How many races has Merry Minister (IRE) won?

Merry Minister (IRE) won 2 of 22 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 5 times in total (22.7% of starts).

Who trained Merry Minister (IRE)?

Merry Minister (IRE) was trained by Brett Johnson on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 24 April 2025.

Who is Merry Minister (IRE)'s sire?

Merry Minister (IRE) is by Churchill (IRE) out of Merry Me (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.

What going does Merry Minister (IRE) prefer?

Merry Minister (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 14 starts (7.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Merry Minister (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 24 April 2025. The highest on record is 80.

Who are Merry Minister (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Merry Me (IRE), Merry Minister (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Bell Shot (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Bell Shot (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Merry Minister (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Brett Johnson · Last owner The Switchback Partnership

by Churchill (IRE) out of Merry Me (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)

22 runs · 12 courses · from Apr 2023

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

No run recorded since 24 Apr 2025 — 545 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Apr 2025 · 2nd of 8 2 wins · Lingfield (AW) & Thirsk Last raced off OR 53

KTB Profile

Merry Minister won twice from 22 starts. His wins came in a Class 5 novice at Thirsk over 6f to 7f on good to soft in Jun 2023 and a Class 6 handicap at Lingfield over 1m5f to 2m on standard in Feb 2024. The gelding was second of eight in a Class 6 handicap at Chelmsford City in Apr 2025, last raced off an official rating of 53 which was 27lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 22 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Apr 2025 · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance OR ↓ 27lb off peak

2–22Wins / Runs
9.1%Strike rate
5 (22.7%)Placed
−12.17£1 level staken=22 at SP
0.83Fair A/E n=22 · 0.71 incl. margin
80Highest OR
35dAvg between runs

Official rating53↓ 27lb off peak

53 53–80

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 88 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 24 Apr 2025

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 21 figures · best 111^A · median 78

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	13	111^A	82	—
Soft	3	75^C	67	—
Good	3	93^B	83	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	7	111^A	89	—
1m – 1m1f	6	83^A	79	—
1m2f – 1m4f	5	93^A	74	—
6f – 7f	3	73^A	63	—

Of 22 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 · 21 figures from 22 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 70^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chelmsford City (AW), 24 Apr 2025 Official rating 53 at the last run, 24 Apr 2025

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 22 figures · best 96^A · median 62.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)	14	76^A	62.5	—
Soft	3	67^B	63	—
Good	3	60^C	56	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—
Good to Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	8	76^A	65	—
1m – 1m1f	6	78^A	65	—
1m2f – 1m4f	5	63^A	58	—
6f – 7f	3	96^A	61	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 22 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

Churchill (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,788 runs since Jan 2008 (459 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	9	1	11.1%	+0.1	—
Good to Firm	644	79	12.3%	+1.3	0 from 1
Good	1,376	165	12%	+1	0 from 3
Good to Soft	533	51	9.6%	−1.4	1 from 1
Soft	707	62	8.8%	−2.2	0 from 3
Heavy	224	19	8.5%	−2.5	—
Standard (AW)	1,295	150	11.6%	+0.6	1 from 14

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	146	17	11.6%	+0.6	—
6f – 7f	1,295	145	11.2%	+0.2	1 from 3
1m – 1m1f	1,117	118	10.6%	−0.4	0 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f	1,300	138	10.6%	−0.4	0 from 5
1m5f – 2m	643	80	12.4%	+1.4	1 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f	244	28	11.5%	+0.5	—
2m5f – 3m	43	1	2.3%	−8.7	—

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

Merry Me (IRE) (Invincible Spirit)

5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Bell Shot (IRE) (9 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Bell Shot (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Bell Shot (IRE)	56	9	6f–7½f	Class 4
Winston's Tipple (IRE)	6	1	1m2f	Class 4
Moonlight Warrior (IRE)	3	1	7f	Class 5
Herodotus (IRE)	20	1	1m2f	Class 5
Winston's Folly (IRE)	5	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Standard (AW)	14	1	7%	−9.67
Soft	3	0	0%	−3.00
Good	3	0	0%	−3.00
Good to Soft	1	1	100%	+4.50
Good to Firm	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 6	12	1	8%	−7.67
Class 4	5	0	0%	−5.00
Class 5	3	1	33%	+2.50
Class 3	2	0	0%	−2.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Chelmsford City (AW)	5	0	0%	−5.00
Lingfield (AW)	5	1	20%	−0.67
Kempton (AW)	3	0	0%	−3.00
Chepstow	1	0	0%	−1.00
Wolverhampton (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Windsor	1	0	0%	−1.00
Doncaster	1	0	0%	−1.00
Goodwood	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ripon	1	0	0%	−1.00
Thirsk	1	1	100%	+4.50
Leicester	1	0	0%	−1.00
Epsom Downs	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m5f – 2m	8	1	13%	−3.67
1m – 1m1f	6	0	0%	−6.00
1m2f – 1m4f	5	0	0%	−5.00
6f – 7f	3	1	33%	+2.50

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Laura Pearson	4	0	0%	−4.00
Kieran O'Neill	3	0	0%	−3.00
William Carson	3	0	0%	−3.00
Rossa Ryan	2	0	0%	−2.00
Joe Leavy	2	1	50%	+2.33
Tom Marquand	2	0	0%	−2.00
Luke Morris	1	0	0%	−1.00
Marco Ghiani	1	0	0%	−1.00
Connor Planas	1	0	0%	−1.00
William Buick	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ross Coakley	1	1	100%	+4.50
Saffie Osborne	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2025	1	0	0%	−1.00
2024	10	1	10%	−5.67
2023	11	1	9%	−5.50

