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Merchant Banker
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Trained by Gavin Sharrock at Stratford, Merchant Banker is a 4 year old horse by the sire Ten Sovereigns, out of the dam Twinkles.

Merchant Banker is still a maiden as he is yet to win a race from 11 starts. His career earnings are $24k, with the biggest win of his career coming at New Plymouth Raceway on September 14th in 2024 when he won $4,116 in the Taranaki Pine Mdn Dash (a set weight with allowances race over 990 metres).

The horse tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $4k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$24k
Starts
11
Wins
0
Second
5
Third
2
Win %
0
Place %
64
Profit
-11.0
Conditions
Good
1
0-0-1
$4k
Soft
4
0-1-1
$1k
Heavy
2
0-1-0
$3k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1200m
7
0-2-2
-7
1000m
1
0-1-0
-1
1400m
2
0-1-0
-2
990m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Waverley
1
0-0-0
-1
Awapuni Synthetic
4
0-3-0
-4
Hawera
2
0-0-1
-2
New Plymouth Raceway
4
0-2-1
-4
Race State
5
0-2-1
-5
NZ
6
0-3-1
-6

Race History

Oct-19 25
8/11
7.2
$7
Waverley
7
1200
Total Log Haulage / Total Transport Mdn
$0k
$22k
E Nicholas
57½
71.37
-
3
3,4
-4
Aug-24 25
5/6
4.6
$5.1
Awapuni Synthetic
0
1200
HR Jones & Co Ltd (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
J Chung
54½
70.92
-
2
2,2
-3
Aug-3 25
2/7
1.0
$5.9
Awapuni Synthetic
0
1000
Courtesy Ford Manawatu (Bm69)
$3k
$17k
J Chung
52
57.86
-
2
2
Jul-4 25
2/11
0.8
$4.2
Awapuni Synthetic
0
1200
Bryce Newman Racing Hcp (57)
$3k
$17k
J Chung
56½
71.66
-
1
1,1
-1
May-18 25
9/11
12.8
$5.5
Hawera
10
1200
Grangewilliam Stud Mdn
$0k
$17k
B Grylls
58½
75.21
-
3
3,2
-7
Spell of 177 Days
Nov-22 24
7/9
7.7
$5
New Plymouth Raceway
5
1400
Murphy And Landrigan Chartered Accountants Mdn
$0k
$25k
J Doyle
57½
84.67
-
3
4
-3
Nov-6 24
2/9
1.5
$2.7
New Plymouth Raceway
7
1400
Christmas At The Races Friday 5th December Mdn
$3k
$19k
C Butler
55½
85.76
-
1
1,1
-1
Oct-25 24
3/10
3.0
$4.4
New Plymouth Raceway
5
1200
Taranaki-Whanganui Breeders Association Mdn
$2k
$19k
J Doyle
56
70.90
-
5
5
+2
Oct-5 24
3/10
2.8
$7.3
Hawera
4
1200
NZB RTR Hcp
$4k
$40k
J Doyle
56
71.36
-
1
1,1
-2
Sep-14 24
2/10
1.8
$7
New Plymouth Raceway
10
990
Taranaki Pine Mdn Dash
$5k
$25k
J Allen
54
68.04
-
4
4,3
+1
Aug-9 24
2/8
6.5
$4.1
Awapuni Synthetic
0
1200
Pukemarama Silviculture Mdn
$3k
$17k
L Sutherland
55
70.92
-
3
3
+1