Inspiring (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
26-Oct-22
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay
Sire
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            <a class="text-blue-600 hover:underline" href="/trainer/greg-eurell/">Greg Eurell</a>
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                Inspiring is a 3yo bay gelding from Australia trained by Greg Eurell. He is by the stallion Impending. He has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in two starts. In his latest start at Geelong on 14 Jan 2026, Beau Mertens rode him to a fourth‑place finish behind the winner Sussex Duchess.
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Raced At
Geelong Mornington
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Geelong 14-Jan-26 1112m GOOD 3 R1 MDN-SW $2,250 (of $45,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:05.330, SP: 6.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st 1st Sussex Duchess ( J Allen 57.5 , Cd 58 ) 2nd Burleigh ( R Whearty 58 ) 2.00L 3rd Bourdeto ( M Dee 56 ) 2.46L 4th Inspiring ( B Mertens 58 ) 2.66L See full resultsB Mertens 58kg 2.66L4 (7)
Mornington 17-Dec-25 1200m GOOD 4 R3 MDN-SW $2,125 (of $42,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:10.830, SP: 2.30 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.540 1st Kings Commission ( C Hefel 59.5 ) 2nd Valedictorian ( J Mott 58 ) 2.50L 3rd Foxtrot Charlie ( D J Dunn 58 ) 2.65L 4th Inspiring ( B Mertens 58 ) 3.65L See full resultsB Mertens 58kg 3.65L4 (8)
Southside Cranbourne 24-Nov-25 1000m R13 Jump Out-S5 1st Inspiring ( J Noonan ) 2nd Cyber Link ( B Mertens ) 3rd Motherduck ( J B Stanley )J Noonan1 (6)
Southside Cranbourne 20-Oct-25 1000m R13 Jump Out-G4 1st Inspiring ( L Bates ) 2nd Astari ( L K Cartwright ) 3rd Proffer ( J Mott )L Bates1 (10)
Southside Cranbourne 06-Oct-25 800m R6 Jump Out-S6, Winning Time: 00:46.600 1st Empire Song ( E P Brown ) 2nd One Bound ( L J Neindorf ) 3rd Jenni Multabella ( B Allen ) 5th Inspiring ( B Mertens )B Mertens5 (8)