Magical Merlot - Horse Profile & Next Race Odds

6 (2) Signcastle City (IRE) 8 (1) Too Hot To Tango (GB)
  • Sire: Make Believe (UK)
  • Dam: Melodic Motion (IRE)
  • Dam's Sire: Nathaniel (IRE)

Video Highlights

  • Replay: 29th Aug 2025, finished 3rd - Thirsk
     
  • Replay: 3rd Oct 2025, finished 2nd - Southwell
     
  • Replay: 16th Oct 2025, finished 1st - Brighton
     
  • Replay: 11th May 2026, finished 3rd - Windsor
     
  • Replay: 26th Aug 2026, finished 1st - Newbury
     

6321 / 5343413

Type Starts Wins Places Prize Money Strike Rate P/L (£1 stake)
All Weather
2 0 1 0% -£2
Turf
9 2 2 £12,512 22.22% -£2.09
Total 11 2 3 £12,512 18.18% -£4.09

Redcar 15:53
Market Cross Jewellers Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Newbury 19:30
Sheldrake Training Limited 'Train An Apprentice' Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Windsor 18:41
Matchbook Loves Racing Handicap

Lingfield 18:25
Chris, Aleah And Ellanna Family Day Out Handicap

Musselburgh 16:10
Edinburgh Cup Handicap

Windsor 19:47
Rendells Are Hammers Handicap

Southwell 18:00
Sky Sports Racing Virgin 512 Handicap

Brighton 14:55
Star Sports EBF 'Confined' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Southwell 17:10
Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1)

Thirsk 15:05
British EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Newbury 16:10
Tattersalls 40,000 EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Date (days since) Race Details Wgt. OR Result SP FF Jockey Finish Speed % Efficiency Stride Data Video
15 Sep 2026 (20) Red 10F Gd Cl4 Hcp £5k 9-3 78 3/7 (5), Pol Roger (3½) 9/4 2F
ATR Future Form
Summary - Data does not include this horse
4 runs, 0 wins (0 horses), 1 placed, 3 unplaced
Next time out
3 runs, 0 wins, 0 placed, 3 unplaced
Class analysis
1 run up in class, 0 wins, 0 placed, 1 unplaced
Ratings check
Highest winning OR: 0; Highest placed OR: 69
Index value
502 from 3 horses

Jason Hart

105.29%
Speed Analysis
31.97 36.40 37.66

Early Pace: Ev-Fs
D 26.04ft
2.26sps
26 Aug 2026 (13) Nbu 10F GF Cl4 AppHcp £7k 9-4 75 Won/7 (2), Empirical (½ Length) 4/1
ATR Future Form
Summary - Data does not include this horse
6 runs, 2 wins (2 horses), 2 placed, 2 unplaced
Next time out
5 runs, 1 win, 2 placed, 2 unplaced
Class analysis
1 run up in class, 0 wins, 0 placed, 1 unplaced
Ratings check
Highest winning OR: 82; Highest placed OR: 82
Index value
608 from 5 horses

D Egan

109.82%
Speed Analysis
31.80 35.69 39.32

Early Pace: Even
D 25.62ft
2.30sps
13 Aug 2026 (47) Wnd 8F GF Cl4 Hcp £5k 9-1 77 4/8 (6), Colourband (5¾) 4/1 2F
ATR Future Form
Summary - Data does not include this horse
8 runs, 1 win (1 horse), 1 placed, 6 unplaced
Next time out
6 runs, 1 win, 0 placed, 5 unplaced
Class analysis
1 run up in class, 0 wins, 0 placed, 1 unplaced
Ratings check
Highest winning OR: 80; Highest placed OR: 80
Index value
569 from 6 horses

D Egan

104.81%
Speed Analysis
32.32 38.23 38.23

Early Pace: Ev-Sl
C 25.55ft
2.31sps
27 Jun 2026 (21) Lin 9F GF Cl4 Hcp £5k 9-2 78 3/5 (2), Savvy Disko (5½) 11/8 F
ATR Future Form
Summary - Data does not include this horse
8 runs, 0 wins (0 horses), 0 placed, 8 unplaced
Next time out
4 runs, 0 wins, 0 placed, 4 unplaced
Class analysis
2 runs up in class, 0 wins, 0 placed, 2 unplaced
Ratings check
Highest winning OR: 0; Highest placed OR: 0
Index value
370 from 4 horses

