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Horse profile

Merville Arts (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2013) · Last trainer J T R Dreaper · Last owner J T R Dreaper
by Snurge (IRE) out of Waterloo Park (IRE) (Alphabatim)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Mar 2013
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Apr 2013 — 4,960 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2013 · 8th of 9
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Mar 2013 and Apr 2013, the last of them as a 6yo gelding. Finished 8 of 9 at Navan last time. By Snurge (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 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 103C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Naas, 10 Mar 2013

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 103C · median 89.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m1———
2m5f – 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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
Snurge (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since Jan 2008 (135 horses).

Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 176. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.8% from 520.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+5.5—
Good to Firm11187.2%−1.6—
Good330278.2%−0.6—
Good to Soft1982010.1%+1.30 from 1
Soft449398.7%−0.10 from 1
Heavy409379%+0.2—
Standard (AW)200%−8.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f100%−8.8—
1m5f – 2m285186.3%−2.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f520305.8%−3—
2m5f – 3m5246211.8%+30 from 1
Over 3m1762212.5%+3.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Waterloo Park (IRE) (Alphabatim)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them You Must Know Me (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m6f–3m½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
You Must Know Me (IRE)1832m6f–3m½f—
Downe Payment (IRE)110——
Whatsbehind (IRE)30——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2013 · 2 runs
06 Apr 13+27d Navan www.thetote.com Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 8/9 11 11-9 76C Keith Donoghue 33/1
10 Mar 13 Naas Sunday Market At Naas Racecourse Maiden Hurdle 3m · Soft · 17 ran 16/17 19 11-12 103C A E Lynch 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Merville Arts won?
Merville Arts (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2013.
Who trained Merville Arts?
Merville Arts (IRE) was trained by J T R Dreaper on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 6 April 2013.
Who is Merville Arts's sire?
Merville Arts (IRE) is by Snurge (IRE) out of Waterloo Park (IRE), whose sire is Alphabatim.
What is Merville Arts's sire's record?
Snurge (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since Jan 2008 (135 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 176. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.8% from 520.
Who are Merville Arts's siblings?
Out of Waterloo Park (IRE), Merville Arts (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: You Must Know Me (IRE) (3). The wins came over 2m6f–3m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2013. 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.