Horse Profile

MERITOCRATIC (IRE)

Age, Colour, Sex 3 b g (3 Apr 2023) Trainer James Owen

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Trainer History James Horton until 21 Jun 2026
Owner Mr J Owen Pedigree CHURCHILL (IRE) ETOILE BLEU (IRE) STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS)

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Results

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Date		Crs/Class /Type	Result Res	Btn	Type	Or	Dis	Going	Eq	Jockey	ISP	BSP	IP Hi/Lo	IPS	FS%	Tfig	TFR	Adj
30 Aug 26		Yar C6 Appr Hcap (0-65)	5/5	7	Turf	60	8f	Good	(s)	Mason Paetel	15/28.5
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Change of Stable: James Horton to James Owen
70 day break
21 Jun 26		Bri C5 Hcap (0-70)	5/9	18	Turf	62	9.9f	Good	(v)	Jack Mitchell	10/111
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1 Jun 26		Wnd C6 Hcap (0-65)	3/10	4.25	Turf	63	10f	Gd/Frm	(v)	Jack Mitchell	22/123
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13 Apr 26		Nwc C6 Hcap (0-65)	5/7	8.5	AW	65	10.2f	Std		Jack Mitchell	11/43.75
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112 day break
22 Dec 25		Wol C5 Stks	7/10	9	AW	W	7.2f	Slow		George Wood	7/18
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26 Nov 25		ChC C5 Mdn Stks	6/13	2.45	AW	M	7f	Slow		Marco Ghiani	18/119
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55 day break
2 Oct 25		Sal C4 Stks	9/11	19.5	Turf	W	8f	Gd/Sft		Daniel Muscutt	100/1101
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Future Entries

Date	Course Crs	Time	Race	Dis
10 Sep 2026	Lin	19:05	GET RACEDAY READY HANDICAP (6)	10f

Statistics

Code	Runs	Wins	Places	ISP P/L	Best TFR
Flat	7	0	1	-7

MERITOCRATIC (IRE)

MERITOCRATIC (IRE) is a bay gelding. He is 3 years old (foaled 03 April 2023). The owner of MERITOCRATIC (IRE) is Mr J Owen and his current trainer is James Owen. The pedigree for MERITOCRATIC (IRE) is: CHURCHILL (IRE) - ETOILE BLEU (IRE) - STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS).

MERITOCRATIC (IRE) last ran at Yarmouth on 30 August 2026, in the GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE APPRENTICE HANDICAP (6) over a distance of 1M 3Y. Ridden by Mason Paetel, MERITOCRATIC (IRE) finished 5th of 5 runners. The Industry Starting Price (ISP) for MERITOCRATIC (IRE) was 15/2 (Betfair SP 8.92).

MERITOCRATIC (IRE) currently has entries in the following races:

GET RACEDAY READY HANDICAP (6) at Lingfield Park on 10 September 2026