History for the Horse: MERCHANT OF VENICE
| Center | RNo | Date | Odds | Cl | Dist | AR | A/S | AWt | CWt | Jockey | Dr | Sh | BP | FP | WinnerT | Timedif | LBh | Winner |
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| MU2526 | 176 | 29Mar26 | 8 | CL4 | 1400 M | 39 | 4c | 58.5 | 58 | R Ajinkya | 13 | A | 4 | 3 | 1-23.23 | 1-23.92 | 4.5L | ASHWA GYPSY |
| Broke clean, raced wide early, improving on the outside as they passed the thousand, travelling six off the fence near the bend, then made a forward move in the straight to stay on steadily and finish a clear third. | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 124 | 22Feb26 | 13/4 | CL4 | 1600 M | 40 | 4c | 59 | 59 | Antony Raj S | 9 | A | 2 | 9 | 1-36.69 | 1-37.29 | 3.25L | ALGONQUIN |
| Sharp beginning, went straight to the front early, headed by Cornerstone before 800 yet holding second, turned for home chasing the leader in clear second, but weakened under pressure in the straight and dropped out of contention late | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 104 | 08Feb26 | 11/2 | CL4 | 1600 M | 32 | 4c | 55.5 | 55 | Nirmal Jodha | 10 | A | 3 | 1 | 1-36.79 | 1-36.79 | -L | MERCHANT OF VENICE |
| Level start, settled third behind Marius and Simola early, held his place till the bend in third, loomed up in the centre in the straight, went stride for stride with Marius and surged late to nail it on the post | ||||||||||||||||||
| MU2526 | 20 | 04Dec25 | 12/10 | CL4 | 1600 M | 32 | 3c | 57.5 | 57 | P Trevor | 8 | A | 8 | 8 | 1-37.19 | 1-41.94 | 29.75L | PRISTINE GLORY |
| Missed the kick, dropped out last and trailed the field many lengths adrift all through the backstretch, still detached turning for home, never really getting into contention and merely following the field home past some tired runners late | ||||||||||||||||||
| PU25 | 105 | 27Sep25 | 5/2 | CL4 | 1400 M | 30 | 3c | 57.5 | 57 | Nirmal Jodha | 5 | A | 5 | 2 | 1-28.59 | 1-28.63 | -L | MIRACLE OF HANUKAH |
| 9th till 1200, 6th till 800, 5th till turn, improved and challenged the winner strongly from 200, failed to get up | ||||||||||||||||||
| PU25 | 55 | 24Aug25 | 20 | M3Y | 1200 M | 0 | 3c | 56 | 56 | Nirmal Jodha | 6 | A | 10 | 7 | 1-09.99 | 1-11.87 | 11 1/4L | WINGS OF FURY |
| 9th till 800, then 10th till turn, finished 7th | ||||||||||||||||||
