Merry Away (IRE)
Merry Away won a Class 5 NH Flat race at Warwick in Mar 2026 on good to soft going over 1m5f to 2m. The gelding has one win and one place from two turf starts. He finished fourth of 20 in a Class 1 race at Aintree in Apr 2026. By Getaway whose progeny have a win strike rate of 11.3 per cent from 10839 runs since Jan 2008 his dam has produced one winner from two runners to race.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- +3.50£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 34dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 127
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 127A | 123 | 2 runs · 127 / 123 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,923 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 23.5% from 132.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 132 | 31 | 23.5% | +12.2 | — |
| Good | 3,871 | 508 | 13.1% | +1.8 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2,384 | 263 | 11% | −0.3 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 3,161 | 291 | 9.2% | −2.1 | — |
| Heavy | 1,247 | 126 | 10.1% | −1.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 127 | 13 | 10.2% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 78 | 7 | 9% | −2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,397 | 371 | 10.9% | −0.4 | 1 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,099 | 469 | 11.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,706 | 311 | 11.5% | +0.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 615 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them La Dolce Dolly (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 3m½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (La Dolce Dolly (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Dolce Dolly (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 3m½f–3m1f | Class 3 |
| Orinoco Flow (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 26+34d | Aintree | Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - improved on the outside 3f out to share the front - relinquished it soon after - looked inexperienced under pressure a furlong out - stayed on to finish fourth | 4/20 | 2½ | 11-4 | 119B | 145A | Lorcan Williams | 22/1 |
| 08 Mar 26 | Warwick | Black Pug Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Set the pace from the off - edged clear in front - driven on approaching 2f out - stretched away inside the final furlong - held on under pressure to the line | 1/10 | 11-2 | 127A | 143A | Ben Jones | 9/2 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Merry Away won?
- Merry Away (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Merry Away?
- Merry Away (IRE) is trained by Ben Pauling, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 April 2026.
- Who is Merry Away's sire?
- Merry Away (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Monbeg Dolly (IRE), whose sire is Flemensfirth.
- What is Merry Away's sire's record?
- Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,923 runs since Jan 2008 (1,028 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.5% from 132.
- Who are Merry Away's siblings?
- Out of Monbeg Dolly (IRE), Merry Away (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: La Dolce Dolly (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (La Dolce Dolly (IRE)). The wins came over 3m½f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.