Merion

(NZ)

Country

New Zealand

Foal Date

02-Sep-11

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

O'Reilly

Dam

Sapphire Belle

Prize Money

$277350

Trainer

D Cruz

Owners

R & C Legh Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: R P Legh), J O'Neill, B Nettlefold, A Kirkwood-Scott, Carty Racing (Mgr: B Carty), Miss K S Glindemann, Gurners Bloodstock Co (Mgr: M Ramsden), S J & Mrs C K Cowan, P Mehrten, L A & Mrs S J Smith, R Oppy & V Ruiu

About

Merion is a 13yo bay gelding from New Zealand trained by D Cruz. He is sired by the stallion O'Reilly out of the dam Sapphire Belle. Merion has secured 3 wins throughout his career. On 13th Sep 2014 at Flemington, Merion achieved his most notable victory in the $120000 Living Legends Stakes. Merion has retired from racing, with his final race on 7th May 2017 at Sha Tin.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Sha Tin 07-May-17 1400m GOOD R10 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 8	K Chiong 57.5kg, Cd 0	UPD (14)
Sha Tin 25-Apr-17 1200m GOOD R6 Btria Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:11.280, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:22.600	D Leung 0 5.40L	8 (11)
Sha Tin 11-Apr-17 1000m GOOD R2 Btria Barrier 10, Winning Time: 00:58.100, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:23.200	D Leung 0 0.10L	2 (10)
Sha Tin 30-Jan-17 1200m GOOD R4 Open (of $8,000,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.150, SP: 46.00 In-running: Settled 7th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.440	D Leung 55kg 4.50L	7 (8)
Sha Tin 22-Jan-17 1200m GOOD R8 Cls 2 $105,000 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:09.330, SP: 6.20 In-running: Settled 5th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.120	N Callan 60.5kg 1.90L	4 (14)
Sha Tin 01-Jan-17 1200m GOOD R11 Cls 2 $61,250 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:08.920, SP: 7.90 In-running: Settled 10th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.690	D Leung 55kg 3.00L	5 (14)
Sha Tin 11-Dec-16 1200m GOOD R9 Cls 2 $385,000 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:09.160, SP: 18.00 In-running: Settled 12th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.970	D Leung 55kg 0.50L	2 (14)
Sha Tin 20-Nov-16 1600m GOOD R9 Cls 2 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:34.020, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 12th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.020	N Rawiller 56.5kg 7.90L	12 (14)
Sha Tin 08-Nov-16 1600m GOOD R9 Btria Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:36.660, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:24.000	N Rawiller 0 0.30L	2 (13)
Sha Tin 16-Oct-16 1400m GOOD R11 Cls 2 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:21.090, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 3rd Sectionals: 400m 00:22.850	N Rawiller 57.5kg 5.30L	7 (14)
Sha Tin 25-Sep-16 1400m GOOD R10 Cls 2 $201,250 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:21.490, SP: 5.30 In-running: Settled 9th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.320	B Prebble 55kg 1.00L	3 (14)
Sha Tin 03-Sep-16 1400m GOOD R10 Cls 2 $385,000 (of $1,750,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:20.760, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 7th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.410	N Callan 55kg 1.30L	2 (14)
Sha Tin 23-Aug-16 800m GOOD R1 Btria Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:45.350, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:21.400	N Callan 0 3.50L	4 (13)
Sha Tin 10-Jul-16 1400m GOOD R11 Cls 2 $57,750 (of $1,650,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:20.990, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 11th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.910	D Whyte 56kg 1.40L	5 (14)
Sha Tin 19-Jun-16 1200m GOOD R10 Cls 2 $189,750 (of $1,650,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:08.070, SP: 7.20 In-running: Settled 10th Sectionals: 400m 00:21.930	D Whyte 55kg 1.80L	3 (12)
Sha Tin 14-May-16 1400m GOOD R9 Cls 2 $99,000 (of $1,650,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:21.710, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 8th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.620	Z Purton 54.5kg 1.50L	4 (13)
Sha Tin 03-May-16 1050m SOFT R10 Btria Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:01.380, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:22.600	Z Purton 0 1.30L	4 (9)
Sha Tin 29-Mar-16 1200m GOOD R2 Btria Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.660, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:22.000	Z Purton 0	1 (7)
