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Horse profile

Merrijig (GB)

8yo gelding · Trainer John Berry · Owner The Beverley House Stables Partnership
by Schiaparelli (GER) out of Near Wild Heaven (GB) (Robin Des Champs)
35 runs · 21 courses · from Jul 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 5 courses Last run 8 Oct 2026 · 8th of 12 Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

Typically ridden with patience — held up in 10 of 18 analysed runs — Merrijig (GB) is 5 from 35. Last raced off 60, 16lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 35 archived runs · run-style from 18 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up OR ↓ 16lb off peak
Official rating60↓ 16lb off peak
60 60–76

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 133 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ffos Las, 30 Jun 2026

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 31 figures · best 133B · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good13133B905 runs · 133 / 90
Good to Firm8122B881 run · —
Standard (AW)496B872 runs · 96 / 81
Soft4117A96.5—
Good to Soft294C79.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m21133B894 runs · 133 / 88
2m1f – 2m4f7122B1124 runs · 117 / 98
1m2f – 1m4f384A68—
Jumps 3 figures · best 120C · median 111
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good2120C97—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2120C97—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 35 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 · 34 figures from 35 runs · as at 16 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 66C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bath, 8 Oct 2026 Official rating 60 at the last flat run, 8 Oct 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 119A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 8 Oct 2022

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 →

Flat 31 figures · best 88A · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good1382A695 runs · 82 / 66
Good to Firm876A68.51 run · —
Standard (AW)481A732 runs · 81 / 75.5
Soft488A70—
Good to Soft275B73.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2188A704 runs · 82 / 75.5
2m1f – 2m4f777A724 runs · 75 / 69
1m2f – 1m4f377A67—
Jumps 4 figures · best 119A · median 111.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Good to Soft2119A114.5—
Good2113B109.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m2119A114.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2113B109.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 35 figures from 35 runs · as at 16 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.

The forward record. KTB’s figures on this horse since 8 Oct 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 8 Oct 2026. Each pick was the figure’s choice before the off, settled against the result the next morning; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races since 5 Oct 2026.

