Minella Apprentice (IRE)
Minella Apprentice is a lightly raced gelding by Jukebox Jury out of a Turtle Island mare whose sole winner among two runners to date is St James's Finest. Jukebox Jury's progeny have won 298 of 2,192 runs since Jan 2008. He showed his best effort when second of three at Ffos Las in Oct 2025 and finished 4 of 10 in a Class 4 maiden hurdle at the same course the following month. All starts have come over 2m1f – 2m4f on turf.
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- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
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KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 112
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 112A | 112 | 1 run · — |
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
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
Progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 2,238 runs since Aug 2016 (256 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 60 | 10 | 16.7% | +3.3 | — |
| Good | 629 | 82 | 13% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 470 | 50 | 10.6% | −2.8 | — |
| Soft | 662 | 102 | 15.4% | +2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 262 | 41 | 15.6% | +2.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 155 | 16 | 10.3% | −3.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 63 | 4 | 6.3% | −7.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 96 | 10 | 10.4% | −3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 146 | 18 | 12.3% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 669 | 93 | 13.9% | +0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 751 | 106 | 14.1% | +0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 430 | 57 | 13.3% | −0.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 81 | 13 | 16% | +2.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2016 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them St James's Finest (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (St James's Finest (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St James's Finest (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 2m | Class 2 |
| Soldier In Defence (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 09 Nov 25+24d | Ffos Las | Ascona Group Holdings Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat close to the pace - pushed along after 3 out - lost ground before the last - finished 4th | 4/10 | 11 | 11-4 | 112A | 103B | Isabel Williams | 8/1 |
| 16 Oct 25 | Ffos Las | Herbert R Thomas Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Sat behind pace-setter who edged ahead - clipped a fence 5th - made ground into 4th with four to go - moved past strongly 3f out to hit front soon after - driven and overtaken approaching the finish - found little under pressure and beaten into 2nd | 2/3 | 1¾ | 11-4 | 112C | 113C | Adam Wedge | 3/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Minella Apprentice won?
- Minella Apprentice (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2025.
- Who trains Minella Apprentice?
- Minella Apprentice (IRE) is trained by Evan Williams, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 November 2025.
- Who is Minella Apprentice's sire?
- Minella Apprentice (IRE) is by Jukebox Jury (IRE) out of Blameitalonmyroots (IRE), whose sire is Turtle Island.
- What is Minella Apprentice's sire's record?
- Jukebox Jury (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.4% of 2,238 runs since Aug 2016 (256 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 10.3% from 155.
- Who are Minella Apprentice's siblings?
- Out of Blameitalonmyroots (IRE), Minella Apprentice (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: St James's Finest (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (St James's Finest (IRE)). The wins came over 2m. As at Nov 2026.