Mercian Hymn (GB)
Mercian Hymn won two handicaps in late 2021, both over 1m2f – 1m4f on Standard going at Kempton and Wolverhampton. The gelding, by Siyouni out of an Astronomy Domine mare, won the Class 5 event at Kempton off 69 and the Class 6 at Wolverhampton off 62. He raced seven times on turf without success and finished 11 of 14 at Haydock in Sep 2022 when last seen off an official rating of 73.
- 2–14Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 5 (35.7%)Placed
- −5.88£1 level staken=14 at SP
- 1.03Fair A/E n=14 · 0.90 incl. margin
- 80Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 129 d
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 101
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 106A | 81.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 106A | 89 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 106A | 101 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 80A | 70 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 83A | 83 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 14 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 14 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13% of 8,354 runs since Mar 2014 (978 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 457.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 664 | 79 | 11.9% | −1.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Good | 1,662 | 236 | 14.2% | +1.2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,210 | 139 | 11.5% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,351 | 158 | 11.7% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 457 | 42 | 9.2% | −3.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,996 | 431 | 14.4% | +1.4 | 2 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 414 | 53 | 12.8% | −0.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,229 | 423 | 13.1% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,884 | 375 | 13% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,477 | 196 | 13.3% | +0.3 | 2 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 286 | 33 | 11.5% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 55 | 7 | 12.7% | −0.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −1.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2014 · as at 4 Nov 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 Astronomy's Choice (GB) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Astronomy's Choice (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy's Choice (GB) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 2 |
| Lordofthehorizon (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Will of Iron (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Artemis Star (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Pink Ticket (GB) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.12 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.38 |
| Class 4 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Windsor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | +0.12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Probert | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.12 |
| Charles Bishop | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ray Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| George Rooke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.88 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Sep 22+21d | Haydock | Lee Thomas Christy Handicap | 11/14 | ¾ | 9-8 | 73 | 56C | 69A | Ray Dawson | 7/1 |
| 02 Sep 22+18d | Kempton (AW) | Eventmasters Handicap | 3/9 | 1¼ | 10-1 | 74 | 60A | 79A | Rob Hornby | 85/40F |
| 15 Aug 22+50d | Windsor | Racing League On Sky Sports Racing Handicap | 4/6 | ¾ | 10-0 | 76 | 89A | 78B | David Probert | 5/1 |
| 26 Jun 22+16d | Windsor | Follow Us On Facebook At Vickers.Bet Handicap | 5/7 | ½ | 9-6 | 78 | 101A | 74A | Charles Bishop | 7/2F |
| 10 Jun 22+20d | Goodwood | William Hill Play Responsibly Handicap | 7/8 | ½ | 10-2 | 80 | 77B | 80A | David Probert | 18/1 |
| 21 May 22+26d | Lingfield (AW) | At The Races App Market Movers Handicap (AWT) | 3/6 | nk | 9-9 | 80 | — | 81B | Charles Bishop | 5/2F |
| 25 Apr 22+129d | Windsor | At The Races App Form Study Handicap | 2/8 | nk | 9-3 | 78 | 106A | 84A | David Probert | 13/2 |
| 2021 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 21+22d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap | 1/8 | 9-2 | 69 | 102A | 89A | David Probert | 13/8F | |
| 25 Nov 21+29d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Read Katie Walsh On Betway Insider Handicap | 1/12 | 9-2 | 62 | 106A | 82A | David Probert | 9/2 | |
| 27 Oct 21+20d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Casino Deposit 10 Get 40 Bonus Handicap | 12/13 | ½ | 9-4 | 67 | 70B | 58A | Charles Bishop | 18/1 |
| 07 Oct 21+119d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Follow MansionBet On Twitter Handicap | 9/10 | 1 | 9-7 | 69 | 83A | 67A | David Probert | 33/1 |
| 10 Jun 21+21d | Nottingham | MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing Maiden Stakes | 10/10 | nk | 9-3 | — | 56C | 52C | Callum Shepherd | 7/1 |
| 20 May 21+25d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Example Here On 14th August Novice Stakes | 7/11 | 3½ | 8-13 | — | 80A | 62A | George Rooke | 18/1 |
| 25 Apr 21 | Salisbury | Whitsbury Manor Stud Novice Stakes (Div 2) | 3/10 | 1¼ | 9-3 | — | 83A | 82A | David Probert | 9/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Mercian Hymn won?
- Mercian Hymn (GB) won 2 of 14 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 5 times in total (35.7% of starts).
- Who trained Mercian Hymn?
- Mercian Hymn (GB) was trained by Sir Mark Todd on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 23 September 2022.
- Who is Mercian Hymn's sire?
- Mercian Hymn (GB) is by Siyouni (FR) out of Astronomy Domine (GB), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Mercian Hymn prefer?
- Mercian Hymn (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Mercian Hymn's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 23 September 2022. The highest on record is 80.
- What is Mercian Hymn's sire's record?
- Siyouni (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13% of 8,354 runs since Mar 2014 (978 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 457.
- Who are Mercian Hymn's siblings?
- Out of Astronomy Domine (GB), Mercian Hymn (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Astronomy's Choice (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Astronomy's Choice (GB)). The wins came over 7f. As at Nov 2026.