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Horse profile

Young Merlin (IRE)

10yo gelding · Trainer Rebecca Menzies · Owner Daniel Macauliffe Anoj Don
by Camelot (GB) out of Zelloof (IRE) (Kheleyf)
45 runs · 28 courses · from Sep 2018
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 4 courses Last run 1 Feb 2026 · 9th of 12 Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile

Young Merlin is a gelding who has won five of 45 starts, all on turf. He gained three of those victories in 2023, including a Class 3 handicap hurdle at Cartmel over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground off an official rating of 113, and two novices hurdles at Southwell over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft and good. He has also won at Sandown and Nantes. Typically held up, he finished 9 of 12 at Musselburgh in Feb 2026 off an official rating of 110.

Based on 45 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf
Official rating110↓ 7lb off peak
110 55–117

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 116 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Carlisle, 30 Nov 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 →

Jumps 9 figures · best 127B · median 114
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4127B96.51 run · —
Soft4124B1151 run · —
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6124B1002 runs · 116 / 97.5
1m5f – 2m2127B121.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 24 figures · best 137C · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good6122A104.5—
Standard (AW)599C851 run · —
Good to Soft4137C105.5—
Good to Firm4102A89.5—
Soft397A881 run · —
Heavy2135A114.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m17137C972 runs · 99 / 93.5
1m – 1m1f383A69—
2m1f – 2m4f2119A106.5—
1m2f – 1m4f291A66—

Of 36 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 36 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 131B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 30 Nov 2025 Official rating 110 at the last jumps run, 1 Feb 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 68A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Musselburgh, 5 Nov 2025 Official rating 55 at the last flat run, 13 Jan 2026

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 →

Jumps 9 figures · best 136A · median 127
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4136A113.51 run · —
Soft4131B129.51 run · —
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6131B120.52 runs · 131 / 116
1m5f – 2m2136A131.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 24 figures · best 84A · median 68.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good684A71—
Standard (AW)576A681 run · —
Good to Soft476A70.5—
Good to Firm468B64.5—
Soft369B681 run · —
Heavy278A69—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m1784A692 runs · 68 / 62.5
1m – 1m1f376A65—
2m1f – 2m4f261B60.5—
1m2f – 1m4f272B70.5—

Of 36 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 36 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 from 11 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Mid-division 5 (45%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 4 (36%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (18%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,691 runs since Jan 2008 (755 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15213.3%+1.6—
Good to Firm8179111.1%−0.60 from 4
Good1,99223711.9%+0.22 from 8
Good to Soft1,09413112%+0.31 from 10
Soft1,49019813.3%+1.62 from 13
Heavy5545810.5%−1.20 from 3
Standard (AW)1,72918310.6%−1.10 from 7
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2613.8%−7.9—
6f – 7f713669.3%−2.4—
1m – 1m1f1,60817911.1%−0.60 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f2,87934912.1%+0.41 from 7
1m5f – 2m1,67021813.1%+1.43 from 22
2m1f – 2m4f5956310.6%−1.11 from 11
2m5f – 3m1712011.7%00 from 2
Over 3m29413.8%+2.1—

