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Merry Old Soul is a 7 year old bay gelding. Merry Old Soul is trained by Jessica Pateman, at Geelong and owned by Mrs H M Rowe.
Merry Old Soul’s last race event was at 16/08/2026 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race.
Career form is 3 wins, 2 seconds, 4 thirds from 40 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $44,290.
With a 8% Win Percentage and 23% Place Percentage. Merry Old Soul's last race event was at Ballarat.
Exposed form for its last starts is 4-0-6-4-7.
Last Updated: 16/08/2026
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