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Merchant Navy
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Trained by Aaron Purcell at , Merchant Navy is a 2024 year old colt by the sire , out of the dam .

He has won a total of 10 races from 14 starts for a win percentage of 71%. His career earnings are $1.7M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Flemington on November 4th in 2017 when he won $600,000 in the Coolmore Stud Stakes (a set weight race over 1,200 metres).

Merchant Navy is a top level performer, having started 4 times at group race level, with 2 wins, including 1 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $2430.

The colt tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $125k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$1.7M
Starts
14
Wins
10
Second
0
Third
2
Win %
71
Place %
86
Profit
+24.3
Conditions
Good
12
8-0-1
$125k
Soft
2
2-0-0
$72k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
4
2-0-1
Group 1
2
1-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-1
Group 3
1
1-0-0
Race Distance
1200m
4
3-0-1
+22
1400m
3
2-0-0
+2.3
Race Track
Flemington
3
2-0-1
+19.8
Rosehill
1
0-0-0
-1
Caulfield
1
1-0-0
+2.5
Sandown Hillside
1
1-0-0
+0.5
Pakenham
1
1-0-0
+2.5
Race State
VIC
6
5-0-1
+26.3
NSW
1
0-0-0

Race History

Mar-10 18
3/
0.3
6.5
Flemington
4
1200
Newmarket Handicap 
$113k
$1.3M
M Zahra
52
68.63
-
14,14
Nov-4 17
1/20
0.0
19
Flemington
3
1200
Coolmore Stud Stakes 
$600k
$1M
M Zahra
57
69.10
-
17,7
Sep-23 17
10/14
4.3
7
Rosehill
4
1400
Golden Rose 
$10k
$1M
M Zahra
56½
86.66
-
10
9,8
-2
Sep-2 17
1/
0.0
3.5
Caulfield
4
1200
H.D.F. McNeil Stakes 
$90k
$151k
M Zahra
57½
60.00
-
9,8
Apr-25 17
1/
0.0
3.8
Flemington
7
1400
Anzac Day Stakes
$72k
$121k
M Zahra
57½
86.87
-
6
7,5
+4
Apr-5 17
1/
0.0
1.5
Sandown Hillside
4
1400
Nick Johnstone Real Estate Handicap
$19k
$35k
M Zahra
56½
84.82
-
4
3,2
+1
Mar-2 17
1/
0.0
3.5
Pakenham
4
1200
Racing.Com Maiden Plate
$14k
$25k
M Zahra
58
72.40
-
6,3