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

Dam
Zelloof (IRE) (Kheleyf)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Skye Breeze (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 5½f–1m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Skye Breeze (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Skye Breeze (IRE)1741m4f–1m4½fClass 3
Marseillan (IRE)617fClass 5
Yogiyogiyogi (IRE)1815½fClass 6
Lady Zell (IRE)70——
The Mayor Porky (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 13 2 15% +6.60
Good to Soft 10 1 10% −8.17
Good 8 2 25% +12.50
Standard (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 15 3 20% +7.33
Class 5 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 6 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 3 6 1 17% −0.50
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Nottingham 4 0 0% −4.00
Musselburgh 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell 3 2 67% +6.33
Salisbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Sandown 3 1 33% +10.00
Cartmel 2 1 50% +3.50
Ascot 2 0 0% −2.00
Nantes (FR) 2 1 50% +12.10
Chelmsford City (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chantilly (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Craon (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 22 3 14% +0.33
2m1f – 2m4f 11 1 9% −5.50
1m2f – 1m4f 7 1 14% +7.10
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jack Quinlan 9 3 33% +5.83
Jason Watson 6 1 17% +7.00
Tony Piccone 3 0 0% −3.00
Adam McNamara 3 0 0% −3.00
Benjamin Macey 2 0 0% −2.00
Lewis Edmunds 2 0 0% −2.00
Frederick Larson 2 0 0% −2.00
Benjamin Marie 2 0 0% −2.00
Kieran Shoemark 2 0 0% −2.00
Hollie Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Mullen 1 0 0% −1.00
David Allan 1 0 0% −1.00
Kaiya Fraser 1 0 0% −1.00
Elizabeth Gale 1 0 0% −1.00
Clifford Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall Houlihan 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam Harrison 1 0 0% −1.00
Sebastien Maillot 1 0 0% −1.00
Mme Maryline Eon 1 1 100% +13.10
Hugo Journiac 1 0 0% −1.00
James Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 19 1 5% −6.00
None 16 3 19% −1.17
Blinkers 6 1 17% +8.10
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + visor 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 0 0% −2.00
2025 7 0 0% −7.00
2024 8 0 0% −8.00
2023 7 3 43% +7.83
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 5 1 20% +9.10
2020 5 0 0% −5.00
2019 6 1 17% +7.00
2018 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 32 2 6% −4.90
Hurdle 11 3 27% +3.83
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2026 · 2 runs
01 Feb 26+19d Musselburgh Position Payout At bet365 Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 12 ran Held up towards the back - pushed along 7th - urged along after 8th - awkward 9th and well held before 3 out 9/12 8 11-4 11079A101A Benjamin Macey 16/1
13 Jan 26+44d Newcastle (AW) Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap Class 6 · 16.5f · Standard · 8 ran Hesitant start finding rhythm - settled just behind the pace before being asked for effort 3f out - lost touch 2f out and well held at the line 5/8 9 9-7 5599C57C Hollie Doyle 6/1
2025 · 7 runs
30 Nov 25+25d Carlisle pricedup.bet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 10 ran Settled in the pack - moved up to dispute second before the 6th - nudged forward 2 out but found little and finished third 5 lengths back 3/10 ½ 11-11 110116B131B Benjamin Macey 10/1
05 Nov 25+13d Musselburgh Join Racing TV Now Handicap Class 6 · 16f · Soft · 9 ran Hesitant break and settled towards the back - improved into the pack by the 4f mark - pushed along with 3f left - kept going late to grab second inside the closing furlong 2/9 9 9-9 5588A68A Andrew Mullen 5/1
23 Oct 25+23d Nottingham Download The PricedUp App Handicap Class 5 · 18f · Heavy · 8 ran Settled in the pack early - moved into second spot with 7f left - pressed for effort 3f from home - dropped back a place approaching final 2f - rallied to reclaim second in the closing stages but well beaten by the winner 2/8 12 8-11 5694A60A David Allan 14/1
30 Sep 25+12d Ayr Racing TV Handicap Class 6 · 15f · Soft · 9 ran Settled well off the tempo - nudged forward on the rail 3f out - stayed on at one speed in the closing furlong without threatening 5/9 hd 9-10 5897A64A Kaiya Fraser 6/1
