Horse profile
Martinelli (IRE)
4yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2025) · Last trainer Kieran P Cotter · Last owner Knobel Mcgrath Partnership
by Blue Point. (IRE) out of Beneventa (GB) (Most Welcome)
20 runs · 12 courses · from Jun 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Aug 2025 — 443 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025 · 9th of 16
2 wins · Limerick & Killarney
Headgear returns LTO
Last raced off OR 71
KTB Profile
Martinelli won two handicaps over 1m – 1m1f, at Limerick on good ground in Jun 2025 and at Killarney on heavy ground in Oct 2024. The gelding, by Blue Point out of Beneventa, raced 20 times on turf and once on all-weather, usually held up. His last run, at Naas in Aug 2025, was off an official rating of 71 when he finished 9 of 16; headgear returned that day.
Based on 20 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR at career high
- 2–20Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 7 (35%)Placed
- −5.50£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 1.01Fair A/E n=20 · 0.81 incl. margin
- 71Highest OR
- 40dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating71At career-high mark
71
61–71
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 72
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 99C | 86.5 | — |
| Soft | 6 | 91A | 68.5 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 88C | 82 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 103C | 84.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 99C | 79 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 103C | 75 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 12 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 7 (58%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 3 (25%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (17%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 14% of 3,386 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 17% from 335. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 10.7% from 206.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 0 | 0% | −14 | — |
| Good to Firm | 627 | 87 | 13.9% | −0.1 | — |
| Good | 791 | 97 | 12.3% | −1.7 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 335 | 57 | 17% | +3 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 379 | 49 | 12.9% | −1.1 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 108 | 12 | 11.1% | −2.9 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,136 | 172 | 15.1% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 654 | 88 | 13.5% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 1,857 | 263 | 14.2% | +0.2 | 0 from 8 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 605 | 94 | 15.5% | +1.5 | 2 from 10 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 206 | 22 | 10.7% | −3.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 44 | 5 | 11.4% | −2.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | −3.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Beneventa (GB) (Most Welcome)
10 siblings in the archive, 7 winners — best of them Bow Creek (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Bow Creek (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Creek (IRE) | 17 | 5 | 7f–1m | Group 2 |
| Dare To Dream (IRE) | 4 | 3 | 1m–1m2f | Class 3 |
| Ladywood (IRE) | 17 | 3 | 1m1½f–1m4f | Class 6 |
| Dolcissimo (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Makkaar (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Bint Nayef (IRE) | 8 | 1 | 1m4f | — |
| Robert Guiscard (IRE) | 21 | 1 | 1m | Class 6 |
| Miss Khaya (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Kingdom Of Dreams (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Sawasdee (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 2 | 20% | +4.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 6 | 1 | 17% | +3.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Ronan Whelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Paddy Harnett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keithen Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Hassett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 17 | 2 | 12% | −2.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.50 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Aug 25+12d | Naas | Curragh To Curragh Cycle On 30th August Handicap (Div 1) Settled in midfield pulling keenly - 6th at halfway - improved into contention when asked for effort over 2f out - lost ground in the final furlong to finish 9th | 9/16 | hd | 9-10 | 71 | 66C | 75A | Paddy Harnett | 10/1 |
| 23 Jul 25+9d | Naas | Bert House Stud Handicap Held up early - pushed along and improved to 7th over 2f out - stayed on same gear to the line to finish 5th | 5/11 | ½ | 8-13 | 71 | 70A | 82A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 13/2 |
| 14 Jul 25+33d | Killarney | TXODDS Handicap Held up towards the back - drifted left approaching the final furlong but stayed on late - lacked the speed to get involved - finished 6th | 6/11 | 1 | 8-9 | 71 | 72A | 71A | Wayne Lordan | 11/2 |
