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Minella Study (GB)

4yo gelding · Trainer Adam Nicol · Owner Malcolm Carol Humble
by Study Of Man (IRE) out of Albamara (GB) (Galileo)
11 runs · 8 courses · from Sep 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Cheltenham, Wetherby & Tipperary Off 191 days · 8th of 10 Last raced off OR 143
KTB Profile

Minella Study is a gelding who has won three of 11 starts on turf, including a Listed success in the Paul Fergusons Jumpers To Follow Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle at Wetherby in Oct 2025. He also won a Class 2 race at Cheltenham over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in Dec 2025 and a maiden hurdle at Tipperary over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft in Jul 2025. All three wins came from a patient ride, a style he has shown in seven of eight analysed runs. He finished eighth of 10 at Aintree in Apr 2026 when last raced off his career-high mark of 143.

Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up OR at career high
Official rating143At career-high mark
143 67–143

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 111 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cheltenham, 13 Dec 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 5 figures · best 111A · median 97
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft3111A922 · 111 / 93
Soft1——1 · —
Good1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3111A973 · 111 / 97
1m5f – 2m2111B101.51 · —
Flat 5 figures · best 96A · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft377C58—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f389A77—
1m5f – 2m1———
6f – 7f1———

Of 11 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 144A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 13 Mar 2026 Official rating 143 at the last jumps run, 9 Apr 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 75A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Musselburgh, 13 Oct 2025 Official rating 67 at the last flat run, 13 Oct 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 5 figures · best 144A · median 131
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Soft3143A1212 · 143 / 128
Soft1——1 · —
Good1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3144A1433 · 144 / 143
1m5f – 2m2131B1261 · —
Flat 6 figures · best 78A · median 66.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft478A62—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f478A63.5—
1m5f – 2m1———
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 from 8 analysed runs

  • Held up 7 (88%) · 1 win
  • Led 1 (13%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Study Of Man (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 1,148 runs since Jan 2008 (146 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.5% from 128. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 9.4% from 244.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3266.7%+52.1—
Good to Firm1822815.4%+0.8—
Good2754315.6%+11 from 2
Good to Soft1422215.5%+0.92 from 4
Soft1342317.2%+2.60 from 5
Heavy4548.9%−5.7—
Standard (AW)3674612.5%−2.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f18316.7%+2.1—
6f – 7f244239.4%−5.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f3245115.7%+1.10 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f3985814.6%0—
1m5f – 2m1282519.5%+4.92 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f30826.7%+12.11 from 3
2m5f – 3m600%−14.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Albamara (GB) (Galileo)

7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Achnamara (GB) (7 wins).

The wins came over 1m3½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Alalcance (GB)).

Family form: Warrawood (GB) finished 3rd of 9 at Curragh (IRE), 27 Sep 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Achnamara (GB)5871m4f–2m4fClass 4
Elhafei (USA)4361m3½f–1m6fClass 4
Alalcance (GB)521m4f–2mGroup 2
Almudena (GB)1321m6f–2mClass 4
All Points West (GB)60——
Warrawood (GB)10——
Theheartneverlies (GB)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 2 50% +5.25
Good 2 1 50% +7.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 3 1 33% +6.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +5.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Tipperary 3 1 33% +0.25
Cheltenham 2 1 50% +4.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 1 100% +8.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 1 33% +3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 2 67% +9.25
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ryan Mania 4 2 50% +11.00
Seamie Heffernan 3 0 0% −3.00
Jason Hart 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean D Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00
Daniel King 1 1 100% +2.25
Gary Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 0 0% −2.00
2025 7 3 43% +11.25
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Hurdle 5 3 60% +13.25

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
09 Apr 26+27d Aintree Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 17f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Held up in midfield - hit third and slipped back - driven towards the back after 4 out - dropped right out approaching 2 out and allowed to finish in own time 8/10 4½ 11-2 14375C113C Ryan Mania 9/2
13 Mar 26+90d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 17f · Soft · 20 ran Settled in the pack early - hampered at the 4th - moved into contention approaching 2 out - hit the front before the last under a drive while challenged - overtaken on the run to the line and denied second place close home 3/20 shd 11-2 13997B144A Ryan Mania 7/1
13 Dec 25+43d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 17f · Good To Soft · 10 ran Up with the pace - hampered by a fall at the 5th and left just behind the front - moved to the front after 2 out - driven going to the last - asserted on the run-in to win comfortably 1/10 11-7 127111A143A Ryan Mania 5/1
31 Oct 25+18d Wetherby Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 8 ran Set the pace from the off - well ahead until a serious blunder two out cut the margin - steadied but stayed on top approaching the line - held the challenger throughout for the win 1/8 11-0 —111B131B Ryan Mania 8/1
13 Oct 25+84d Musselburgh Catherine & Charlotte Roche Handicap Class 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran Sat behind pace early - moved into second on the turn - urged forward with 3f remaining - driven approaching final furlong - kept going to finish second 2/9 nk 9-8 6796A75A Jason Hart 13/8F
21 Jul 25+18d Ballinrobe Tote Never Beaten By SP Maiden 9.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran Sat behind the pace early - second at halfway - began working hard three furlongs out - slipped back to fourth approaching the final two - rallied late to snatch second on the line but well beaten by the winner 2/9 5 9-8 6989A68A Sean D Bowen 5/2F
03 Jul 25+37d Tipperary Tipperary Town 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Shared early advantage before losing front spot at the 4th - sat in modest second at halfway - made headway approaching 3 out and back on terms entering the straight - pressed for effort 2 out - lost front spot by a whisker before last - fought back to regain command at the last - stayed on strongly to the finish 1/14 11-0 —92B121A Daniel King 9/4
27 May 25+38d Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran Held up midfield - urged forward and lost touch with the pace 3f out - late progress inside the closing furlong - finished sixth beaten well over 13 lengths 6/12 nk 9-8 72-47A65A Seamie Heffernan 16/1
19 Apr 25+195d Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Race 8f · Soft · 6 ran Held up at the back - driven approaching the straight - unable to find more inside final 2f - well held in 6th 6/6 7 9-5 —58C58C Seamie Heffernan 33/1
06 Oct 24+26d Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 9f · Soft · 10 ran Held up at the back - still 7th at halfway - asked for effort over 3f out - improved to 6th inside final furlong and stayed on to take 5th close home 5/10 1 9-7 ——78A Gary Carroll 50/1
10 Sep 24 Galway Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 8.5f · Yielding · 10 ran Tracked front group early - slipped back through the field and urged on by halfway - unable to close over 2f out and faded to finish well beaten 8/10 nk 9-7 —77C59C Seamie Heffernan 17/2

Quick answers

How many races has Minella Study (GB) won?
Minella Study (GB) won 3 of 11 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 6 times in total (54.5% of starts).
Who trains Minella Study (GB)?
Minella Study (GB) is trained by Adam Nicol, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 April 2026.
Who is Minella Study (GB)'s sire?
Minella Study (GB) is by Study Of Man (IRE) out of Albamara (GB), whose sire is Galileo.
What going does Minella Study (GB) prefer?
Minella Study (GB) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Minella Study (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 143, from the run on 9 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Minella Study (GB)'s sire's record?
Study Of Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 1,148 runs since Jan 2008 (146 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.5% from 128. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 9.4% from 244.
Who are Minella Study (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Albamara (GB), Minella Study (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Achnamara (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Alalcance (GB)). The wins came over 1m3½f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2024. 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.