How many races has Merited (IRE) won?

Merited (IRE) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 4 times in total (19% of starts).

Who trained Merited (IRE)?

Merited (IRE) was trained by Mrs Denise Foster on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 23 October 2019.

Who is Merited (IRE)'s sire?

Merited (IRE) is by Art Connoisseur (IRE) out of Balmy Choice (IRE), whose sire is Balla Cove.

What going does Merited (IRE) prefer?

Merited (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Merited (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 23 October 2019. The highest on record is 79.

What is Merited (IRE)'s sire's record?

Art Connoisseur (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7% of 1,171 runs since Jan 2008 (75 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 3.3% from 212. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.2% from 169.

Who are Merited (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Balmy Choice (IRE), Merited (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Settle For Red (IRE) (8). The wins came over 7f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Has Merited (IRE) produced winners?

As a dam, Merited (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Frank Pickle (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Merited (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Oct 2019) · Last trainer Mrs Denise Foster · Last owner P E I Newell

by Art Connoisseur (IRE) out of Balmy Choice (IRE) (Balla Cove)

21 runs · 10 courses · from May 2018

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 23 Oct 2019 — 2,555 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Oct 2019 · 15th of 17 Won at Ballinrobe Last raced off OR 64

KTB Profile

Merited (IRE) is 1 from 21. Hasn't won since Jun 2019. Last raced off 64, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Merited (IRE) has 1 produce in the archive, 1 winner — most wins Frank Pickle (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Frank Pickle (IRE)	13	1	1m	—

1–21Wins / Runs
4.8%Strike rate
4 (19%)Placed
−16.00£1 level staken=21 at SP
0.94Fair A/E n=21 · 0.76 incl. margin
79Highest OR
26dAvg between runs

Official rating64↓ 15lb off peak

64 64–79

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leopardstown, 11 Jul 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 21 figures · best 102^A · median 86

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	8	93^A	86	—
Soft	7	101^C	84	—
Good to Firm	3	92^A	71	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Heavy	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f	10	102^A	87	—
6f – 7f	5	89^C	86	—
1m2f – 1m4f	5	101^C	86	—
Under 6f	1	—	—	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 60^C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 26 Sep 2019 Official rating 64 at the last run, 23 Oct 2019

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 21 figures · best 97^A · median 69

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	8	91^A	72	—
Soft	7	97^A	61	—
Good to Firm	3	75^A	69	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Heavy	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f	10	97^A	72.5	—
6f – 7f	5	91^A	64	—
1m2f – 1m4f	5	75^A	68	—
Under 6f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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

Art Connoisseur (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7% of 1,171 runs since Jan 2008 (75 horses).

Weakest on good going: 3.3% from 212. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.2% from 169.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	5	0	0%	−7	—
Good to Firm	171	10	5.8%	−1.2	0 from 3
Good	212	7	3.3%	−3.7	0 from 8
Good to Soft	107	10	9.3%	+2.3	0 from 1
Soft	167	16	9.6%	+2.6	1 from 7
Heavy	56	3	5.4%	−1.6	0 from 1
Standard (AW)	453	36	7.9%	+0.9	0 from 1

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	169	19	11.2%	+4.2	0 from 1
6f – 7f	614	47	7.7%	+0.7	0 from 5
1m – 1m1f	217	12	5.5%	−1.5	1 from 10
1m2f – 1m4f	78	4	5.1%	−1.9	0 from 5
1m5f – 2m	59	0	0%	−7	—
2m1f – 2m4f	26	0	0%	−7	—
2m5f – 3m	8	0	0%	−7	—

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

Dam

Balmy Choice (IRE) (Balla Cove)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Settle For Red (IRE) (8 wins).

The wins came over 7f–1m2½f.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Settle For Red (IRE)	64	8	7f–1m2½f	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	8	0	0%	−8.00
Soft	7	1	14%	−2.00
Good to Firm	3	0	0%	−3.00
Standard (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Good to Soft	1	0	0%	−1.00
Heavy	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Gowran Park	5	0	0%	−5.00
Leopardstown	4	0	0%	−4.00
Naas	3	0	0%	−3.00
Cork	2	0	0%	−2.00
Ballinrobe	2	1	50%	+3.00
Navan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Galway	1	0	0%	−1.00
Roscommon	1	0	0%	−1.00
Dundalk (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Tipperary	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m – 1m1f	10	1	10%	−5.00
6f – 7f	5	0	0%	−5.00
1m2f – 1m4f	5	0	0%	−5.00
Under 6f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Conor Hoban	10	0	0%	−10.00
Killian Leonard	3	0	0%	−3.00
Shane Crosse	2	1	50%	+3.00
Leigh Roche	2	0	0%	−2.00
Robbie Colgan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Tom Madden	1	0	0%	−1.00
Wayne Lordan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Shane Foley	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	18	1	6%	−13.00
Cheekpieces	2	0	0%	−2.00
Blinkers	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2019	12	1	8%	−7.00
2018	9	0	0%	−9.00

