Minella Boss (IRE)
Minella Boss is a gelding by Golden Horn out of a Galileo mare who won one of nine starts on turf. He took a maiden hurdle at Gowran Park in Mar 2026 over 1m5f – 2m on heavy ground. Ridden with patience in all five analysed runs, he last ran at Punchestown in Apr 2026 where he finished 7 of 10 in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle off an official rating of 122. He has raced at seven different courses.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 3 (33.3%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.36Fair A/E n=9 · 1.10 incl. margin
- 122Highest OR
- 38dBetween runs (median)longest 190 d
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 136
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 3 | 136B | 67 | 3 runs · 136 / 67 |
| Soft | 2 | 101B | 81.5 | 2 runs · 101 / 81.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 136B | 101 | 3 runs · 136 / 101 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 62A | 42 | 2 runs · 62 / 42 |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 91A | 88.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 103C | 94.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 91A | 75 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 9 analysed runs since Sep 2024
- Led 4 (44%) · 1 win
- Held up 2 (22%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (22%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.9% of 3,759 runs since May 2019 (347 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 163. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.2% from 233.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +13.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 441 | 69 | 15.6% | +1.7 | — |
| Good | 1,026 | 143 | 13.9% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 482 | 80 | 16.6% | +2.7 | — |
| Soft | 581 | 73 | 12.6% | −1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 163 | 15 | 9.2% | −4.7 | 1 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,055 | 138 | 13.1% | −0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 233 | 19 | 8.2% | −5.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 616 | 60 | 9.7% | −4.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,427 | 206 | 14.4% | +0.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 984 | 155 | 15.8% | +1.9 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 408 | 66 | 16.2% | +2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 85 | 14 | 16.5% | +2.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2019 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Prison Break (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Prison Break (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prison Break (IRE) | 23 | 3 | 1m4f–2m4f | Class 5 |
| Voix De Bocelli (GB) | 37 | 2 | 1m2f | Class 6 |
| Dream Ascot (GB) | 6 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Bella Veneta (GB) | 13 | 1 | 1m | Class 6 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Enright | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Hood | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Apr 26+53d | Punchestown | Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle Sent to front early - clear by three lengths at halfway after a rough patch to third - blundered four out - driven up to draw level approaching two out - overtaken entering the straight - dropped away to finish seventh | 7/10 | 12 | 11-4 | 122 | 62A | 111A | Phillip Enright | 16/1 |
| 07 Mar 26+66d | Gowran Park | William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle Went straight to the front - stretched away after the 2nd - twelve lengths in command by the 4th - gap narrowed three out - pushed back into contention two out - battled on up the run-in - won out under pressure | 1/18 | 11-2 | — | 136B | 139A | Phillip Enright | 5/1 | |
| 2025 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Dec 25+24d | Punchestown | Celebrate The New Year With Tote 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle Went straight to front - clipped one three out and dropped to rear - driven and overtaken late but held on for second at the finish | 2/13 | 3 | 11-0 | — | 101B | 131A | Phillip Enright | 14/1 |
| 07 Dec 25+21d | Cork | BAR 1 Betting 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle Held up in the pack - moved into 6th heading into the straight - 5th and driven before 2 out without landing a blow - minor error at the last and stayed on at one speed to finish 4th | 4/11 | 8 | 11-0 | — | 22B | 111A | Phillip Enright | 22/1 |
| 16 Nov 25+170d | Navan | Bar One Racing 'Play Casino Online' 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle Held up at back pulling hard - urged into 11th two out - stayed on late but never in contention | 7/12 | 3½ | 11-0 | — | 67A | 103A | Phillip Enright | 20/1 |
| 30 May 25+34d | Down Royal | BoyleSports Best Odds Guaranteed Maiden Shared front early - hit the front after 1f - challenged over two furlongs out - asked for effort soon after - overtaken with a furlong and a half left - held on without finding more late to finish fifth | 5/13 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 69 | 103C | 75A | J M Sheridan | 4/1 |
| 26 Apr 25+190d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 3yo Spring Series Median Auction Maiden Sat close behind front group early - 4th at halfway - driven and dropped back entering straight - no danger from 2f out and finished steadily to the line | 9/20 | 1¾ | 9-8 | — | 86C | 66C | Seamie Heffernan | 33/1 |
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Oct 24+38d | Haydock | Racing To School British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close to front group early - urged into effort with 2f left - held effort through to line finishing third | 3/6 | 1¾ | 9-1 | — | 59B | 70B | Sean D Bowen | 7/2 |
| 10 Sep 24 | Galway | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Settled towards rear early - still 8th at halfway - pushed along with 2f left - made steady progress inside final furlong to move into second - unable to trouble winner at the finish | 2/10 | 12 | 9-7 | — | 91A | 68A | Gary Carroll | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Minella Boss won?
- Minella Boss (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 3 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trains Minella Boss?
- Minella Boss (IRE) is trained by Oliver McKiernan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 29 April 2026.
- Who is Minella Boss's sire?
- Minella Boss (IRE) is by Golden Horn (GB) out of World Class (GB), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Minella Boss prefer?
- Minella Boss (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Minella Boss's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 29 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Minella Boss's sire's record?
- Golden Horn (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.9% of 3,759 runs since May 2019 (347 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 9.2% from 163. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.2% from 233.
- Who are Minella Boss's siblings?
- Out of World Class (GB), Minella Boss (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Prison Break (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Prison Break (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.