Run style from 18 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Held up 10 (56%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 8 (44%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Schiaparelli (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 1,832 runs since Oct 2015 (203 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−12.1—
Good to Firm44818.2%+6.10 from 8
Good5796711.6%−0.52 from 15
Good to Soft4825511.4%−0.70 from 4
Soft5166512.6%+0.51 from 4
Heavy1731810.4%−1.7—
Standard (AW)37821.6%+9.52 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.1—
1m – 1m1f500%−12.1—
1m2f – 1m4f25624%+11.90 from 3
1m5f – 2m5466712.3%+0.24 from 23
2m1f – 2m4f6476610.2%−1.91 from 9
2m5f – 3m4716313.4%+1.3—
Over 3m1361914%+1.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Oct 2015 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Near Wild Heaven (GB) (Robin Des Champs)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 15 2 13% −5.50
Good to Firm 8 0 0% −8.00
Standard (AW) 4 2 50% +16.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 4 1 25% +1.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 17 2 12% +4.00
Class 4 10 1 10% −4.50
Class 6 7 2 29% +1.50
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Pontefract 4 0 0% −4.00
Ripon 3 1 33% +2.50
Newmarket 3 0 0% −3.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Goodwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 1 50% +13.00
York 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 2 1 50% +4.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 1 100% +4.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Redcar 1 1 100% +2.50
Catterick 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 23 4 17% +6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 9 1 11% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gina Mangan 17 3 18% −0.50
William Kennedy 4 0 0% −4.00
Harry Davies 2 0 0% −2.00
Jack Gilligan 2 1 50% +13.00
Ben Curtis 2 1 50% +1.50
Jason Watson 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Quinlan 1 0 0% −1.00
Taryn Langley 1 0 0% −1.00
Hector Crouch 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Mulrennan 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Farragher 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Crehan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 25 4 16% +5.00
Blinkers 10 1 10% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 7 0 0% −7.00
2025 9 1 11% −4.00
2024 9 3 33% +17.50
2023 6 1 17% −2.50
2022 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 31 5 16% +4.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 7 runs
08 Oct 26+21d Bath Your Elite Club Handicap Stakes Class 6 · 2m1f · Good · 12 ran Raced among the backmarkers - pushed along over 3f out - never able to lift pace and finished 8th 8/12 3¼ 10-0 6074C66C Gina Mangan 4/1
17 Sep 26+21d Pontefract Donate To New Beginnings Horses At nbhorses.org.uk Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 6 ran Settled at the back early - made ground on the outer approaching 4f out - up with the leading group inside 2f - faded from a furlong out to finish fourth 4/6 6 9-5 6290A64B Gina Mangan 17/2
27 Aug 26+41d Ffos Las Roly Poly Events Race Of Hope Handicap Stakes Class 6 · 2m · Good · 7 ran Settled in the pack early - lost touch with the group over 2f out - unable to threaten leaders - finished sixth 6/7 2½ 10-0 6380B66A Gina Mangan 4/1
17 Jul 26+17d Nottingham When You Wish Upon A Star Race Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 2m2f · Good To Firm · 5 ran settled last - driven to make progress 3f out and pressed for effort 2f out - unable to match the front two inside the final furlong - stayed on 3/5 2¼ 9-7 64106C72B Jason Watson 3/1
30 Jun 26+22d Ffos Las West Wales Properties Ceredigion Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Good · 7 ran Held up towards the back - pushed along approaching final two furlongs - denied room and eased right a furlong out - finished well to claim second close home but short of catching the leader 2/7 3½ 9-8 64133B82A Gina Mangan 7/2
08 Jun 26+63d Pontefract Tony Bethell Memorial Handicap Class 6 · 2m1f · Good · 12 ran Settled in the pack - improved into contention 3f out - pushed along and stayed on from 2f out to finish third 3/12 2¼ 9-9 65117B75A Gina Mangan 11/1
06 Apr 26+139d Kempton (AW) Virgin Bet Handicap Class 5 · 2m · Standard To Slow · 9 ran Squeezed for space at the break - settled in midfield travelling keenly - up into fourth by halfway - asked for effort over 2f out but dropped back - unable to find more and finished sixth 6/9 nse 9-10 6666A70A Gina Mangan 10/3C
2025 · 9 runs
18 Nov 25+37d Newcastle (AW) Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap Class 6 · 2m½f · Standard · 13 ran Held up towards the back - roused two out - moved left and made progress a furlong out - up into second inside the final furlong - got up to score on the line 1/13 9-13 6296B81A Gina Mangan 4/1
12 Oct 25+15d Goodwood Alderbrook Handicap (Professional Jump Jockeys) (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 11 ran Settled at the back early - made steady progress wide 3f out - drifted right under pressure before fading final furlong 7/11 ¾ 10-12 6499A69A Jack Quinlan 8/1
27 Sep 25+15d Ripon Season Finale, Last Chance For 2025 Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 10 ran Held mid-pack early - pushed along 3f out and moved left - stayed on through the last furlong - grabbed 4th on the line 4/10 nk 8-10 6599A64A Taryn Langley 11/2
12 Sep 25+26d Chester Matthew Clark Handicap Class 5 · 2m · Good · 12 ran Settled midfield early - improved wide to reach the front group with 5f left - driven along from 2f out and stayed on at one speed to finish fourth 4/12 2¼ 9-12 6689A76A Gina Mangan 8/1
