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Minella Academy (IRE)

4yo gelding · Trainer W P Mullins · Owner H O S Syndicate
by Sea The Moon (GER) out of Timely (GB) (Pivotal)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2025
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Cork New yard Last run 13 Mar 2026 · 11th of 20
KTB Profile

Minella Academy won his only start at Cork in Nov 2025 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle over 2m1f to 2m4f on soft ground. The gelding finished 11 of 20 in the Class 1 JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in Mar 2026, his last run and first for W P Mullins. By Sea The Moon, whose progeny have a 12.1% strike rate from 4,474 runs since Jan 2008. His dam has produced four winners from five runners to date.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Nov 2025 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 116 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Cork, 23 Nov 2025

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 116A · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft2116A96.52 runs · 116 / 96.5
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2116A96.52 runs · 116 / 96.5

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 127A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Cork, 23 Nov 2025

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 2 figures · best 127A · median 124.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft2127A124.52 runs · 127 / 124.5
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2127A124.52 runs · 127 / 124.5

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Sea The Moon (GER)

Progeny in our archive have won 12% of 4,582 runs since Apr 2018 (504 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15% from 814.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%−2—
Good to Firm4065112.6%+0.6—
Good1,06012912.2%+0.2—
Good to Soft6268513.6%+1.6—
Soft87710311.7%−0.31 from 2
Heavy3234213%+1—
Standard (AW)1,28014010.9%−1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f64914.1%+2.1—
6f – 7f689689.9%−2.1—
1m – 1m1f1,035989.5%−2.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1,54119812.8%+0.8—
1m5f – 2m81412215%+3—
2m1f – 2m4f3565114.3%+2.31 from 2
2m5f – 3m7456.8%−5.2—
Over 3m900%−12—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2018 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Timely (GB) (Pivotal)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Chatham House (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6½f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Chatham House (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Chatham House (GB)1527fClass 3
Chapter (IRE)1027f–1m2fClass 4
Royal Blend (GB)916½f—
Exhibit (IRE)417fClass 4
Kennet (GB)50——
Maeveontime (IRE)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
13 Mar 26+110d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m1f · Soft · 20 ran Raced free early and hit the front - lost that spot after the 1st and settled midpack - squeezed for space around the 2nd - slipped towards the back by the 3rd - pushed along after two out but found little - well beaten before the last and came home in 11th 11/20 7½ 11-2 77B122A Danny Mullins 14/1
2025 · 1 run
23 Nov 25 Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle 2m1½f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran Shared the pace early before hitting the front approaching the 2nd - lost momentum briefly and urged along three out - challenged again soon after - moved ahead before the last where left alone - stayed on well to the finish 1/12 11-0 116A127A Daniel King 4/5F

Quick answers

How many races has Minella Academy won?
Minella Academy (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Minella Academy?
Minella Academy (IRE) is trained by W P Mullins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 March 2026.
Who is Minella Academy's sire?
Minella Academy (IRE) is by Sea The Moon (GER) out of Timely (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
What is Minella Academy's sire's record?
Sea The Moon (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 12% of 4,582 runs since Apr 2018 (504 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15% from 814.
Who are Minella Academy's siblings?
Out of Timely (GB), Minella Academy (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Chatham House (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Chatham House (GB)). The wins came over 6½f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.