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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
23 Oct 19+27d	Navan	Arkle Bar Handicap (45-65) 5f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran	15/17	4¾	9-13	64	43^C	37^A	Conor Hoban	33/1
26 Sep 19+22d	Gowran Park	Woodford Dolmen Hotel Bar & Bistro Of The Year Winner Handicap (50-75) 9.5f · Soft · 16 ran	14/16	2	9-7	67	63^C	60^C	Conor Hoban	33/1
04 Sep 19+18d	Gowran Park	Dining Packages At Gowran Park Handicap 9.5f · Yielding · 14 ran	13/14	4¼	9-4	70	84^C	47^C	Robbie Colgan	33/1
17 Aug 19+14d	Cork	Barry's Tea Supporting Marymount Hospice Handicap (50-85) 7f · Good · 17 ran	17/17	3½	8-13	72	86^C	53^C	Tom Madden	33/1
03 Aug 19+12d	Galway	Ardilaun Hotel Handicap (55-75) 7f · Good · 15 ran	12/15	shd	9-7	73	74^C	64^A	Shane Crosse	25/1
22 Jul 19+11d	Ballinrobe	Tote Supporting Irish Racing Since 1930 Handicap 9.5f · Good · 7 ran	6/7	2	8-9	74	86^A	69^A	Conor Hoban	20/1
11 Jul 19+17d	Leopardstown	Stunning Handicap (50-80) 8f · Good To Firm · 8 ran	7/8	shd	9-8	74	92^A	69^A	Conor Hoban	14/1
24 Jun 19+11d	Ballinrobe	BetVictor Apprentice Handicap 9.5f · Yielding To Soft · 7 ran	1/7		9-5	69	92^A	87^A	Shane Crosse	4/1
13 Jun 19+7d	Leopardstown	Fitzers Catering Rated Race 10f · Good · 10 ran	4/10	1¾	9-0	69	93^A	75^A	Conor Hoban	12/1
06 Jun 19+24d	Leopardstown	'Ham Sandwich' Handicap (50-80) 8f · Good · 18 ran	8/18	nk	9-8	71	88^C	76^A	Conor Hoban	33/1
13 May 19+34d	Roscommon	Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Fillies Maiden 12f · Good · 12 ran	8/12	4¾	9-2	74	86^C	54^C	Conor Hoban	40/1
09 Apr 19+144d	Gowran Park	Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 7f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran	12/13	½	8-4	75	89^C	61^A	Conor Hoban	16/1
16 Nov 18+12d	Dundalk (AW)	Dundalk Stadium - Light Up Your Night Handicap 10.5f · Standard · 11 ran	10/11	nk	8-8	78	101^C	62^C	Conor Hoban	33/1
04 Nov 18+14d	Naas	Bet At Toals.com Handicap 10f · Yielding · 16 ran	15/16	9½	9-3	79	34^C	69^C	Conor Hoban	12/1
21 Oct 18+14d	Naas	Matchbook Time To Move Over Handicap 10f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran	8/13	2¼	8-10	79	56^C	68^A	Leigh Roche	12/1
07 Oct 18+15d	Tipperary	TheTote.com Handicap (70-100) 9f · Soft · 16 ran	2/16	3¼	8-8	78	101^C	97^A	Leigh Roche	25/1
22 Sep 18+18d	Gowran Park	Gowran Park Race 8f · Heavy · 9 ran	3/9	3¾	8-12	71	102^A	76^A	Wayne Lordan	50/1
04 Sep 18+75d	Naas	Christmas Party Raceday At Naas Handicap (50-80) 8f · Good · 12 ran	8/12	nk	9-12	75	65^A	79^A	Shane Foley	25/1
21 Jun 18+22d	Leopardstown	Leopardstown Golf Centre Maiden 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran	11/13	3	9-5	—	68^C	49^C	Killian Leonard	14/1
30 May 18+12d	Gowran Park	Gowran Park Fillies Maiden 7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran	5/12	½	9-6	—	71^A	75^A	Killian Leonard	5/2
18 May 18	Cork	Cork Racecourse Fillies Maiden 7f · Good · 16 ran	3/16	½	9-8	—	86^C	91^A	Killian Leonard	50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Merited (IRE) won?: Merited (IRE) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 4 times in total (19% of starts).
Who trained Merited (IRE)?: Merited (IRE) was trained by Mrs Denise Foster on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 23 October 2019.
Who is Merited (IRE)'s sire?: Merited (IRE) is by Art Connoisseur (IRE) out of Balmy Choice (IRE), whose sire is Balla Cove.
What going does Merited (IRE) prefer?: Merited (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Merited (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 23 October 2019. The highest on record is 79.
What is Merited (IRE)'s sire's record?: Art Connoisseur (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7% of 1,171 runs since Jan 2008 (75 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 3.3% from 212. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.2% from 169.
Who are Merited (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Balmy Choice (IRE), Merited (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Settle For Red (IRE) (8). The wins came over 7f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.
Has Merited (IRE) produced winners?: As a dam, Merited (IRE) has 1 produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Frank Pickle (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Progeny in our archive

KTB Speed and Rating

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Record by conditions

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