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Horse profile

Minella Escape (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2023) · Last trainer James Moffatt · Last owner D J Moffatt
by Beat Hollow (GB) out of Be My Leader (IRE) (Supreme Leader)
15 runs · 8 courses · from Sep 2020
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Sep 2023 — 1,133 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2023 Won at Tramore Last raced off OR 125
KTB Profile

Minella Escape won once from 15 starts on turf. His sole success came at Tramore in Jan 2021 in the Goodbye 2020 Hello 2021 Maiden Hurdle over 2m5f – 3m on heavy ground. The gelding, by Beat Hollow out of a Supreme Leader mare, reached an official rating of 130 at his peak and last ran off 125 at Kelso in Sep 2023 in a Class 2 handicap hurdle. He had shown placed form on two of his other starts.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
Official rating125↓ 5lb off peak
125 125–130

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 74 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Fairyhouse, 29 Jan 2022

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 6 figures · best 130C · median 73
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft2130C122—
Heavy272C71—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m4130C73—
2m1f – 2m4f2114B88—

Of 15 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: did not complete (6) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 128B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wexford, 1 Apr 2022 Official rating 125 at the last run, 20 Sep 2023

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 →

Jumps 8 figures · best 128B · median 114.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft3126A109—
Heavy2128A119.5—
Good to Soft2118A111.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m6128A110—
2m1f – 2m4f2128B127—

Of 15 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (7).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 15 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
Beat Hollow (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 6,031 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm26311.5%+0.2—
Good to Firm6468813.6%+2.3—
Good1,73519911.5%+0.20 from 4
Good to Soft96310611%−0.30 from 3
Soft1,24113410.8%−0.50 from 4
Heavy4515612.4%+1.11 from 4
Standard (AW)969959.8%−1.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f561017.9%+6.6—
6f – 7f4535411.9%+0.6—
1m – 1m1f704709.9%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f1,28715011.7%+0.4—
1m5f – 2m1,67721012.5%+1.2—
2m1f – 2m4f1,14311710.2%−1.10 from 4
2m5f – 3m596589.7%−1.61 from 10
Over 3m1151210.4%−0.90 from 1

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
Be My Leader (IRE) (Supreme Leader)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Dashing Oscar (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Dashing Oscar (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dashing Oscar (IRE)2352m–2m3½fClass 2
Shannon Glory (IRE)1122m4f–2m7f—
Judkin (IRE)512m3f—
Annie Button (IRE)1113m½f—
One Leader (IRE)70——
Amazing Light (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 4 1 25% −1.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Cartmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Tramore 2 1 50% +1.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 10 1 10% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rachael Blackmore 8 1 13% −5.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 2 0 0% −2.00
Charlotte Jones 1 0 0% −1.00
Lorcan Murtagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Leah Noreci 1 0 0% −1.00
Derek Thomas McGrath 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Fitzgerald 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 1 8% −10.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 4 0 0% −4.00
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 3 1 33% +0.00
2020 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 9 1 11% −6.00
Chase 6 0 0% −6.00

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
2023 · 4 runs
20 Sep 23+60d Kelso Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 21f · Good · 6 ran PU/6 — 10-6 125—— Charlotte Jones 12/1
22 Jul 23+54d Cartmel William Hill Cumbria Crystal Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 22f · Heavy · 12 ran F/12 — 11-12 126—— Lorcan Murtagh 50/1
29 May 23+43d Cartmel Tony Connell Memorial Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 25.5f · Good · 11 ran UR/11 — 10-10 126—— Leah Noreci 50/1
16 Apr 23+134d Tramore Tramore Racecourse Directors Chase 21.5f · Soft · 3 ran 3/3 3 11-0 130130C109C Darragh O'Keeffe 6/1
2022 · 6 runs
03 Dec 22+35d Fairyhouse Kevin Sheedy Bowel Cancer Raceday 17th December Handicap Hurdle (80-130) 20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-6 128—— Derek Thomas McGrath 25/1
29 Oct 22+182d Galway W.B. Gavin & Co. Handicap Hurdle 22f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 14/16 8 11-12 13072C111C Rachael Blackmore 28/1
30 Apr 22+29d Punchestown Palmerstown House Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B) 24f · Yielding · 14 ran F/14 — 10-7 130—— Shane Fitzgerald 20/1
01 Apr 22+62d Wexford Download The BoyleSports App Novice Handicap Chase 20f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 1½ 11-12 13062A128B Darragh O'Keeffe 13/2
29 Jan 22+28d Fairyhouse Get A Run For Your Money With BetVictor Beginners Chase 21.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 7/16 1 12-0 —74B118A Rachael Blackmore 25/1
01 Jan 22+53d Fairyhouse Happy New Year From Tote.ie Beginners Chase 21.5f · Yielding · 10 ran 4/10 20 12-0 ——107C Rachael Blackmore 10/1
2021 · 3 runs
09 Nov 21+261d Fairyhouse Irish National Hunt Chase Committee Beginners Chase 21f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 9/14 3¾ 12-0 ——105C Rachael Blackmore 14/1
21 Feb 21+51d Navan Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) 24f · Heavy · 5 ran F/5 — 11-4 ——— Rachael Blackmore 5/6F
01 Jan 21+27d Tramore Goodbye 2020 Hello 2021 Maiden Hurdle 21f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 1/7 11-6 —70A128A Rachael Blackmore 2/1
2020 · 2 runs
05 Dec 20+67d Navan Hotel Park St Johann Tirol Austria Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 20f · Soft · 18 ran 2/18 4½ 12-0 —114B126A Rachael Blackmore 10/3
29 Sep 20 Punchestown Hanlon Concrete (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 20.5f · Good · 14 ran F/14 — 12-0 ——— Rachael Blackmore 4/5F

Quick answers

How many races has Minella Escape won?
Minella Escape (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2020 and 2023, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 2 times in total (13.3% of starts).
Who trained Minella Escape?
Minella Escape (IRE) was trained by James Moffatt on the most recent run on record, at Kelso on 20 September 2023.
Who is Minella Escape's sire?
Minella Escape (IRE) is by Beat Hollow (GB) out of Be My Leader (IRE), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
What going does Minella Escape prefer?
Minella Escape (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 Escape's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 125, from the run on 20 September 2023. The highest on record is 130.
What is Minella Escape's sire's record?
Beat Hollow (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 6,031 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Minella Escape's siblings?
Out of Be My Leader (IRE), Minella Escape (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Dashing Oscar (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Dashing Oscar (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2020. 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.