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General Merchant

46yo r · Trainer Ron Hodges
Legal Tender I — Elissa Cheng (by Chinese Lacquer)

84Official rating

59R 17W 19LCareer

+15.5%£1 backed all runs

0121332FLast 8 · recent right

By going

Going	W-Runs	SR
Good	4-14	28.6%
Soft	2-13	15.4%
Good To Firm	3-12	25%
Good To Soft	5-11	45.5%
Firm	3-5	60%
Heavy	0-2	0%

By distance

Trip	W-Runs	SR
2m & under	3-7	42.9%
2m-2.5m	5-20	25%
2.5m-3m	8-27	29.6%
3m+	1-5	20%

By course

Course	W-Runs	SR
Fontwell	6-15	40%
Towcester	3-6	50%
Larkhill	2-4	50%
Taunton	2-4	50%
Badbury Rings	1-4	25%
Exeter	1-4	25%
Lingfield	1-3	33.3%
Stratford	1-1	100%
Worcester	0-3	0%
Newton Abbot	0-3	0%
Plumpton	0-2	0%
Cheltenham	0-1	0%
Sandown	0-1	0%
Hereford	0-1	0%
Fakenham	0-1	0%
Cotley	0-1	0%
Tweseldown	0-1	0%
Wincanton	0-1	0%
Windsor	0-1	0%
Newbury	0-1	0%
Leicester	0-1	0%