Paddy Bradley

108.72%
Speed Analysis
31.44 35.70 38.64

Early Pace: Ev-Sl
A 25.45ft
2.25sps
06 Jun 2026 (26) Mus 9F Gd Cl2 Hcp £25k 8-1 78 4/7 (8), Blues And Royals (9¼) 9/4 JF
ATR Future Form
Summary - Data does not include this horse
20 runs, 5 wins (3 horses), 3 placed, 12 unplaced
Next time out
5 runs, 0 wins, 1 placed, 4 unplaced
Class analysis
0 runs up in class, 0 wins, 0 placed, 0 unplaced
Ratings check
Highest winning OR: 85; Highest placed OR: 89
Index value
306 from 5 horses

Lauren Young (5)

104.66%
Speed Analysis
30.99 37.22 37.37

Early Pace: Even
C 26.54ft
2.20sps
11 May 2026 (34) Wnd 8F GF Cl4 Hcp £5k 9-6 77 3/12 (5), Wild Thoughts (1½) 15/2
ATR Future Form
Summary - Data does not include this horse
45 runs, 7 wins (4 horses), 8 placed, 30 unplaced
Next time out
11 runs, 1 win, 3 placed, 7 unplaced
Class analysis
15 runs up in class, 1 win, 2 placed, 12 unplaced
Ratings check
Highest winning OR: 89; Highest placed OR: 89
Index value
1146 from 11 horses

D Egan

107.56%
Speed Analysis
34.27 35.41 38.51

Early Pace: Fast
D 24.91ft
2.27sps
07 Apr 2026 (173) Sth 8F St Cl4 Hcp £5k 9-6 77 5/7 (6), Gatehouse (4¼) 7/2 CF Future

H Crouch

102.83%
Speed Analysis
33.54 36.89 37.02

Early Pace: Even
A 24.68ft
2.25sps
173 Day break
16 Oct 2025 (13) Bgh 8F GF Cl4 Nov £5k 8-13 75 Won/7 (5), Only In Manila (1¼) 10/11 F Future

Mason Paetel (5)

103.30%
Speed Analysis
33.57 39.50 38.96

Early Pace: Ev-Sl
D 26.89ft
2.31sps
03 Oct 2025 (35) Sth 7F St Cl5 NovDiv1 £3k 9-7 - 2/9 (6), Capall Rasa (1½) 7/4 F Future

P J McDonald

102.60%
Speed Analysis
34.09 36.22 36.59

Early Pace: Ev-Fs
A 24.45ft
2.33sps
29 Aug 2025 (13) Thr 8F Gd Cl5 Nov £3k 9-4 - 3/11 (2), Be The Standard (5¼) 13/2 Future

P Mulrennan

103.94%
Speed Analysis
32.71 36.89 37.27

Early Pace: Even
C
16 Aug 2025 Nbu 7F GF Cl2 Nov £20k 9-7 - 6/10 (4), Venetian Prince (5) 40/1 Future

Rossa Ryan

104.14%
Speed Analysis
33.43 38.55 38.43

Early Pace: Even
C 24.62ft
2.33sps
Wind Surgery
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R3 18:41 Windsor 13 Aug 2026

Matchbook Loves Racing Handicap (3YO plus)

Winner £5,566 - 8 ran - Draw Advantage: None

1m 31y

Good to Firm

Pos.
Dist Beaten
Horse
SP
1

5 Colourband (IRE) (3)

13/8 F

2
2

4 Knights Gold (IRE) (8)

9/1

3
¾

6 Signcastle City (IRE) (2)

15/2

4
3

7 Magical Merlot (6)

4/1 2F

5
1¾

8 Too Hot To Tango (1)

15/2

6
½

3 Great Chieftain (IRE) (5)

13/2

7
14

2 Clouds Hill (IRE) (4)

10/1

8
1½

1 Mia Sunshine (GER) (7)

40/1

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