Merry Yarn (IRE)
Merry Yarn (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts. Best effort: 4th of 10 at Kempton (AW) (Jun 2020). Last raced off a career-high mark of 72.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 72Highest OR
- 54dAvg 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 83
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 83A | 79 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 83A | 79 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 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 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | — |
| Good | 5,308 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2,343 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 3,845 | 576 | 15% | +0.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,483 | 304 | 12.2% | −2.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,848 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,240 | 555 | 13.1% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,650 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 889 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
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
10 siblings in the archive, 7 winners — best of them Postileo (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m6½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Future Generation (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postileo (IRE) | 22 | 4 | 1m4f–1m6½f | Class 2 |
| Future Generation (IRE) | 10 | 4 | 6f–1m | Group 3 |
| Dancing Breeze (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Rasmeyaa (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Oscar's Ridge (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Approachability (GB) | 10 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Sprightly Dance (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m1½f | Class 5 |
| Hills Of Gold (GB) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Hagler (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Please Me (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Harley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alexander Thorne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| NH 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Sep 20+56d | Haydock | Every Race Live On Racing Tv Handicap | 7/9 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 72 | 67A | 68A | Martin Harley | 18/1 |
| 31 Jul 20+30d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Final Furlong Podcast Novice Stakes | 5/10 | 1¾ | 9-13 | — | 83A | 77A | Hollie Doyle | 40/1 |
| 01 Jul 20+16d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Novice Stakes (Div 1) | 8/10 | 3¾ | 9-12 | — | 53A | 67A | Martin Harley | 28/1 |
| 15 Jun 20+113d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Novice Stakes | 4/10 | 5½ | 9-7 | — | 79B | 67A | Cieren Fallon | 40/1 |
| 23 Feb 20 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Best Odds Visit novibet.co.uk Standard Open NH Flat Race | 8/13 | 3¼ | 10-2 | — | — | 81A | Alexander Thorne | 4/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Merry Yarn won?
- Merry Yarn (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2020.
- Who trained Merry Yarn?
- Merry Yarn (IRE) was trained by Alan King on the most recent run on record, at Haydock on 25 September 2020.
- Who is Merry Yarn's sire?
- Merry Yarn (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Posterity (IRE), whose sire is Indian Ridge.
- What is Merry Yarn's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 25 September 2020. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Merry Yarn's sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
- Who are Merry Yarn's siblings?
- Out of Posterity (IRE), Merry Yarn (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 7 of them winners. Most wins: Postileo (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Future Generation (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m6½f. As at Oct 2026.