Full form history

all runs · wins tinted gold

Date ↓	Course	Cond.	Cls	Pos	Jockey	OR	SP
1995-01-11	Plumpton	2m · Soft	Class 5	F/9	R Dunwoody	84	100/30F
1994-12-12	Newton Abbot	2m5f · Heavy	Border Fox Challenge Tro	2/9	A Tory	94	6/1
1994-12-03	Towcester	2m5f · Soft	New World Handicap Chase	3/3	Sophie Mitchell	97	6/1
1994-11-29	Leicester	2m1f · Good	Oak 'optional Claiming'	3/6	A Tory	—	4/1
1994-05-30	Fontwell	2m1½f · Good To Firm	Lavington Challenge Cup	1/4	Sophie Mitchell	100	13/2
1994-05-27	Towcester	2m5f · Good To Soft	Broadway Stampings Handi	2/5	R Dunwoody	91	11/10F
1994-05-09	Towcester	2m5f · Good	Barwell Handicap Chase	1/9	R Dunwoody	90	7/2
1994-04-21	Fontwell	2m1½f · Good To Firm	Robert Gore Memorial Cha	5/13	R Dunwoody	90	8/1
1994-04-13	Worcester	2m · Good To Soft	Cromwell Conditional Joc	2/5	R Farrant	90	11/4
1994-04-02	Towcester	2m5f · Soft	33Rd Year Of Schilizzi C	3/7	A Tory	95	9/1
1994-03-22	Fontwell	2m1½f · Good	'certain Justice' Challe	4/7	A Tory	95	6/1
1994-03-14	Taunton	2m · Good To Soft	Sheldon Claiming Chase	1/7	A Tory	—	7/2
1994-03-02	Fontwell	2m3f · Good To Soft	Monaveen Handicap Chase	3/7	R Dunwoody	92	5/1
1994-02-07	Fontwell	2m1½f · Soft	Climping Conditional Joc	3/5	T Thompson (Old)	94	7/2
1993-05-03	Towcester	2m5f · Good To Firm	Fred Withington Memorial	1/10	W Irvine	90	6/1
1993-04-12	Plumpton	2m · Soft	Easter Claiming Chase	3/8	A Tory	—	11/2
1993-03-23	Fontwell	2m1½f · Good To Firm	'certain Justice' Challe	2/5	I Lawrence	96	7/2
1993-03-20	Lingfield	2m · Firm	Ruby Handicap Chase	1/3	Mick Fitzgerald	96	EvensF
1993-03-02	Taunton	2m · Good To Firm	Timberscombe Handicap Ch	3/6	A Tory	94	5/1
1993-02-22	Fontwell	2m3f · Good To Firm	Wittering Selling Handic	2/9	R Dunwoody	94	7/2
1993-02-16	Lingfield	2m4½f · Soft	Pretty Girl Claiming Cha	3/4	R Dunwoody	—	11/10F
1993-02-04	Towcester	2m5f · Soft	Althorp Selling Handicap	1/17	R Dunwoody	94	3/1F
1993-01-18	Fontwell	2m1½f · Soft	Selsey Handicap Chase	2/10	R Dunwoody	95	11/4F
1993-01-01	Exeter	2m2f · Soft	Thurlestone Hotel Claimi	3/11	T Thompson (Old)	—	5/1
1992-12-01	Fontwell	2m1½f · Soft	Coomes Conditional Jocke	1/7	T Thompson (Old)	—	5/1
1992-04-14	Fontwell	2m2½f · Good To Soft	Robert Gore Memorial Cha	1/8	W Irvine	88	5/2
1992-03-24	Sandown	3m5f · Good	Royal Artillery Gold Cup	4/15	Major C Marriott	—	14/1
1992-03-09	Taunton	2m · Good To Firm	Sheldon Claiming Chase	1/14	A Tory	—	2/1F
1992-02-26	Worcester	2m4f · Good To Soft	Grade 2	3/5	A Tory	—	100/1
1992-02-17	Fontwell	2m2½f · Good To Soft	Wittering Selling Handic	1/11	A Tory	86	11/2
1992-02-06	Wincanton	2m5f · Good	Racing In Wessex Chase	2/2	G McCourt	—	11/2
1992-01-20	Lingfield	2m4f · Good To Firm	Fort Conditional Jockeys	2/4	S 'Old' Donohoe	88	4/1
1992-01-13	Fontwell	2m2½f · Good To Soft	Selsey Handicap Chase	4/8	A Tory	91	8/1
1992-01-03	Newton Abbot	2m5f · Soft	Babbacombe Selling Handi	2/13	A Tory	88	11/2
1991-12-16	Newton Abbot	2m5f · Good	Tom Holt And Reality Han	PU/9	A Tory	144	100/1
1991-02-18	Fontwell	2m2½f · Good To Soft	Wittering Selling Handic	1/11	A Tory	83	4/1
1991-01-30	Windsor	2m5f · Good To Firm	Holyport Conditional Joc	4/14	A Tory	89	33/1
1990-12-14	Fakenham	3m · Good	Stephenson Smart Handica	4/4	W Irvine	103	14/1
1990-05-28	Exeter	3m1f	West Of England Open Hun	4/7	Mr H Rowsell	—	5/1
1990-05-16	Worcester	3m · Good To Soft	Laserlist Hunters Chase	6/18	Mr H Rowsell	—	20/1
1990-04-28	Badbury Rings	3m · Firm	South Dorset	1/3	Ron Hodges	—	F
1990-04-16	Hereford	2m3f · Firm	James Daly Hunters' Chas	4/16	Mr H Rowsell	—	5/1
1990-03-31	Larkhill	3m · Firm	Royal Artillery	1/8	Ron Hodges	—	F
1990-03-15	Cheltenham	3m2f · Good To Firm	Listed	PU/15	Mr J Harley	—	100/1
1990-03-03	Badbury Rings	3m · Good	Hursley Hambledon	3/17	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1990-02-17	Larkhill	3m · Good	United Services	6/18	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1990-02-09	Newbury	2m4f · Heavy	Charles Higgins Memorial	PU/12	Mr A Walter	—	10/1
1989-05-29	Exeter	3m1f	West Of England Open Hun	6/13	Mr J Harley	—	9/2
1989-04-28	Taunton	3m · Good	MitfordSlade Challenge T	F/14	Mr J Harley	—	4/1
1989-04-15	Stratford	2m6f · Good To Soft	Baulking Green Trophy Hu	1/7	Mr M Batters	—	4/1
1989-04-01	Larkhill	3m · Good To Firm	Royal Artillery	2/15	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1988-05-30	Exeter	2m6f · Good	West Of England Open Hun	1/12	Mr J Harley	—	9/2
1988-04-23	Cotley	3m · Firm	Seavington	4/11	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1988-04-16	Badbury Rings	3m · Good	Portman	4/7	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1988-03-22	Fontwell	2m3f · Soft	Charlton Hunters' Chase	2/5	Mr J Harley	—	6/4
1988-03-05	Badbury Rings	3m · Good To Firm	Hursley Hambledon	2/9	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1988-02-20	Larkhill	3m · Good	United Services	1/14	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1988-02-06	Tweseldown	3m · Soft	Staff College & Rma Drag	7/17	Ron Hodges	—	No Odds
1984-01-01	Fontwell	3m2f · Good	—	1/1	Ron Hodges	—	—

Standout signals

FOR3/5 on Firm (60%)

FORBest at 2m & under (3/7)

FOR6 wins at Fontwell

Official rating

last 12 runs

Career-high 100 · current 84

Pedigree

Sire Legal Tender I

Dam Elissa Cheng by Chinese Lacquer

At a glance: 17 wins · 23 places from 59 runs. Current OR 84.