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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7 of 13 | 01 Oct 2023 | SANH | PORT PHILIP | $201 | OPEN | 1800m | $150,000 | JULIUS SANDHU | 1:48.26 |
4 of 8 | 01 Oct 2023 | SANH | GOLDEN PATH | $10 | QLTY G3 | 1500m | $200,990 | MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 1:29.30 |
7 of 8 | 01 Oct 2023 | SANH | RIVERINA CYCLONE | $101 | 4UM BM70 | 1400m | $80,000 | MATT LAURIE | 1:23.90 |
5 of 5 | 30 Sep 2023 | MORN | BOSS QUEEN | $4.5 | 3UFM BM70 | 1200m | $50,000 | GAVIN BEDGGOOD | 1:10.51 |
1 of 9 | 30 Sep 2023 | MORN | BORN A KING | $2.6 | OPEN LR | 2400m | $175,750 | CHRIS WALLER | 2:28.33 |
8 of 8 | 30 Sep 2023 | MORN | MAGICAL LAND | $9.0 | 3UCG BM70 | 1500m | $50,000 | R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK | 1:29.29 |
5 of 8 | 30 Sep 2023 | MORN | LONDON POINT | $4.0 | 3UFM BM70 | 1500m | $50,000 | CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE | 1:30.89 |
6 of 8 | 29 Sep 2023 | BLLA | VARDANI | $9.5 | OPEN | 2100m | $125,000 | ARCHIE ALEXANDER | 2:11.68 |
5 of 14 | 29 Sep 2023 | BLLA | POCKET CHANGE | $8.0 | BM70 | 1206m | $50,000 | VINCENT MALADY | 1:12.52 |
8 of 12 | 29 Sep 2023 | BLLA | THREE RINGS | $5.0 | 3U BM64 | 1106m | $35,000 | MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 1:06.07 |
Trainer Statistics
Trainer Name | Wins | Win (%) | Places | Place (%) | Rides | PM AUD $ | G1(w) | G2(w) | G3(w) | LR(w) | ROI |
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MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 2 | 8.3% | 5 | 29.2% | 24 | $111,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.26 |
LINDSEY SMITH | 2 | 28.6% | 1 | 42.9% | 7 | $84,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.62 |
GAVIN BEDGGOOD | 1 | 10.0% | 3 | 40.0% | 10 | $51,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.10 |
JULIUS SANDHU | 1 | 11.1% | 2 | 33.3% | 9 | $41,315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.32 |
R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK | 1 | 20.0% | 2 | 60.0% | 5 | $79,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $3.00 |
ROBBIE LAING | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 100.0% | 2 | $17,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.90 |
DARRYL BLACKSHAW | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 100.0% | 2 | $22,785 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $2.25 |
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 100.0% | 2 | $25,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $4.50 |
MATTHEW WILLIAMS | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 50.0% | 2 | $19,925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $2.50 |
CHRIS WALLER | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $105,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $2.62 |
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $14,850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $2.88 |
MITCHELL FREEDMAN | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $20,625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $15.00 |
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 25.0% | 4 | $13,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
JOHN MCARDLE | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 66.7% | 3 | $10,875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
JOHN LEEK (JNR) | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | $4,375 | 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 |
JULIUS SANDHU | 25 | 10.6% | 45 | 29.7% | 236 | $1,143,485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.82 |
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR | 23 | 15.9% | 32 | 37.9% | 145 | $1,006,557 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.75 |
LINDSEY SMITH | 22 | 21.4% | 25 | 45.6% | 103 | $710,523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.22 |
MATT LAURIE | 18 | 14.9% | 31 | 40.5% | 121 | $661,715 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.84 |
MICK PRICE | 17 | 13.3% | 34 | 39.8% | 128 | $959,409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $0.67 |
HENRY DWYER | 15 | 10.0% | 35 | 33.3% | 150 | $812,341 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0.64 |
MS N M BURKE | 15 | 12.9% | 28 | 37.1% | 116 | $394,727 | 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 | 19.2% | 14 | 38.4% | 73 | $666,322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.96 |
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 |
GAVIN BEDGGOOD | 11 | 14.9% | 15 | 35.1% | 74 | $484,045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $2.40 |
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 | 15 | 12.0% | 26 | 32.8% | 125 | $710,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0.75 |
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 | 589 | 10.7% | 1184 | 21.5% | 5495 | $26,833,055 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | $0.90 |