Mercian Hymn originally joined OTI at the start of this year and resumed his racing career in the UK under the care of trainer Mark Todd. Before joining OTI the gelding had 7 starts including two very impressive consecutive wins.
Since then, he has been unlucky not to secure another win, but was able to place in his races multiple times.
Mercian Hymn will now start the journey over to Australia to join up and coming trainer Maddie Raymond. The different environment and access to the beach, as well as being able to be trained out of a paddock should help the gelding to restart.
Trainer Maddie Raymond says “I’m excited to get started with him and think the environment will really suit him. These overseas stayers can go very well over here and I am keen get my hands on him and see what he has to give”.
We look forward to welcoming the gelding on Australian ground to see if he can return to his impressive winning ways.