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Horse profile

Mind The Crack (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2019) · Last trainer Mark Johnston · Last owner Paul Clare Rooney
by Jukebox Jury (IRE) out of Mountain Melody (GER) (Refuse To Bend)
8 runs · 7 courses · from Sep 2018
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 31 Jul 2019 — 2,645 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2019 · 5th of 13 2 wins · Haydock & Lingfield Last raced off OR 92
KTB Profile

Mind The Crack (IRE) is 2 from 8. Hasn't won since Jun 2019. Last raced off a career-high mark of 92.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating92At career-high mark
92 82–92

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 87 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Haydock, 6 Jul 2019

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 8 figures · best 100C · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good385C85—
Good to Firm3100C87—
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f6100C83—
1m5f – 2m1———
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 90A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Haydock, 6 Jul 2019 Official rating 92 at the last run, 31 Jul 2019

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 8 figures · best 93B · median 86.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good388A85—
Good to Firm390A82—
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f693B85—
1m5f – 2m1———
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 2,236 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm601016.7%+3.31 from 3
Good6288112.9%−0.50 from 3
Good to Soft4695010.7%−2.7—
Soft66210215.4%+2—
Heavy2624115.6%+2.21 from 1
Standard (AW)1551610.3%−3.10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f200%−13.4—
6f – 7f6346.3%−7.1—
1m – 1m1f961010.4%−30 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1461812.3%−1.12 from 6
1m5f – 2m6689213.8%+0.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f75110614.1%+0.7—
2m5f – 3m4295713.3%−0.1—
Over 3m811316%+2.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Mountain Melody (GER) (Refuse To Bend)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Mackenberg (GER) (9 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Mackenberg (GER)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mackenberg (GER)3192m–2m5fClass 3
Apache Peak (IRE)50——
Octopus (IRE)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 3 1 33% −1.67
Heavy 1 1 100% +2.50
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 1 50% +1.50
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +0.33

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Haydock 2 1 50% +1.50
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield 1 1 100% +0.33
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 6 2 33% −1.17
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Silvestre De Sousa 3 1 33% −1.67
Joe Fanning 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Kingscote 1 0 0% −1.00
Jason Hart 1 1 100% +2.50
Franny Norton 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 5 2 40% −0.17
2018 3 0 0% −3.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2019 · 5 runs
31 Jul 19+18d Goodwood Unibet Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 ¾ 8-12 9285C88A Joe Fanning 12/1
13 Jul 19+7d Ascot Woodford Reserve Handicap Class 2 · 12f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 nk 8-12 9281A82A Joe Fanning 4/1
06 Jul 19+28d Haydock bet365 Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 ½ 9-1 8987A90A Richard Kingscote 7/2
08 Jun 19+9d Haydock Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Heavy · 4 ran 1/4 9-1 8373C93B Jason Hart 5/2
30 May 19+218d Lingfield bet365 Maiden Auction Stakes (Plus 10) Class 5 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 1/4 9-5 82100C82B Silvestre De Sousa 1/3F
2018 · 3 runs
24 Oct 18+14d Newmarket Aptus Investment Fund Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 3 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 2¾ 9-5 —85A82A Franny Norton 4/1
10 Oct 18+16d Nottingham EBF Stallions Oath Restricted Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 2) Class 4 · 8.5f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 2 9-5 —76A85A Silvestre De Sousa 4/1
24 Sep 18 Kempton (AW) Matchbook/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 10f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 2/9 dht 9-2 —78A89A Silvestre De Sousa 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Mind The Crack won?
Mind The Crack (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 5 times in total (62.5% of starts).
Who trained Mind The Crack?
Mind The Crack (IRE) was trained by Mark Johnston on the most recent run on record, at Goodwood on 31 July 2019.
Who is Mind The Crack's sire?
Mind The Crack (IRE) is by Jukebox Jury (IRE) out of Mountain Melody (GER), whose sire is Refuse To Bend.
What going does Mind The Crack prefer?
Mind The Crack (IRE) has the best record on good to firm 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 Mind The Crack's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 31 July 2019. That is also the highest on record.
What is Mind The Crack's sire's record?
Jukebox Jury (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 2,236 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.
Who are Mind The Crack's siblings?
Out of Mountain Melody (GER), Mind The Crack (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Mackenberg (GER) (9). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Mackenberg (GER)). The wins came over 2m–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.