Merlin Giant
7-year-old gelding, a consistent performer, with 3 wins from 16 runs who runs best on soft, spongy ground.
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 2 wins from 3 starts (67%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Poor record on yielding ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 605-day absence
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
1 Aug
DNF
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
30 Jul
2nd
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
24 Sep
3rd
The Curragh
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 12 runners
9 Sep
13th
Leopardstown
1m6f – 2m · Good · 16 runners
3 Aug
10th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 21 runners
24 Jun
🏆 Won
Down Royal
1m6f – 2m · Good · 10 runners
29 May
13th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
25 Apr
13th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft · 18 runners
4 Dec
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 19 runners
29 Oct
4th
Galway
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy · 18 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Galway Tight |
6 |
1 win, 2 seconds, 3 other |
1 Aug |
16.7% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 |
1 third, 1 other |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
2 |
2 other |
25 Apr |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
24 Jun |
100% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
4 Dec |
100% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
23 Sep |
0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
7 Oct |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
29 May |
0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
9 Sep |
0% |