BEAU MERTENS
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Australia
Beau Mertens is the son of Group 1 winning jockey Peter Mertens and began his career in 2014.
Taking just seven rides to claim his first winner at Echuca, Merterns put in plenty of hard toil prior to that working for the Mick Kent stable for a year before being offered an apprenticeship.
Mertens first black type success came aboard Bassett in the Abell Stakes at Moonee Valley also going on to win the Listed Hareeba Stakes at Mornington.
BEAU MERTENS' Career
Latest Rides
FP | Date | Course | Runner | Div | Type | Distance | PM AUD $ | Trainer | Time |
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9 of 12 | 29 Mar 2024 | CRAN | CRUMPETS | $14 | 3U MDN | 1300m | $100,000 | MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 1:17.68 |
1 of 7 | 29 Mar 2024 | CRAN | LIGHT WISH | $1.6 | 3U MDN | 1000m | $40,000 | MS N M BURKE | 0:57.62 |
1 of 3 | 29 Mar 2024 | CRAN | IN HER EYES | $1.1 | 2 MDN | 1300m | $40,000 | LEON & TROY CORSTENS | 1:18.50 |
7 of 10 | 28 Mar 2024 | PAKM | OUR TURN NOW | $6.0 | 3U BM64 | 1600m | $40,000 | MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 1:39.58 |
6 of 10 | 28 Mar 2024 | PAKM | YORKEL | $5.0 | 3U MDN | 1200m | $40,000 | GAVIN BEDGGOOD | 1:11.70 |
4 of 12 | 28 Mar 2024 | PAKM | CARACORON | $51 | 3U MDN | 2000m | $40,000 | MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 2:03.88 |
5 of 14 | 27 Mar 2024 | SANL | CASTEL TROSINO | $26 | 3U BM64 | 2100m | $55,000 | MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 2:10.99 |
9 of 10 | 27 Mar 2024 | SANL | SUBRISING | $17 | 3UFM BM70 | 1200m | $55,000 | NIGEL BLACKISTON | 1:10.36 |
1 of 7 | 26 Mar 2024 | GEEL | BITCOIN | $2.6 | 3U BM64 | 2447m | $27,000 | LINDSEY SMITH | 2:33.44 |
5 of 11 | 26 Mar 2024 | GEEL | DON RUBIO | $9.5 | 3U MDN | 1330m | $27,000 | CHRIS WALLER | 1:18.91 |
Trainer Statistics
Trainer Name | Wins | Win (%) | Places | Place (%) | Rides | PM AUD $ | G1(w) | G2(w) | G3(w) | LR(w) | ROI |
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GAVIN BEDGGOOD | 4 | 26.7% | 4 | 53.3% | 15 | $251,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.78 |
MATT LAURIE | 3 | 50.0% | 2 | 83.3% | 6 | $74,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.02 |
LINDSEY SMITH | 2 | 22.2% | 2 | 44.4% | 9 | $93,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.63 |
MITCHELL FREEDMAN | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 50.0% | 4 | $170,615 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $2.62 |
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 1 | 7.1% | 2 | 21.4% | 14 | $145,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.12 |
DAVID BRIDEOAKE & MATT JENKINS | 1 | 25.0% | 0 | 25.0% | 4 | $25,850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.78 |
J T CONLAN | 1 | 33.3% | 0 | 33.3% | 3 | $26,950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.67 |
PAT CAREY & HARRIS WALKER | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 50.0% | 2 | $82,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $8.50 |
LEON & TROY CORSTENS | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $22,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.14 |
MS N M BURKE | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $22,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.65 |
MATT CUMANI | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $19,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $4.00 |
VINCENT MALADY | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $20,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $15.00 |
ARCHIE ALEXANDER | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $19,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $3.25 |
CHRIS WALLER | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 20.0% | 5 | $11,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
NIGEL BLACKISTON | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | $7,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Trainer Name | Wins | Win (%) | Places | Place (%) | Rides | PM AUD $ | G1(w) | G2(w) | G3(w) | LR(w) | ROI |
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MICHAEL KENT | 42 | 11.4% | 104 | 39.8% | 367 | $2,175,989 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $0.90 |
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 26 | 14.9% | 37 | 36.0% | 175 | $1,219,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.68 |
JULIUS SANDHU | 25 | 10.2% | 48 | 29.9% | 244 | $1,201,835 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.79 |
LINDSEY SMITH | 25 | 19.8% | 30 | 43.7% | 126 | $900,748 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.12 |
MATT LAURIE | 22 | 15.4% | 40 | 43.4% | 143 | $821,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.77 |
MICK PRICE | 17 | 13.3% | 34 | 39.8% | 128 | $959,409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $0.67 |
GAVIN BEDGGOOD | 17 | 15.5% | 28 | 40.9% | 110 | $958,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $1.85 |
HENRY DWYER | 16 | 10.4% | 35 | 33.1% | 154 | $835,791 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0.65 |
MS N M BURKE | 16 | 13.7% | 28 | 37.6% | 117 | $416,727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.15 |
D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG | 14 | 11.0% | 32 | 36.2% | 127 | $870,362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0.55 |
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS | 14 | 12.3% | 23 | 32.5% | 114 | $746,385 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $1.72 |
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE | 14 | 17.7% | 17 | 39.2% | 79 | $684,397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.89 |
DARREN WEIR | 14 | 19.7% | 9 | 32.4% | 71 | $483,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.72 |
J WARREN & D KRONGOLD | 12 | 14.5% | 11 | 27.7% | 83 | $327,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.64 |
DAVID BRIDEOAKE | 12 | 15.2% | 16 | 35.4% | 79 | $372,158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.39 |
Seasons Summary Statistics
Season | Wins | Win (%) | Places | Place (%) | Rides | PM AUD $ | G1(w) | G2(w) | G3(w) | LR(w) | ROI |
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2023/24 | 59 | 13.8% | 100 | 37.2% | 427 | $4,635,088 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $0.79 |
2022/23 | 105 | 13.6% | 186 | 37.7% | 771 | $4,787,253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.74 |
2021/22 | 71 | 12.5% | 103 | 30.7% | 566 | $3,464,600 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | $1.32 |
2020/21 | 52 | 8.8% | 120 | 29.2% | 590 | $1,949,555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.78 |
2019/20 | 46 | 8.0% | 120 | 28.9% | 575 | $2,174,557 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0.85 |
2018/19 | 56 | 9.3% | 127 | 30.4% | 601 | $3,399,574 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | $1.00 |
2017/18 | 57 | 9.7% | 142 | 34.0% | 585 | $3,689,286 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | $1.07 |
2016/17 | 104 | 15.0% | 147 | 36.1% | 695 | $4,501,959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | $0.98 |
2015/16 | 42 | 7.8% | 118 | 29.8% | 537 | $1,407,664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.83 |
2014/15 | 41 | 9.1% | 95 | 30.2% | 450 | $748,493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.76 |
Overall | 633 | 10.9% | 1258 | 21.7% | 5797 | $30,758,028 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | $0.90 |