18 Sep 25+58d Pontefract Racing TV Handicap Class 5 · 17f · Good To Soft · 7 ran Settled midpack early - pushed along with 2f remaining - moved out wide and finished with purpose from the final furlong to take third 3/7 3 9-1 60119A61B Elizabeth Gale 7/2
22 Jul 25+202d Musselburgh Edinburgh Childrens Hospital Charity Handicap Class 5 · 16f · Good · 6 ran Settled towards back - improved on the outer from 4f out drifting right - moved into second 2f out and put under pressure - unable to challenge but battled on to finish 2nd 2/6 3¾ 8-13 60122A75B Clifford Lee 22/1
01 Jan 25+39d Fakenham Gamble Plant Norfolk Ltd Grand Prix Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Held up in the pack - pushed along and losing touch before 8th - blundered 3 out then pulled up PU/8 — 11-5 113—— Jack Quinlan 40/1
2024 · 8 runs
23 Nov 24+51d Huntingdon Follow Rhino.Bet On Instagram Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 5 ran Sat handy behind the front group early - jumped awkwardly and slipped back to 10th under pressure - asked for effort with nothing forthcoming after four out - dropped away from there to finish fourth 4/5 ½ 11-10 11668C109B Jack Quinlan 20/1
03 Oct 24+22d Southwell Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 24.5f · Good · 5 ran Tracked front group early - came down and lost rider at 13th UR/5 — 11-10 116—— Jack Quinlan 12/1
11 Sep 24+18d Compiegne (FR) Prix de Ranville (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 18f · Very Soft · 11 ran 10/11 5½ 11-0 ——— Jack Quinlan 23/1
24 Aug 24+25d Cartmel Kendal Caravans Cartmel Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17f · Soft · 12 ran Settled midpack tracking inner rail - clumsy over first obstacle - pressed and lost momentum for a spell approaching 2 out - burst through the field on the run home to edge in front close to the line - caught right at the post to finish second 2/12 nse 11-9 113124B128A Jack Quinlan 17/2
30 Jul 24+41d Ffos Las Support Your On Course Bookmaker Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6/7 ¾ 10-0 6392B63A Lewis Edmunds 15/2
19 Jun 24+45d Nottingham Grassroots Finals Day 2nd October Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 2/11 2¼ 9-7 6392A72A Lewis Edmunds 4/1
05 May 24+15d Salisbury Kingsclere Past, Present And Future Handicap Class 6 · 14f · Heavy · 9 ran 2/9 3 9-3 62135A78A Frederick Larson 9/2
20 Apr 24+151d Nottingham Follow Us On X At BetRhino Handicap Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 nk 9-3 6280A69B Frederick Larson 4/1
2023 · 7 runs
21 Nov 23+17d Lingfield Stay Golden With BetMGM Safer Gambling Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 4/4 ½ 11-8 115114C118B Niall Houlihan 10/1
04 Nov 23+36d Ascot Grundon Waste Management Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 11 ran 9/11 3¾ 11-11 11786A113A Liam Harrison 40/1
29 Sep 23+34d Worcester Download Vickers.Bet App Fixed Brush Hurdle Series Final Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20f · Good To Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-10 117—— Jack Quinlan 17/2
26 Aug 23+39d Cartmel Fitzdares Cartmel Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 17f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 10-13 113114A131A Jack Quinlan 9/2
18 Jul 23+22d Southwell Vickers.Bet App Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-9 —127B136A Jack Quinlan 5/6F
26 Jun 23+109d Southwell Prestige Safety Fire Risk Assessments Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 11-2 —116B127B Jack Quinlan 13/2
09 Mar 23+160d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de Chaumont-en-Vexin (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 12.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran 5/11 ½ 9-2 ——— Tony Piccone 19/1
2022 · 2 runs
30 Sep 22+40d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix de Saint-Maclou (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 15.5f · Very Soft · 16 ran 7/16 1¼ 9-4 ——— Tony Piccone 17/2
21 Aug 22+257d Deauville (FR) Prix de Clarbec (Conditions) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 12.5f · Slow · 11 ran 5/11 1¼ 8-11 ——— Tony Piccone 25/1
2021 · 5 runs
