Merlin's Beard
4-year-old gelding, a consistent performer, with 3 wins from 8 runs who runs best on standard all-weather surface over 1m6f – 2m.
📊 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 standard ground: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%)
✔ Well suited by 1m6f – 2m distances: 60% win rate
✔ Effective partnership with George Rooke: 40% win rate together
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Returning from a 1305-day absence
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
1 Sep
7th
Windsor
1m3f – 1m4f · Good · 11 runners
11 Aug
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 13 runners
22 Jul
3rd
Ascot
1m3f – 1m4f · Good_To_Firm · 6 runners
11 Jun
3rd
Chester
1m6f – 2m · Good · 9 runners
31 May
2nd
Newbury
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
21 May
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 6 runners
15 Apr
5th
chelmsford
Long Distance (2m+) · Standard · 7 runners
18 Sep
🏆 Won
Wolverhampton
1m6f – 2m · Standard · 4 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 |
|---|
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
2 |
2 wins |
11 Aug |
100% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
18 Sep |
100% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
31 May |
0% |
| chelmsford |
1 |
1 other |
15 Apr |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
1 Sep |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
22 Jul |
0% |
| Chester Tight |
1 |
1 third |
11 Jun |
0% |
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