1f to 2m4f for one win and one place, was last seen in a Class 4 selling hurdle at Newton Abbot in Sep 2022. He last ran off his career-high mark of 74.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 4

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 124 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Aintree, 17 May 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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 124A · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good2124A93.5—
Soft1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4124A103—

Of 7 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 99C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chepstow, 27 Oct 2020 Official rating 74 at the last run, 5 Sep 2022

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 6 figures · best 122A · median 95.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good3111A88—
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5122A99—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 7 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 · 6 figures from 7 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
Fairly Ransom (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 542 runs since Aug 2009 (48 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.8% from 104.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3133.3%+23.5—
Good to Firm1200%−9.80 from 1
Good1171210.3%+0.50 from 4
Good to Soft671014.9%+5.11 from 1
Soft193199.8%00 from 1
Heavy9377.5%−2.3—
Standard (AW)5747%−2.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f400%−9.8—
6f – 7f30516.7%+6.9—
1m – 1m1f33515.2%+5.4—
1m2f – 1m4f4524.4%−5.4—
1m5f – 2m10454.8%−5—
2m1f – 2m4f1922110.9%+1.11 from 6
2m5f – 3m1091311.9%+2.10 from 1
Over 3m2528%−1.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Skyra (IRE) (Scorpion)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ben Cruachan (IRE)20——
Hartnoll Hero (IRE)80——
Punchers Path (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +20.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 1 20% +16.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Worcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 1 100% +20.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 1 17% +15.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
David Noonan 3 0 0% −3.00
Sean Houlihan 2 0 0% −2.00
Millie Wonnacott 2 1 50% +19.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 5 1 20% +16.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 3 0 0% −3.00
2020 2 0 0% −2.00
2019 2 1 50% +19.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 2 1 50% +19.00

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
2022 · 3 runs
05 Sep 22+19d Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Racecourse On Facebook Selling Hurdle Class 4 · 2m2½f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-0 74—— Sean Houlihan 66/1
17 Aug 22+67d Worcester Cazoo Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 2m7f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 4¼ 10-2 74—73C David Noonan 18/1
11 Jun 22+592d Worcester Olarra UK Ltd Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 4 11-4 —63C88C Sean Houlihan 20/1
2020 · 2 runs
27 Oct 20+14d Chepstow JPW Racing Tipster At tipstersempire.co.uk Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 15 ran 11/15 4 11-0 —87C99C David Noonan 150/1
13 Oct 20+515d Hereford Mental Health Matters Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 8/10 16 10-12 ——92C David Noonan 28/1
2019 · 2 runs
17 May 19+31d Aintree Goffs UK Spring Sale P2P Bumper Standard NH Flat Race (Amateur Riders) Class 3 · 2m1f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 9 11-5 —124A111A Millie Wonnacott 5/1
16 Apr 19 Exeter Introducing Racing TV P2P Bumper Maiden NH Flat Race (Amateurs) Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-5 —119A122A Millie Wonnacott 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Merchant House won?
Merchant House (IRE) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2019 and 2022, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Merchant House?
Merchant House (IRE) was trained by Richard Hawker on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 5 September 2022.
Who is Merchant House's sire?
Merchant House (IRE) is by Fairly Ransom (USA) out of Skyra (IRE), whose sire is Scorpion.
What is Merchant House's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 5 September 2022. That is also the highest on record.
What is Merchant House's sire's record?
Fairly Ransom (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 542 runs since Aug 2009 (48 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.8% from 104.
Who are Merchant House's siblings?
Out of Skyra (IRE), Merchant House (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2019. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.