Sha Tin 28-Feb-16 1600m GOOD R9 Cls 2 $99,000 (of $1,650,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:35.230, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 9th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.260	Z Purton 56.5kg 2.40L	4 (14)
Sha Tin 06-Feb-16 1400m GOOD R10 Cls 2 $363,000 (of $1,650,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:22.050, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 11th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.300	R Moore 57kg 0.50L	2 (14)
Sha Tin 09-Jan-16 1200m GOOD R7 Cls 2 $189,750 (of $1,650,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:08.860, SP: 58.00 In-running: Settled 11th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.010	D Leung 54kg 3.80L	3 (12)
Happy Valley 18-Dec-15 1200m GOOD R2 Btria Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:12.570, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:23.800	U Rispoli 0	1 (8)
Happy Valley 27-Nov-15 1200m GOOD R2 Btria Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:14.220, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:24.000	Z Purton 0 5.30L	6 (8)
Sha Tin 10-Nov-15 1050m GOOD R12 Btria Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:01.270, SP: 0 Sectionals: 400m 00:22.400	N Rawiller 0 12.30L	11 (12)
Doomben 06-Jun-15 1600m GOOD R5 G2 Open $40,000 (of $400,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:34.610, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.200	D Browne 57kg 1.60L	3 (16)
Sunshine Coast 16-May-15 1600m GOOD R5 Open (of $125,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:36.190, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.930 midfield cover, held up 700m - turn, every chance	D Browne 57kg 6.40L	7 (18)
Royal Randwick 18-Apr-15 2000m SOFT R2 Open $15,000 (of $150,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:05.930, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.180 Worse than midfield and worked home well	S Arnold 56.5kg 1.70L	3 (8)
Rosehill Gardens 28-Mar-15 2000m GOOD R8 Open $17,500 (of $175,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:03.100, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.020 Behind leader and fought hard, winner too good	S Arnold 56kg 3.50L	3 (15)
Flemington 07-Mar-15 1600m GOOD R7 Open $10,000 (of $500,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:35.140, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.290 outside leader, hard ridden 300m, boxed on	S Arnold 56.5kg 3.40L	6 (14)
Flemington 21-Feb-15 1400m GOOD R6 Open $6,750 (of $150,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:22.270, SP: 9.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.600 midfield, worked home solidly without threatening	S Arnold 56.5kg 2.50L	4 (12)
Sandown Hill 07-Feb-15 1300m GOOD R7 Open $7,200 (of $80,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:17.610, SP: 17.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 1st, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.380 wide so pushed to share lead, tough run told 100m	S Arnold 58.5kg 2.20L	3 (8)
Caulfield 18-Oct-14 2000m GOOD R4 Open (of $750,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:03.820, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 1200m 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:37.230 pushed to lead, under siege home bend, weakened	S Arnold 57kg 9.70L	9 (13)
Caulfield 11-Oct-14 1600m GOOD 3 R9 G1 Caul guineas $20,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:35.580, SP: $21 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.920 Sat near rear, made some late ground down outside	S Arnold 56.5kg 3.70L	6 (13)
Flemington 13-Sep-14 1400m GOOD R4 Open $73,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:22.380, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.110 Just off pace, ran home strongly, just held on	S Arnold 57kg	1 (12)
Moonee Valley 23-Aug-14 1200m GOOD R6 Open $5,400 (of $120,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:10.170, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.130 Went back, worked home. Jky: will benefit from run	S Arnold 56.5kg 4.90L	4 (10)
Flemington 25-Apr-14 1410m GOOD R2 Open $72,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:26.410, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 5th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.740 traveled well, run came and he sprinted too well	S Arnold 57kg	1 (15)
Bendigo 27-Mar-14 1300m SOFT R1 Open $10,500 (of $17,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:18.530, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.900	S Arnold 59kg	1 (10)