07 Dec 21+38d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Garenne de Charlemont (Conditions) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 13.5f · Standard · 12 ran 11/12 7 9-3 ——— Benjamin Marie 11/1
30 Oct 21+54d Nantes (FR) Grand Prix de Nantes - 14th Etape du Defi du Galop () (3yo+) (Turf) 12f · Heavy · 8 ran 6/8 1 9-1 ——— Benjamin Marie 38/1
06 Sep 21+76d Craon (FR) Prix Dirickx - 11th Etape du Defi du Galop () (3yo+) (Turf) 12f · Soft · 11 ran 8/11 4 9-1 ——— Sebastien Maillot 21/1
22 Jun 21+103d Nantes (FR) Prix du Bois Rouaud (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 11f · Very Soft · 7 ran 1/7 8-10 ——— Mme Maryline Eon 131/10
11 Mar 21+162d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Lavarede (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 15.5f · Very Soft · 9 ran 3/9 1¼ 9-0 ——— Hugo Journiac 32/1
2020 · 5 runs
30 Sep 20+38d Nottingham Star Sports Owners Club 20k Guarantee Handicap Class 4 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 2 10-1 77101C67C James Doyle 6/1
23 Aug 20+29d Sandown Read Andrew Balding On Betway Insider Handicap Class 3 · 14f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 1 9-2 7897A69A Kieran Shoemark 5/1
25 Jul 20+16d Ascot John Guest Racing Brown Jack Handicap Class 3 · 16f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4/6 1¾ 8-11 78102A68B Ryan Moore 8/1
09 Jul 20+26d York Sky Bet Thank You NHS Handicap Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 3¾ 9-0 7887A76A Jason Watson 11/2
13 Jun 20+276d Sandown Try Our New "Runner Boost" At Unibet Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 ½ 9-1 74108A84A Jason Watson 7/2
2019 · 6 runs
11 Sep 19+27d Kempton (AW) 32Red Handicap Class 4 · 16f · Standard To Slow · 5 ran 3/5 4½ 9-2 7585C68B Jason Watson 7/2
15 Aug 19+15d Salisbury Kevin Hall & Pat Boakes Memorial Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 3¼ 9-7 75137C69B Tom Marquand 8/1
31 Jul 19+21d Sandown Christmas Parties At Sandown Park Handicap Class 4 · 14f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 8-11 70108C73B Jason Watson 12/1
10 Jul 19+20d Yarmouth Jme Ltd Advanced Inspection Services Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6/9 4½ 9-6 7287A66A Adam McNamara 18/1
20 Jun 19+47d Lingfield (AW) Witheford Equine Barrier Trials 2nd July Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 6 ran 3/6 shd 9-9 7291A72B Jason Watson 4/1
04 May 19+156d Goodwood Long View Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 1 9-7 7541A69A Jason Watson 9/1
2018 · 3 runs
29 Nov 18+49d Chelmsford City (AW) Irish Lotto At totesport.com British EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 3 · 8f · Standard · 13 ran 5/13 ¾ 9-2 —69B65A Adam McNamara 16/1
11 Oct 18+35d Chelmsford City (AW) Bet totequadpot At totesport.com Novice Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 ¾ 8-13 —83A76A Adam McNamara 33/1
06 Sep 18 Salisbury Gift Of Sight Appeal EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1) Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9/10 4½ 9-2 —54C49C Kieran Shoemark 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Young Merlin won?
Young Merlin (IRE) won 5 of 45 archived starts between 2018 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 15 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trains Young Merlin?
Young Merlin (IRE) is trained by Rebecca Menzies, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 1 February 2026.
Who is Young Merlin's sire?
Young Merlin (IRE) is by Camelot (GB) out of Zelloof (IRE), whose sire is Kheleyf.
What going does Young Merlin prefer?
Young Merlin (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Young Merlin's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 1 February 2026. The highest on record is 117.
What is Young Merlin's sire's record?
Camelot (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 7,691 runs since Jan 2008 (755 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Young Merlin's siblings?
Out of Zelloof (IRE), Young Merlin (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Skye Breeze (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Skye Breeze (IRE)). The wins came over 5½f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 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.