How many races has Meritorious (GB) won?

Meritorious (GB) won 1 of 23 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 3 times in total (13% of starts).

Who trained Meritorious (GB)?

Meritorious (GB) was trained by Thomas Dowling on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 22 November 2024.

Who is Meritorious (GB)'s sire?

Meritorious (GB) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Make Merry (GB), whose sire is Teofilo.

What going does Meritorious (GB) prefer?

Meritorious (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Meritorious (GB)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 22 November 2024. The highest on record is 116.

Horse profile

Meritorious (GB)

6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2024) · Last trainer Thomas Dowling · Last owner John J Lennon

by Make Believe (GB) out of Make Merry (GB) (Teofilo)

23 runs · 14 courses · from Jul 2020

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

No run recorded since 22 Nov 2024 — 698 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Nov 2024 · 11th of 12 Won at Newmarket Last raced off OR 56

KTB Profile

Meritorious won once from 23 starts, the success coming in the Class 4 Christine Saunders Memorial Handicap at Newmarket in May 2021 over 1m2f – 1m4f on soft ground. All wins at Class 4. The gelding, who raced on turf and all-weather, has not won since. He last ran at Dundalk (AW) in Nov 2024, finishing 11 of 12 off an official rating of 56, which was 60lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Nov 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW Win at Class 4 OR ↓ 60lb off peak

1–23Wins / Runs
4.3%Strike rate
3 (13%)Placed
−19.25£1 level staken=23 at SP
0.48Fair A/E n=23 · 0.40 incl. margin
116Highest OR
73dAvg between runs

Official rating56↓ 60lb off peak

56 56–116

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 112 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kilbeggan, 12 Aug 2023

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 18 figures · best 128^C · median 86.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	8	95^B	86.5	—
Soft	5	92^C	77	—
Good	3	128^C	111	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	10	96^A	84.5	—
1m5f – 2m	5	128^C	95	—
1m – 1m1f	2	88^A	84.5	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

Jumps 4 figures · best 112^A · median 78.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	2	112^A	83.5	—
Good	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	2	112^A	95.5	—
1m5f – 2m	2	78^B	66.5	—

Of 23 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 66^C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Down Royal, 28 Jul 2023 Official rating 56 at the last flat run, 22 Nov 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 119^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kilbeggan, 12 Aug 2023 Official rating 116 at the last jumps run, 17 Dec 2023

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 18 figures · best 89^A · median 71

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	8	83^A	71.5	—
Soft	5	89^A	71	—
Good	3	80^A	69	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	10	88^B	71	—
1m5f – 2m	5	83^A	69	—
1m – 1m1f	2	89^A	82	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

Jumps 4 figures · best 119^A · median 105.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	2	119^A	117.5	—
Good	1	—	—	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f	2	119^A	96.5	—
1m5f – 2m	2	116^A	105.5	—

Of 23 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 · 22 figures from 23 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Make Believe (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,598 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	5	1	20%	+8.9	—
Good to Firm	341	43	12.6%	+1.5	0 from 1
Good	872	99	11.4%	+0.3	0 from 4
Good to Soft	435	56	12.9%	+1.8	0 from 2
Soft	694	71	10.2%	−0.9	1 from 8
Heavy	272	25	9.2%	−1.9	—
Standard (AW)	979	104	10.6%	−0.5	0 from 8

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	81	7	8.6%	−2.5	—
6f – 7f	846	95	11.2%	+0.1	0 from 1
1m – 1m1f	1,048	107	10.2%	−0.9	0 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f	786	94	12%	+0.9	1 from 10
1m5f – 2m	534	71	13.3%	+2.2	0 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f	230	22	9.6%	−1.5	0 from 2
2m5f – 3m	63	2	3.2%	−7.9	0 from 1
Over 3m	10	1	10%	−1.1	—

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

Make Merry (GB) (Teofilo)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Standard (AW)	8	0	0%	−8.00
Soft	8	1	13%	−4.25
Good	4	0	0%	−4.00
Good to Soft	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good to Firm	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 4	5	1	20%	−1.25
Class 5	3	0	0%	−3.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Dundalk (AW)	7	0	0%	−7.00
Newmarket	3	1	33%	+0.75
Leopardstown	2	0	0%	−2.00
Thurles	1	0	0%	−1.00
Navan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Kilbeggan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Down Royal	1	0	0%	−1.00
Punchestown	1	0	0%	−1.00
Fairyhouse	1	0	0%	−1.00
Sedgefield	1	0	0%	−1.00
Musselburgh	1	0	0%	−1.00
Nottingham	1	0	0%	−1.00
Leicester	1	0	0%	−1.00
Newcastle (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m2f – 1m4f	10	1	10%	−6.25
1m5f – 2m	7	0	0%	−7.00
2m1f – 2m4f	2	0	0%	−2.00
1m – 1m1f	2	0	0%	−2.00
2m5f – 3m	1	0	0%	−1.00
6f – 7f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Donagh O'Connor	5	0	0%	−5.00
Robert Havlin	4	0	0%	−4.00
James Ryan	2	0	0%	−2.00
Wesley Joyce	1	0	0%	−1.00
Michael O'Sullivan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ben Harvey	1	0	0%	−1.00
Cillian McConnell	1	0	0%	−1.00
Thomas Reilly	1	0	0%	−1.00
Siobhan Rutledge	1	0	0%	−1.00
Joe Doyle	1	0	0%	−1.00
Alan Persse	1	0	0%	−1.00
Sean Bowen	1	0	0%	−1.00
Simon Torrens	1	0	0%	−1.00
Frankie Dettori	1	1	100%	+2.75
Nicky Mackay	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	22	1	5%	−18.25
Cheekpieces	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2024	1	0	0%	−1.00
2023	6	0	0%	−6.00
2022	10	0	0%	−10.00
2021	3	1	33%	+0.75
2020	3	0	0%	−3.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Flat	18	1	6%	−14.25
Hurdle	5	0	0%	−5.00