17 Aug 25+11d Pontefract Pontefract Races True Yorkshireman Package Handicap Class 5 · 2m1f · Good To Firm · 4 ran Settled at the rear early - made progress into contention 5f out - pressed the leader from the home turn under pressure - gave way in the closing stages to finish third 3/4 2½ 9-12 68112C70B Gina Mangan 4/1
06 Aug 25+18d Pontefract Napoleons Casino Bradford Handicap Class 5 · 2m1f · Good To Firm · 7 ran Sluggish and knocked about early - overeager towards the back - short-lived push up the inner two furlongs out but never got competitive - finished 5th beaten 6¾ lengths 5/7 1 10-2 70122B74A Gina Mangan 16/1
19 Jul 25+28d Doncaster Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Settled in the pack early - made progress with 5f left before losing ground under pressure over 2f out - dropped away late to finish sixth 6/6 ½ 9-13 7265A75B Gina Mangan 16/1
21 Jun 25+20d Newmarket Boodles Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 1m6f · Good To Firm · 7 ran Held up towards the back - urged forward with 2f left - dropped away inside the final furlong to finish 7th 7/7 4½ 9-1 7471B63A Hector Crouch 6/1
01 Jun 25+232d Chelmsford City (AW) Sky Bet Extra Places Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 4 · 1m6f · Standard · 12 ran Fought for its head early - travelled wide of the field in mid-pack - surged into command 6f out - overtaken 2f out - pushed along and dropped away - caught a knock a furlong out before finishing well held 11/12 ½ 9-0 7678A60A Gina Mangan 22/1
2024 · 9 runs
12 Oct 24+14d York Coral 'We're Here For It' Stayers Handicap Class 3 · 2m½f · Soft · 10 ran Settled at the back early - urged forward with over 3f left - made no impression thereafter - finished sixth well beaten 6/10 13 8-9 7655C63C Gina Mangan 11/4F
28 Sep 24+54d Ripon David Dalton 50-Years Service Happy Retirement Handicap Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 7 ran Settled at the tail early - moving smoothly on the rail from the home turn - hit the front 3f out - opened up a big advantage - untroubled inside the final 2f - allowed to coast home unopposed 1/7 9-5 69117A88A Gina Mangan 9/2
05 Aug 24+23d Carlisle Saj Ghafoor Appreciation Handicap (Pro-Am Female Jockeys) Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 12 ran Settled in the pack - squeezed for space when asked to quicken with 2f left - eased out and around opponents a furlong later - finished full of running to hit the front close home 1/12 10-6 66121A77A Gina Mangan 5/1
13 Jul 24+21d York John Smith's Stayers' Handicap Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 5/14 ½ 8-10 6794C72A Harry Davies 16/1
22 Jun 24+20d Newmarket Rossdales Supports Racing Welfare Handicap Class 4 · 1m6f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4/7 2 8-5 6773A62A Gina Mangan 16/5F
02 Jun 24+15d Nottingham Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Handicap Class 5 · 1m6f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 ½ 9-3 67113A79A Gina Mangan 6/1
18 May 24+21d Doncaster Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap Class 4 · 1m6½f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 7/10 1¼ 8-11 68100A66A Jack Gilligan 4/1
27 Apr 24+29d Ripon Visit attheraces.com Handicap Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 3½ 9-0 68109A62B Paul Mulrennan 9/4F
29 Mar 24+192d Chelmsford City (AW) bet365 Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Class 5 · 1m6f · Standard · 16 ran 1/16 9-4 6596B76A Jack Gilligan 14/1
2023 · 6 runs
19 Sep 23+12d Redcar Watch Replays On Racingtv.Com Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Good · 10 ran 1/10 10-4 6287A82A Ben Curtis 5/2F
07 Sep 23+26d Carlisle Trust A Trader Handicap Class 6 · 1m6f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 2/10 nk 10-1 6176A76A Ben Curtis 11/2
12 Aug 23+50d Newmarket Aspall Suffolk Draught Cyder Handicap Class 5 · 1m4f · Good · 7 ran 5/7 ½ 9-2 6468B60A Adam Farragher 28/1
23 Jun 23+29d Goodwood Nicholson Gin Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 1m6f · Good · 6 ran 6/6 5½ 10-2 —87C69C Tom Queally 33/1
25 May 23+17d Catterick Racing Welfare Supports Racing Reminiscence Day Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 1½ 9-13 —68A67A Harry Davies 12/1
08 May 23+158d Windsor Cameron Smart Memorial Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 1m2f · Soft · 8 ran 6/8 3½ 9-13 —84A77A Mark Crehan 66/1
2022 · 4 runs
01 Dec 22+54d Market Rasen Racing TV Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 8 11-2 —111A110A William Kennedy 10/1
08 Oct 22+20d Hexham Follow HexhamRaces On Twitter Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 8 ran 3/8 1½ 11-1 ——119A William Kennedy 7/2
18 Sep 22+55d Plumpton Thank You Your Majesty Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1½f · Good · 4 ran 3/4 1¾ 10-12 —120C106B William Kennedy 7/2
25 Jul 22 Newton Abbot Talk Tidy Marketing Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 nk 11-0 —74B113B William Kennedy 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Merrijig won?
Merrijig (GB) won 5 of 35 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 11 times in total (31.4% of starts).
Who trains Merrijig?
Merrijig (GB) is trained by John Berry, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 October 2026.
Who is Merrijig's sire?
Merrijig (GB) is by Schiaparelli (GER) out of Near Wild Heaven (GB), whose sire is Robin Des Champs.
What going does Merrijig prefer?
Merrijig (GB) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Merrijig's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 8 October 2026. The highest on record is 76.
What is Merrijig's sire's record?
Schiaparelli (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 1,832 runs since Oct 2015 (203 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from July 2022. 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.