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Horse profile

Merci Mam (FR)

4yo gelding · Trainer Dan Skelton · Owner Mrs Lindy Ohare
by Karaktar (IRE) out of Bonne Maman (FR) (Coastal Path)
1 run · 1 course · from Feb 2026
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 13 Feb 2026 · 3rd of 5
KTB Profile

Merci Mam is a lightly raced gelding who finished 3 of 5 at Chepstow in Feb 2026 on his only start to date in a Class 4 hurdle. He raced prominently on soft ground over 1m5f – 2m. By Karaktar whose progeny have recorded 92 wins from 695 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip of 2m5f – 3m and a 19.1% strike rate there. His dam produced one winner among two runners that have reached the track.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Feb 2026 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 135B the best of the last 1 rated run · Chepstow, 13 Feb 2026

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12.7% of 734 runs since Sep 2021 (147 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 9.5% from 263. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18.6% from 140.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm3133.3%+20.6—
Good881618.2%+5.5—
Good to Soft821720.7%+8—
Soft2943411.6%−1.10 from 1
Heavy263259.5%−3.2—
Standard (AW)400%−12.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f100%−12.7—
1m2f – 1m4f2300%−12.7—
1m5f – 2m1211411.6%−1.10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4325011.6%−1.1—
2m5f – 3m1402618.6%+5.9—
Over 3m17317.6%+4.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2021 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Bonne Maman (FR) (Coastal Path)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Instit (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m5f–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Instit (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Instit (FR)1722m5f–2m5½fListed
La Messe Est Dite (FR)20——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
13 Feb 26 Chepstow Download The Fairplay App EBF Junior 'National Hunt' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 5 ran Handy early - moved into second and stayed with leader from 3 out - a length adrift 2 out - driven but held before last and yielded third close home 3/5 1¾ 11-7 80C135B Harry Skelton 7/4J

Quick answers

How many races has Merci Mam won?
Merci Mam (FR) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
Who trains Merci Mam?
Merci Mam (FR) is trained by Dan Skelton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 February 2026.
Who is Merci Mam's sire?
Merci Mam (FR) is by Karaktar (IRE) out of Bonne Maman (FR), whose sire is Coastal Path.
What is Merci Mam's sire's record?
Karaktar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.7% of 734 runs since Sep 2021 (147 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 9.5% from 263. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18.6% from 140.
Who are Merci Mam's siblings?
Out of Bonne Maman (FR), Merci Mam (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Instit (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Instit (FR)). The wins came over 2m5f–2m5½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2026. 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.