Minella Crooner (IRE)
Owner: KTDA Racing & Nick Courtney & Cillian Moran Trainer: G Elliott Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Shantou / Laren (Monsun)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | 2 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 5 | 3 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2024 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m 7f 39y | 1 | French Dynamite | 11st | PulledUp of 7 | D J Gilligan | 5/1 |
| slightly slow 1st, held up, slightly hampered 3rd, not fluent and reminder 5th, soon rear, pushed along after next, pulled up after 8th | |||||||||
| 04 May 2024 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m 104y | 1 | Minella Crooner | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 12 | Sam Ewing | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along to go 2nd 4 out, headway to lead after next, ridden and strongly pressed approaching 2 out, soon headed, keeping on when mistake last, rallied to get back up again close home, all out | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2024 | Aintree | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 4m 2f 74y | 1 | I Am Maximus | 10st 10lbs | PulledUp of 32 | K C Sexton | 125/1 |
| chased leaders out wide, went 2nd briefly 7th, weakened 25th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2024 | Cheltenham | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m 1f | 1 | Chianti Classico | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 21 | J C Gainford | 33/1 |
| never closer than mid-division, bad mistake 15th,went right 3 out, soon ridden and beaten, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2024 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 3m 1f 88y | 1 | I Am Maximus | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 4 | J W Kennedy | 9/4 |
| led, headed briefly 6 out, joined next, pushed along and headed 2 out, 3rd and no impression approaching last, no extra | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2024 | Tramore | Heavy | 2m 6f 170y | 1 | Jungle Boogie | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 6 | Sam Ewing | 14/1 |
| rear, towards rear after 2nd, 5th at 7th, 4th after 10th, no impression on leaders 3 out, moderate 3rd before 2 out, stayed on 2 out, ran on well run-in, never nearer | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2023 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 3m 5f 130y | 1 | Street Value | 11st 11lbs | PulledUp of 18 | J W Kennedy | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, weakened 5 out, in rear when slow jump 3 out and pulled up entering straight | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2023 | Wexford | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 7f | 1 | Minella Crooner | 11st | 1 of 6 | J W Kennedy | 4/1 |
| led and disputed, 2nd halfway, pushed along to lead entering straight, ridden after 2 out, strongly pressed last, kept on well close home | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft | 3m 5f 201y | 1 | Gaillard Du Mesnil | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 10 | Mr B O'Neill | 13/2 |
| chased leaders, jumped right 4 out, soon outpaced, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2023 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m 7f 124y | 0 | Velvet Elvis | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 6 | Sam Ewing | 8/13 |
| chased leader, 3rd halfway, pushed along after 3 out, went 2nd before next, soon ridden and kept on, no impression on winner | |||||||||
| 15 Jan 2023 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 3f 160y | 1 | Impervious | 11st | 3 of 7 | D N Russell | 5/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, 3rd at 4th, 4th from 8th, ridden along in 4th and no impression on leaders 3 out, went moderate 3rd at last, no extra | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2022 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m 5f 40y | 0 | Minella Crooner | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | J W Kennedy | 2/1 |
| led, joined from 5th, ridden and headed after 2 out, rallied to dispute lead again inside final furlong, led narrowly close home, stayed on well, all out | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2022 | Punchestown | Yielding | 2m 6f 140y | 1 | Darrens Hope | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 7 | J W Kennedy | 7/4 |
| tracked leaders, slow and reminder and flicked tail 4th, reached for 7th, went 2nd next, pressed leader from 4 out, led narrowly after next, ridden before last, kept on well, headed close home | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2022 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 7f 180y | 1 | The Nice Guy | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 11 | J W Kennedy | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, slightly hampered at 2nd, ridden in 2nd 3 out, weakened next, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2022 | Leopardstown | Yielding | 2m 6f 45y | 1 | Minella Cocooner | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 8 | J W Kennedy | 10/3 |
| mid-division, 5th halfway, closer 2 out where mistake, 5th and pushed along entering straight, went 3rd before last, ridden and kept on well run-in to go 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 17 Jan 2022 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m 40y | 0 | Minella Crooner | 12st | 1 of 13 | J W Kennedy | 2/5 |
| led early, tracked leader and 2nd halfway, 3rd 3 out, travelled well to challenge after next and led early straight, drew clear before last, kept on well, easily | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2021 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Journey With Me | 12st | 2 of 12 | J W Kennedy | 12/1 |
| disputed lead early, prominent, slightly slow 2nd and at times after, no impression under pressure in 3rd from final hurdle, kept on into 2nd without troubling winner closing stages | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2021 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 20y | 0 | Minella Crooner | 12st 2lbs | 1 of 5 | Mr J J Codd | 2/9 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, headway to dispute lead 5f out, led under 2f out, ridden to assert and kept on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2021 | Sligo | Soft | 2m 2f | 0 | Minella Crooner | 12st 2lbs | 1 of 6 | Mr J J Codd | 8/13 |
| chased leader, disputed after 4f, led 4f out, ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on strongly final furlong, comfortably | |||||||||