Merlin's Beard (GB)
Merlin's Beard (GB) is 6 from 16. Hasn't won since Aug 2022. Last raced off a career-high mark of 90.
- 6–16Wins / Runs
- 37.5%Strike rate
- 8 (50%)Placed
- +29.04£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 2.74Fair A/E n=16 · 2.40 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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 105
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 114C | 79.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 105A | 85.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 85C | 82 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 117A | 115.5 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 117A | 94.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 114C | 85 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 72A | 65 | — |
Of 16 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 · 15 figures from 16 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 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 107 | 16 | 15% | +3.7 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 3,694 | 452 | 12.2% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 4,842 | 510 | 10.5% | −0.8 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 2,409 | 251 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 2,725 | 254 | 9.3% | −2 | — |
| Heavy | 822 | 69 | 8.4% | −2.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7,278 | 917 | 12.6% | +1.3 | 3 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2,064 | 278 | 13.5% | +2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 10,700 | 1,253 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,994 | 546 | 10.9% | −0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,469 | 236 | 9.6% | −1.7 | 4 from 9 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,089 | 109 | 10% | −1.3 | 2 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 472 | 41 | 8.7% | −2.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | −3.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Chica De La Noche (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Liberation Day (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chica De La Noche (GB) | 38 | 7 | 6f–7f | Class 4 |
| Al Gomry (GB) | 10 | 3 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Mister Snowdon (GB) | 8 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 5 |
| Liberation Day (GB) | 11 | 2 | 6f–7f | Class 3 |
| Upward Spiral (GB) | 4 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Blacke Forest (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Mister Chips (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 3 | 43% | +25.91 |
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.09 |
| Class 6 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.13 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +9.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +17.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.25 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 2 | 67% | +28.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Brighton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 9 | 4 | 44% | +28.13 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 2 | 50% | +3.91 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Rooke | 9 | 5 | 56% | +17.04 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +18.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stevie Donohoe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 15 | 6 | 40% | +30.04 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +24.00 |
| 2021 | 9 | 4 | 44% | +5.04 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Merlin's Beard (GB) won?
- Merlin's Beard (GB) won 6 of 16 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 37.5%. Placed 8 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Merlin's Beard (GB)?
- Merlin's Beard (GB) was trained by Richard Hughes on the most recent run on record, at Windsor on 1 September 2022.
- Who is Merlin's Beard (GB)'s sire?
- Merlin's Beard (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Welsh Cake (GB), whose sire is Fantastic Light.
- What going does Merlin's Beard (GB) prefer?
- Merlin's Beard (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Merlin's Beard (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 1 September 2022. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Merlin's Beard (GB)'s sire's record?
- Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,878 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
- Who are Merlin's Beard (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Welsh Cake (GB), Merlin's Beard (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Chica De La Noche (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Liberation Day (GB)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.