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Horse profile

Merry Armafran (IRE)

7yo mare (at last run, Apr 2008) · Last trainer Joseph Quinn · Last owner Brendan Lynch
by Zaffaran (USA) out of Nun Merrier (GB) (The Parson)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Jan 2007
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Apr 2008 — 6,782 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2008 · 13th of 20 New yard
KTB Profile

Merry Armafran (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 20 at Gowran Park (Apr 2007).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 110C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 3 Apr 2007

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 47C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 6 Jan 2007

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 110C · median 91
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Heavy291C87.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2110C97—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Zaffaran (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,087 runs since Jan 2008 (140 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 13.4% from 209. Weakest on good to soft going: 4% from 174. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 5.2% from 155.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1200%−8.6—
Good to Firm10965.5%−3.1—
Good286207%−1.6—
Good to Soft17474%−4.6—
Soft2963311.1%+2.50 from 1
Heavy2092813.4%+4.80 from 3
Standard (AW)100%−8.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f1218.3%−0.3—
1m5f – 2m137118%−0.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f3773910.3%+1.70 from 2
2m5f – 3m406358.6%00 from 1
Over 3m15585.2%−3.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Nun Merrier (GB) (The Parson)

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
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tommy Treacy 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew J McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall P Madden 1 0 0% −1.00
M P Butler 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2008 1 0 0% −1.00
2007 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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 KTB Jockey SP
2008 · 1 run
02 Apr 08+365d Gowran Park Gowran Park Golf Spring Team 08 Maiden Hurdle 24f · Heavy · 20 ran 13/20 30 11-7 91C Tommy Treacy 25/1
2007 · 3 runs
03 Apr 07+51d Gowran Park Herronville Maiden Hurdle 20f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 3/20 ½ 11-7 110C Andrew J McNamara 25/1
11 Feb 07+36d Naas Barrettstown Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 11/25 hd 11-7 84C Niall P Madden 66/1
06 Jan 07 Cork McCarthy Insurance Group Flat Race 16f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 9 10-9 47C M P Butler 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Merry Armafran won?
Merry Armafran (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2007 and 2008. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Merry Armafran?
Merry Armafran (IRE) was trained by Joseph Quinn on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 2 April 2008.
Who is Merry Armafran's sire?
Merry Armafran (IRE) is by Zaffaran (USA) out of Nun Merrier (GB), whose sire is The Parson.
What is Merry Armafran's sire's record?
Zaffaran (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 1,087 runs since Jan 2008 (140 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 13.4% from 209. Weakest on good to soft going: 4% from 174. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 5.2% from 155.

Record shown from January 2007. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.