| 11 Jun 25+37d | Limerick | Summer Racing At Limerick Handicap Held up towards the back - still down in 11th at halfway - began to make headway over 2f out - swept through wide with a furlong left before hitting the front - stayed on strongly to the line for victory | 1/13 | 9-8 | 63 | 99C | 100A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 9/2 | |
| 05 May 25+10d | Curragh | Treacy Group Supporting Newbridge Parishes Day Handicap Sat close to front group early - urged into contention 6th spot with 2f left but failed to gain ground - couldn't find more late finishing well held | 14/27 | nk | 9-10 | 66 | 73C | 76A | Colin Keane | 9/1 |
| 25 Apr 25+40d | Limerick | Munster Suite At Limerick Handicap (Div 1) Settled with the pack early - 5th at halfway - made ground to loom up 2f out - into 2nd inside final furlong - unable to reel in winner but stayed on to finish 2nd | 2/12 | 2½ | 9-9 | 65 | 58A | 92A | Colin Keane | 5/2F |
| 16 Mar 25+146d | Curragh | Download The Tote App Handicap Sat close to the front pack - pushed into 2nd with 2f left before dropping to 3rd inside the final furlong - held safe without finding more late | 3/18 | 2¾ | 9-9 | 65 | 67C | 90A | Colin Keane | 17/2 |
| 21 Oct 24+14d | Gowran Park | Dine At Gowran Park Handicap (47-70) Held up early - still back in 13th with 3f left - moved into contention on the inner approaching 2f out - stayed on at one speed with nothing more late | 7/15 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 65 | 82C | 78A | Colin Keane | 4/1J |
| 07 Oct 24+16d | Killarney | Lough Leane Handicap (47-70) Held up at the back - still 10th at halfway - improved into 6th with 2f left - pushed into second inside the final furlong - hit the front 150 yards out and stayed on strongly | 1/13 | 9-7 | 61 | 88C | 90A | Colin Keane | 8/1 | |
| 21 Sep 24+20d | Navan | NavanRacecourse.ie Handicap (47-70) Settled towards the back pulling hard early - still in the pack around halfway - pushed along in 8th with 3f left - dropped away late finishing ninth | 9/10 | 8 | 9-8 | 62 | 79C | 57C | Ronan Whelan | 9/2 |
| 01 Sep 24+30d | Tipperary | Breens Farm Machinery Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) Sat close to front group early - squeezed for space and knocked after 1f then settled midfield - urged on in 10th turning for home - into 6th with a furlong to run but unable to threaten - stayed on same speed to finish fifth | 5/15 | 4 | 9-10 | 63 | 76C | 71A | Keithen Kennedy | 5/1 |
| 02 Aug 24+22d | Galway | Arthur Guinness Handicap (50-70) Sluggish start - settled towards the back - improved into 11th moving smoothly with two furlongs left - pushed along - up to 7th with a furlong to run - stayed on late but held for fourth | 4/17 | 1½ | 9-11 | 65 | 60C | 87A | Colin Keane | 13/2 |
| 11 Jul 24+27d | Leopardstown | Ryans Cleaning Handicap | 3/10 | 3½ | 8-2 | 64 | 97A | 71A | Wayne Hassett | 8/1 |
| 14 Jun 24+15d | Cork | Cork Handicap (47-75) | 3/9 | ½ | 9-3 | 64 | 96A | 78A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 7/1 |
| 30 May 24+36d | Fairyhouse | Book Your Hospitality At fairyhouse.ie Handicap (47-75) | 8/18 | hd | 9-3 | 66 | 73C | 71A | Declan McDonogh | 15/2 |
| 24 Apr 24+19d | Gowran Park | Irish Injured Jockeys Handicap | 4/9 | 4½ | 9-2 | 68 | 91A | 75A | Declan McDonogh | 12/1 |
| 05 Apr 24+6d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Stadium Handicap | 4/14 | ½ | 9-10 | 68 | 77B | 83A | Declan McDonogh | 7/1 |
| 30 Mar 24+198d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 8/18 | 1¾ | 9-8 | — | 60C | 66A | Gavin Ryan | 25/1 |
| 14 Sep 23+76d | Naas | Goffs Sportsman's Challenge | 8/14 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 103C | 75A | Ronan Whelan | 80/1 |
| 30 Jun 23 | Curragh | Cunningham's Of Kildare Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 11/18 | nk | 9-7 | — | 94C | 63A | Declan McDonogh | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Martinelli (IRE) won?
- Martinelli (IRE) won 2 of 20 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 7 times in total (35% of starts).
- Who trained Martinelli (IRE)?
- Martinelli (IRE) was trained by Kieran P Cotter on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 4 August 2025.
- Who is Martinelli (IRE)'s sire?
- Martinelli (IRE) is by Blue Point. (IRE) out of Beneventa (GB), whose sire is Most Welcome.
- What going does Martinelli (IRE) prefer?
- Martinelli (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Martinelli (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 4 August 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Martinelli (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Blue Point. (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14% of 3,386 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 17% from 335. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 10.7% from 206.
- Who are Martinelli (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Beneventa (GB), Martinelli (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 7 of them winners. Most wins: Bow Creek (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Bow Creek (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.