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
22 Nov 24+341d	Dundalk (AW)	Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-65) 12f · Standard · 12 ran Settled off the pace towards the back - asked for effort approaching the straight but made no headway - found nothing inside final two furlongs	11/12	5½	9-2	56	68^C	43^C	Wesley Joyce	33/1
17 Dec 23+60d	Thurles	Horse & Jockey Hotel Rated Novice Hurdle 23f · Yielding · 10 ran	PU/10	—	11-5	116	—	—	Michael O'Sullivan	80/1
18 Oct 23+67d	Navan	Pimlico Racing Happy Retirement Zoffany Bay Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 14f · Soft · 21 ran	13/21	nk	10-0	62	92^C	65^C	Donagh O'Connor	28/1
12 Aug 23+15d	Kilbeggan	Follow Kilbeggan Races On Facebook Maiden Hurdle 19f · Yielding · 11 ran	5/11	nk	11-9	—	112^A	119^A	Ben Harvey	7/1
28 Jul 23+156d	Down Royal	Tote Apprentice Handicap 13f · Good · 10 ran	6/10	6½	9-4	64	85^C	66^C	Cillian McConnell	17/2
22 Feb 23+49d	Punchestown	Racing TV Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 16 ran	3/16	11	11-5	—	55^B	116^A	Thomas Reilly	100/1
04 Jan 23+49d	Dundalk (AW)	View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 12f · Standard · 14 ran	11/14	1¼	9-11	65	85^B	72^A	Siobhan Rutledge	5/2F
16 Nov 22+12d	Dundalk (AW)	Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) 16f · Standard · 13 ran	4/13	nk	10-2	64	95^B	83^A	Donagh O'Connor	9/1
04 Nov 22+13d	Dundalk (AW)	William Hill Play Responsibly Apprentice Handicap (47-75) 12f · Standard · 14 ran	12/14	nk	9-5	68	81^B	60^A	James Ryan	33/1
22 Oct 22+8d	Leopardstown	Manguard Plus Handicap (50-80) 10f · Soft · 18 ran	12/18	nk	9-8	71	67^C	71^A	Donagh O'Connor	28/1
14 Oct 22+21d	Dundalk (AW)	William Hill Extra Places Every Day Handicap 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran	12/14	nk	8-8	74	94^B	64^A	Joe Doyle	40/1
23 Sep 22+7d	Dundalk (AW)	William Hill Racing Radio Handicap (50-85) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran	13/14	nk	9-13	77	84^B	71^A	Donagh O'Connor	80/1
16 Sep 22+72d	Dundalk (AW)	William Hill Bet Boost Apprentice Handicap (50-80) 12f · Standard · 14 ran	7/14	1	9-12	79	95^B	78^A	James Ryan	28/1
06 Jul 22+34d	Fairyhouse	Fairyhouse Summer BBQ Rated Race 13.5f · Good · 9 ran	7/9	¾	9-9	83	128^C	69^C	Donagh O'Connor	12/1
02 Jun 22+113d	Leopardstown	Leopardstown Apprentice Handicap (50-85) 13f · Good · 14 ran	7/14	shd	9-12	83	111^C	80^A	Alan Persse	50/1
09 Feb 22+39d	Sedgefield	Visit attheraces.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 17f · Good · 11 ran	9/11	13	10-8	—	79^C	74^C	Sean Bowen	9/2
01 Jan 22+224d	Musselburgh	Betway First Foot Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran	4/6	12	10-9	—	78^B	95^B	Simon Torrens	15/2
22 May 21+15d	Newmarket	Christine Saunders Memorial Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Soft · 6 ran	1/6		9-7	80	77^A	88^B	Frankie Dettori	11/4
07 May 21+13d	Nottingham	MansionBet Beaten By A Head Novice Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Soft · 8 ran	4/8	1¼	9-2	81	96^A	76^A	Nicky Mackay	5/1
24 Apr 21+180d	Leicester	Racecourse Live Streams On RacingTV Extra Novice Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 6 ran	3/6	1¼	9-2	81	91^A	71^B	Robert Havlin	3/1
26 Oct 20+23d	Newcastle (AW)	Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football Novice Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran	6/9	¾	9-5	—	88^A	75^A	Robert Havlin	7/4F
03 Oct 20+85d	Newmarket	British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 8f · Soft · 7 ran	2/7	½	9-5	—	81^A	89^A	Robert Havlin	7/1
10 Jul 20	Newmarket	bet365 British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 9 ran	9/9	17	9-0	—	19^C	56^C	Robert Havlin	12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Meritorious (GB) won?: Meritorious (GB) won 1 of 23 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 3 times in total (13% of starts).
Who trained Meritorious (GB)?: Meritorious (GB) was trained by Thomas Dowling on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 22 November 2024.
Who is Meritorious (GB)'s sire?: Meritorious (GB) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Make Merry (GB), whose sire is Teofilo.
What going does Meritorious (GB) prefer?: Meritorious (GB) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Meritorious (GB)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 56, from the run on 22 November 2024. The highest on record is 116.
What is Meritorious (GB)'s sire's record?: Make Believe (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,598 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses), Flat and jumps together.

KTB Speed and Rating

Pedigree intelligence

Record by conditions

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▾Class 8 of 23 runs

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