Imperial Merlin (IRE)
Owner: Imperial Racing & Mr John Blackburn Trainer: J & S Quinn Sex: gelding Age: 7
Breeding: Kalanisi / Silver Charmer (Charmer)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2024 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 7f 214y | 3 | The Kniphand | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 4 | Craig Nichol | 9/1 |
| in rear, in touch, hit 5th, not fluent 9th, pushed along after 13th, dropped away before 4 out | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2024 | Newcastle | Good | 2m 4f 19y | 3 | Autumn Return | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 2 | Craig Nichol | 11/10 |
| tracked sole rival, mistake 3 out, soon ridden to chase leader, awkward landing 2 out, good jump last, held by winner run-in | |||||||||
| 20 Jul 2024 | Cartmel | Good | 2m 6f 31y | 3 | Sea The Clouds | 11st 10lbs | 5 of 12 | Adam Wedge | 22/1 |
| held up in midfield, ridden and some headway before last where not fluent, no further impression run-in | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 70y | 2 | Pyffo | 11st 5lbs | of 13 | Henry Brooke | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 May 2024 | Market Rasen | Good | 2m 7f 16y | 3 | Lihyan | 12st | of 9 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2024 | Kelso | Soft | 3m 1f 170y | 3 | Shoeshine Boy | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 10 | B S Hughes | 8/1 |
| mid-division on inside, jumped right 4th, pushed along before 9th, ridden after 4 out, in rear when mistake 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 2024 | Kelso | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 7f 96y | 3 | Special Rate | 10st 5lbs | Fell of 3 | Henry Brooke | 5/4 |
| tracked winner, hit 12th, over 1 length down when fell 2 out | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 2024 | Newcastle | Heavy | 2m 4f 19y | 3 | Giovinco | 10st 5lbs | of 4 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2023 | Kelso | Heavy | 2m 6f 70y | 3 | Young Buster | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 5 | Henry Brooke | 9/2 |
| close up in rear, headway to track leaders 10th, sprawled on landing 3 out and lost ground and chance, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2023 | Aintree | Soft | 3m 149y | 2 | Gentleman At Arms | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 11 | Henry Brooke | 10/3 |
| rear mid-division, not fluent 9th, pushed along omitted 2 out, no progress | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2023 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 70y | 3 | Imperial Merlin | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 10 | Henry Brooke | 7/1 |
| held up rear of mid-division, closed 8th, led 2 out, ridden flat, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2023 | Doncaster | Good | 2m 3f 88y | 4 | Hurricane Bay | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 4 | Tom Midgley | 15/8 |
| tracked winner, hit 5th, lost 2nd after next, went 2nd again before 3 out, ridden and hung left before next, driven between last two, bit closer and one length down when fell last | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2022 | Kelso | Heavy | 2m 6f 151y | 4 | De Legislator | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 8 | Billy Garritty | 2/5 |
| raced in second, shaken up approaching 2 out, joined leader last, kept on run-in but no match for winner | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2022 | Newcastle | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 6f | 4 | Imperial Merlin | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 5 | Billy Garritty | 2/5 |
| tracked leaders, pressed front pair 4 out, disputed lead 3 out, soon led, drew clear 2 out and ran green, pushed out run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2022 | Catterick | Soft | 2m 3f 66y | 4 | Imperial Merlin | 11st | 1 of 9 | Billy Garritty | 6/4 |
| chased leaders, headway to lead just after 2 out, went clear approaching last, ridden flat, went further clear, impressive | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2022 | Sedgefield | Good | 2m 178y | 5 | Imperial Merlin | 11st 1lbs | 1 of 6 | B S Hughes | 30/100 |
| pressed leader, led 12f out, headed 11f out, led over 4f out, clear over 1f out, ran on well | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2022 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 2m | 5 | Chasing Fire | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 9 | B S Hughes | 8/1 |
| held up in mid-division, headway 8f out, went 2nd and edged left over 1f out, no impression on winner, stayed on | |||||||||