Minutes To Spare (IRE)
Minutes To Spare is a lightly raced gelding with no wins or places from two starts since Mar 2026. He finished 9 of 14 at Carlisle in Nov 2026 on his first run in first-time headgear. By Affinisea whose progeny have won 172 of 1,301 runs since Jan 2008. His dam has produced three winners from three runners to have run including Came From Nowhere with three wins.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 248dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 79
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 14 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 14 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 13.3% of 1,305 runs since Feb 2022 (209 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 8 | 2 | 25% | +11.7 | — |
| Good | 471 | 62 | 13.2% | −0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 341 | 46 | 13.5% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 347 | 47 | 13.5% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 136 | 17 | 12.5% | −0.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 2 | 25% | +11.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 483 | 55 | 11.4% | −1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 565 | 78 | 13.8% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 214 | 33 | 15.4% | +2.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 35 | 6 | 17.1% | +3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2022 · as at 13 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Came From Nowhere (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Came From Nowhere (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Came From Nowhere (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 2m½f–2m3½f | Class 2 |
| Farfromnowhere (IRE) | 11 | 3 | 2m–2m4f | — |
| Unquite Dreams (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 2m1f | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 09 Nov 26+248d | Carlisle | Racing TV Maiden Hurdle Race (Go North Night Nurse Series Qualifier) (GBB Race) pulled hard early and raced in the pack - urged along before 3 out - crept closer approaching the last - finished 9th and well beaten | 9/14 | nse | 11-4 | 61C | 99C | Harry Cobden | 12/1 |
| 06 Mar 26 | Ayr | Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Held up at the back throughout - never a factor - well beaten at the finish | 8/12 | 3½ | 11-6 | 79B | 98A | Brian Hughes | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Minutes To Spare won?
- Minutes To Spare (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026.
- Who trains Minutes To Spare?
- Minutes To Spare (IRE) is trained by Donald McCain, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 November 2026.
- Who is Minutes To Spare's sire?
- Minutes To Spare (IRE) is by Affinisea (IRE) out of Nowhere Fast (IRE), whose sire is Jeremy (USA).
- What is Minutes To Spare's sire's record?
- Affinisea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,305 runs since Feb 2022 (209 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Minutes To Spare's siblings?
- Out of Nowhere Fast (IRE), Minutes To Spare (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Came From Nowhere (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Came From Nowhere (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.