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
24 Apr 25+322d	Chelmsford City (AW)	Each Way Extra At bet365 Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 8 ran Settled just behind pace early - travelling nicely into the straight - angled right for room - hit front a furlong out - caught in the final strides for a narrow defeat	2/8	hd	9-7	53	88^B	70^A	Rossa Ryan	11/4J
06 Jun 24+21d	Chelmsford City (AW)	M J Bushell Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 13 ran	5/13	½	9-6	55	78^B	66^A	Rossa Ryan	10/3
16 May 24+2d	Lingfield (AW)	Redinet's Rocket Race Handicap (AWT) Class 6 · 16f · Standard · 9 ran	5/9	3¼	9-2	56	—	62^A	Laura Pearson	4/1
14 May 24+12d	Chepstow	Cuffe And Taylor Company Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Soft · 8 ran	3/8	10	9-0	56	67^A	58^A	Laura Pearson	15/2
02 May 24+21d	Chelmsford City (AW)	Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 10 ran	2/10	nse	9-9	55	69^A	76^A	Laura Pearson	4/1
11 Apr 24+27d	Chelmsford City (AW)	Best Odds Guaranteed At bet365 Handicap Class 6 · 16f · Standard · 5 ran	3/5	3¼	9-2	55	96^C	65^B	Luke Morris	10/3
15 Mar 24+36d	Wolverhampton (AW)	Boost Your Acca With BetUK Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Standard · 11 ran	7/11	nk	9-0	55	102^A	59^A	Joe Leavy	3/1F
08 Feb 24+3d	Lingfield (AW)	Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap Class 6 · 16f · Standard · 7 ran	1/7		8-10	53	89^A	61^A	Joe Leavy	10/3
05 Feb 24+19d	Lingfield (AW)	Betuk. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap Class 6 · 13f · Standard · 12 ran	5/12	hd	9-2	53	111^A	65^A	Kieran O'Neill	22/1
17 Jan 24+14d	Kempton (AW)	Unibet More Boosts In More Races Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran	5/9	½	9-4	55	82^B	68^A	William Carson	4/1
03 Jan 24+21d	Kempton (AW)	Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran	7/9	½	9-5	57	63^A	61^A	William Carson	25/1
13 Dec 23+18d	Lingfield (AW)	BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 11 ran	6/11	nk	9-7	59	93^A	63^A	William Carson	16/1
25 Nov 23+23d	Lingfield (AW)	BetUK. Its Where The UK Bets Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 9 ran	7/9	1½	8-12	62	73^A	59^A	Marco Ghiani	66/1
02 Nov 23+24d	Chelmsford City (AW)	Christmas At Chelmsford City Racecourse Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard To Slow · 6 ran	6/6	¾	9-2	66	74^A	53^B	Kieran O'Neill	50/1
09 Oct 23+12d	Windsor	Champions Day On Sky Sports Racing Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good · 9 ran	7/9	3¼	8-13	70	83^A	51^A	Kieran O'Neill	80/1
27 Sep 23+39d	Kempton (AW)	Try Unibet's New Acca Boosts Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran	11/11	5	9-3	74	73^A	43^A	Laura Pearson	125/1
19 Aug 23+16d	Doncaster	Follow At The Races On Twitter Handicap (Rnd) Class 4 · 8f · Good · 12 ran	10/12	3¾	9-5	77	76^C	60^C	Connor Planas	6/1
03 Aug 23+24d	Goodwood	Buccellati Handicap Class 3 · 8f · Soft · 17 ran	11/17	2½	8-12	79	75^C	63^A	William Buick	22/1
10 Jul 23+20d	Ripon	Ripon Directors Cup Handicap Class 3 · 10f · Good · 7 ran	6/7	5½	8-10	80	93^B	56^A	Tom Marquand	9/2
20 Jun 23+14d	Thirsk	Best Odds Guaranteed With Vickers.Bet EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 7f · Good To Soft · 9 ran	1/9		9-5	—	60^A	96^A	Ross Coakley	9/2
06 Jun 23+42d	Leicester	British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran	5/10	1¼	9-5	—	82^A	78^A	Saffie Osborne	40/1
25 Apr 23	Epsom Downs	Stephen Wallis Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 8.5f · Soft · 6 ran	3/6	hd	9-1	—	65^B	67^B	Tom Marquand	8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Merry Minister (IRE) won?: Merry Minister (IRE) won 2 of 22 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 5 times in total (22.7% of starts).
Who trained Merry Minister (IRE)?: Merry Minister (IRE) was trained by Brett Johnson on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 24 April 2025.
Who is Merry Minister (IRE)'s sire?: Merry Minister (IRE) is by Churchill (IRE) out of Merry Me (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
What going does Merry Minister (IRE) prefer?: Merry Minister (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 14 starts (7.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Merry Minister (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 53, from the run on 24 April 2025. The highest on record is 80.
What is Merry Minister (IRE)'s sire's record?: Churchill (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,788 runs since Jan 2008 (459 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Merry Minister (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Merry Me (IRE), Merry Minister (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Bell Shot (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Bell Shot (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.

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