Merchant (IRE)
Merchant (IRE) won four of seven starts including the Group 3 HKJC World Pool Gordon Stakes at Goodwood in Jul 2025. All four wins came on a first visit to the course, three of them over 1m2f – 1m4f on turf. The colt won the King George V Stakes handicap at Ascot the previous month off an official rating of 90 and the Sky Bet Handicap at York off 82. He won last time out in Jul 2025.
- 4–7Wins / Runs
- 57.1%Strike rate
- 5 (71.4%)Placed
- +4.61£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 2.05Fair A/E n=7 · 1.73 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 45dAvg 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 103
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 95A | 91 | — |
| Good | 2 | 103A | 87.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 84A | 81.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 103A | 93 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 84A | 81.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 from 6 analysed runs since Nov 2024
- Held up 4 (67%) · 2 wins
- Mid-division 2 (33%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 10,072 runs since Jan 2008 (907 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 41 | 4 | 9.8% | −2.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,510 | 218 | 14.4% | +1.9 | 2 from 3 |
| Good | 2,624 | 342 | 13% | +0.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,130 | 138 | 12.2% | −0.3 | — |
| Soft | 1,627 | 186 | 11.4% | −1.1 | — |
| Heavy | 528 | 55 | 10.4% | −2.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,609 | 312 | 12% | −0.5 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 40 | 6 | 15% | +2.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,294 | 154 | 11.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,106 | 263 | 12.5% | 0 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,760 | 512 | 13.6% | +1.1 | 3 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,976 | 257 | 13% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 625 | 44 | 7% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 229 | 18 | 7.9% | −4.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −5.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Glor Tire (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m1½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glor Tire (IRE) | 15 | 4 | 1m–1m1½f | — |
| Slaney View (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.50 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.20 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.20 |
| Ascot | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| York | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 3 | 75% | +5.70 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.09 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Marquand | 4 | 3 | 75% | +5.70 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 75% | +5.70 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 25+42d | Goodwood | HKJC World Pool Gordon Stakes (Group 3) Settled towards back early - moved across towards the far rail approaching 3f out - made progress over 2f out - darted right to take second - kept on strongly inside final furlong - got up to win near the line | 1/7 | 9-3 | 103 | 103A | 108A | Tom Marquand | 6/5F | |
| 19 Jun 25+35d | Ascot | King George V Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Settled towards the back of the pack - eased across to the left approaching 2f out - began to close in with a furlong left - burst clear inside the final furlong and stayed on strongly to win | 1/19 | 9-4 | 90 | 91C | 103A | Tom Marquand | 3/1F | |
| 15 May 25+11d | York | Sky Bet Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Drifted right and covered extra ground early - moved up to second after a furlong - hit the front with 2f remaining - opened daylight inside the last and powered home | 1/8 | 8-12 | 82 | 95A | 95A | Tom Marquand | 5/2F | |
| 04 May 25+128d | Newmarket | Nyetimber Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled at the back - roused approaching 3f out and made progress from 2f out - moved into third over 1f out - up with the front two final furlong but unable to match their speed late on | 3/7 | ¾ | 9-7 | 82 | 87A | 93A | Tom Marquand | 11/10F |
| 27 Dec 24+24d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Held a midfield position early - moved into contention on the inner approaching the home bend - kept going close home on the rail - got up to win right on the line | 1/10 | 9-7 | — | 79A | 87A | Cieren Fallon | 10/11F | |
| 03 Dec 24+32d | Newcastle (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled midfield - urged forward with over 2f left - up into 4th with 1f to run - finished full of running to go down by a whisker | 2/10 | shd | 9-7 | — | 84A | 91A | Jason Hart | 3/1 |
| 01 Nov 24 | Newmarket | Cologne's German 2000 Guineas British EBF Novice Stakes Bumped start - settled towards back - toiling past halfway - found renewed effort approaching 2f out but quickly stopped progressing - dropped away in closing stages | 7/15 | ¾ | 9-2 | — | 72C | 74A | Richard Kingscote | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Merchant (IRE) won?
- Merchant (IRE) won 4 of 7 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 57.1%. Placed 5 times in total (71.4% of starts).
- Who trained Merchant (IRE)?
- Merchant (IRE) was trained by William Haggas on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 31 July 2025.
- Who is Merchant (IRE)'s sire?
- Merchant (IRE) is by Teofilo (IRE) out of Ceistiu (IRE), whose sire is Vocalised.
- What going does Merchant (IRE) prefer?
- Merchant (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Merchant (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 31 July 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Merchant (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Teofilo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 10,072 runs since Jan 2008 (907 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
- Who are Merchant (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Ceistiu (IRE), Merchant (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Glor Tire (IRE) (4). The wins came over 1m–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.