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Merisi Diamond: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Merisi Diamond is a 7-year-old gelding by Caravaggio, trained by Thomas Coyle. He has won 5 of 25 starts and placed in 3 more, for £600 in prize money. His best trip is 7.5f, where 2 wins from 5 is a 40% strike rate against 15% at every other distance. He runs next in the 6:00 at Galway on 8 September. His best performance rating is 96, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 25
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 20%
  • Prize money £600
  • Best rating 96
  • Official rating 71

Where Merisi Diamond runs next

Time Course Race Best price
6:00 Galway Racing In The City Of Tribes Handicap —

Merisi Diamond form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
31 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Lidan Handicap 7.5f Yielding 5 3.5 11/1 W J Lee 71
19 Apr 26 Curragh 1xBet.ie Supports Safe Gambling Handicap 7f Soft 1 — 15/2 W J Lee 69
28 Mar 26 Curragh Cavalor Equine Nutrition Handicap 7f Soft To Heavy 3 6.5 9/1 W J Lee 69
22 Mar 26 Naas Colm White Bookmaker Handicap 7f Soft 7 7.5 6/1 James Ryan 72
15 Mar 26 Curragh Nua's Mobile Sensory Units Handicap 6f Heavy 6 3.75 10/1 James Ryan 72
13 Oct 25 Roscommon Guinness Handicap 7.5f Soft 14 18 9/1 Ronan Whelan 76
1 Sep 25 Roscommon Lidan Handicap 7.5f Soft 12 32.75 17/2 Ronan Whelan 80
24 May 25 Curragh QuinnBet Handicap 7f Good 9 5.5 17/2 W J Lee 82
25 Apr 25 Limerick Great National South Court Hotel Handicap 1m Soft To Heavy 4 6.25 11/1 W J Lee 85
16 Mar 25 Curragh Nua Healthcare Handicap 6f Soft 10 6 15/2 Ronan Whelan 86
3 Nov 24 Curragh businessplus.ie Handicap 7f Yielding To Soft 4 5 9/1 Ronan Whelan 87
22 Oct 24 Curragh Friarstown Stud Handicap 6f Soft 2 — 5/1 Ronan Whelan 84
14 Oct 24 Roscommon www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap (50-80) 7.5f Soft 1 — 11/4F Ronan Whelan 79
28 Sep 24 Curragh SBK Handicap 7f Good To Yielding 4 3.5 13/2 Ronan Whelan 79
2 Sep 24 Roscommon RoscommonRacecourse.ie Handicap 7.5f Soft 1 — 9/2 Ronan Whelan 70
24 Aug 24 Curragh FBD Hotels And Resorts Saturday Series Handicap 5f Good 12 8.5 4/1F Ronan Whelan 71
20 Apr 24 Curragh Tote Never Beaten By SP Handicap 6f Heavy 8 6 15/8F Ronan Whelan 74
10 Apr 24 Leopardstown SPIN1038 Handicap (50-80) 7f Heavy 2 1.5 5/6F Ronan Whelan 72
18 Mar 24 Curragh Cavalor Equine Nutrition Handicap (47-70) 6f Heavy 1 — 2/1F Ronan Whelan 58
31 Oct 23 Curragh Follow ToteRacing On Twitter Handicap (47-65) 7f Heavy 1 — 5/2F Ronan Whelan 47
12 Oct 23 Curragh Cavalor Equine Nutrition Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 7f Soft To Heavy 5 3.5 10/1 Ronan Whelan 47
4 Oct 23 Navan Book Your Discounted Tickets On NavanRacecourse.ie Apprentice Handicap (47-65) 5.5f Yielding SU - 6/1F Conor Stone-Walsh 47
6 Nov 22 Naas Sobac Healthy Soil soil.ie Maiden 6f Heavy 10 18 125/1 Rory Cleary –
19 Oct 22 Navan NavanRacecourse.ie Maiden 5f Heavy 12 10.5 66/1 Wayne Lordan –
13 Oct 22 Curragh Hollywoodbets Supports Brentford Football Club Maiden 1m Yielding To Soft 11 15.75 20/1 Wayne Lordan –

Last time out

Finished 5 in the Lidan Handicap at Roscommon (IRE) on 31 August 2026. Held up towards the back - urged forward with over 2f left - responded and stayed on late to snatch 5th near the line.

Merisi Diamond by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 9 2 22%
6f 6 1 17%
7.5f 5 2 40%
8f 2 0 0%
5f 2 0 0%
5.5f 1 0 0%

Merisi Diamond by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Soft 8 3 38%
Heavy 7 2 29%
Soft To Heavy 3 0 0%
Yielding 2 0 0%
Good 2 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 2 0 0%
Good To Yielding 1 0 0%

Merisi Diamond by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Curragh 14 3 21%
Roscommon 4 2 50%
Naas 2 0 0%
Navan 2 0 0%
Roscommon (IRE) 1 0 0%
Limerick 1 0 0%
Leopardstown 1 0 0%

Merisi Diamond breeding

  • Sire Caravaggio (USA)
  • Dam Lucy Diamonds (IRE)
  • Damsire Orpen (USA)
  • Breeder Mr Tommy Murphy
  • Foaled 25 April 2019

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