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Horse profile

Mister Merlin (GB)

4yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2020) · Last trainer Ed de Giles · Last owner Paul Inglett
by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Rosehill Artist (IRE) (Excellent Art)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Oct 2018
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Aug 2020 — 2,268 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2020 · 10th of 11 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 28
KTB Profile

Mister Merlin (GB) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 4 figures · best 23C · median 11
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)21C1—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f323C1—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 69C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sandown, 13 Jun 2020 Official rating 28 at the last run, 11 Aug 2020

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 4 figures · best 69C · median 55.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)265C55.5—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f369C65—
1m – 1m1f1———

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
Dark Angel (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,903 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1071615%+3.7—
Good to Firm3,69445212.2%+0.9—
Good4,84251010.5%−0.80 from 1
Good to Soft2,40925110.4%−0.9—
Soft2,7322549.3%−20 from 1
Heavy828718.6%−2.7—
Standard (AW)7,29091812.6%+1.30 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,06427813.5%+2.2—
6f – 7f10,7161,25411.7%+0.4—
1m – 1m1f4,99854610.9%−0.40 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f2,4712379.6%−1.70 from 3
1m5f – 2m1,09010910%−1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f474428.9%−2.4—
2m5f – 3m8678.1%−3.2—
Over 3m400%−11.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Rosehill Artist (IRE) (Excellent Art)

2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Pink Parfait (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Fade To Gray (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Pink Parfait (GB)716fClass 5
Fade To Gray (GB)317fClass 3

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
David Probert 1 0 0% −1.00
Stevie Donohoe 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 3 0 0% −3.00
2018 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2020 · 3 runs
11 Aug 20+59d Lingfield (AW) Betway Classified Stakes (Div 2) Class 6 · 10f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran 10/11 29 9-7 281C46C David Probert 80/1
13 Jun 20+108d Sandown Unibet June Casino Free Spin Festival EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 9½ 10-0 —23C69C Stevie Donohoe 250/1
26 Feb 20+497d Kempton (AW) 32Red Casino Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 13/14 hd 9-12 —1C65C Tom Marquand 100/1
2018 · 1 run
17 Oct 18 Nottingham Galliford Try East Midlands EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8.5f · Soft · 9 ran 9/9 15 9-2 —21C43C Adam McNamara 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Mister Merlin won?
Mister Merlin (GB) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2018 and 2020.
Who trained Mister Merlin?
Mister Merlin (GB) was trained by Ed de Giles on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 11 August 2020.
Who is Mister Merlin's sire?
Mister Merlin (GB) is by Dark Angel (IRE) out of Rosehill Artist (IRE), whose sire is Excellent Art.
What is Mister Merlin's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 28, from the run on 11 August 2020. That is also the highest on record.
What is Mister Merlin's sire's record?
Dark Angel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 21,903 runs since Jan 2008 (1,595 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15% from 107.
Who are Mister Merlin's siblings?
Out of Rosehill Artist (IRE), Mister Merlin (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Pink Parfait (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Fade To Gray (GB)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2018. 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.