Minella Mate (IRE)
Owner: John J Nallen Trainer: J Nallen Sex: gelding Age: 7
Breeding: Shantou / Mwangaza (Martaline)
Entries
| Date | Time | Course | Race name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2025 | 16:50 | Galway | Domino's Handicap |
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2025 | Naas | Yielding | 2m 7y | 0 | Light As Air | 8st 12lbs | 14 of 20 | S D Bowen | 66/1 |
| mid-division, ridden on inner 2 1/2f out, no impression 2f out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2025 | Listowel | Good to Yielding | 1m 6f | 0 | Lark In The Mornin | 11st | 9 of 11 | Mr D Doyle | 17/2 |
| always towards rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 07 May 2024 | Navan | Yielding | 1m 6f | 0 | Bay Of Sanibel | 9st 10lbs | 2 of 8 | S D Bowen | 9/2 |
| in touch, a little keen, 4th after 4f, took closer order 2f out, 3rd 1f out, kept on in 2nd final 100 yards, held | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | Listowel | Yielding to Soft | 1m 6f | 0 | Coeur Sublime | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 9 | Mr J L Gleeson | 8/11 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along 3f out, a little short of room 2f out and soon switched right, ridden in 2nd 1 1/2f out, no impression when edged left inside final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2023 | Killarney | Yielding (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2m 180y | 0 | Almuhit | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 7 | Mr J C Barry | 5/1 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, progress to lead over 2f out, soon ridden and kept on well inside final furlong, headed close home | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2023 | Galway | Yielding | 1m 4f 43y | 0 | Minella Mate | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 21 | Reserve 2 | 66/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway and 2nd 4f out, pushed along and headway to lead approaching straight, ridden and kept on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Jul 2023 | Roscommon | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Hazelhatch Lady | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 19 | M J M O'Sullivan | 11/10 |
| close up, a little keen, jumped big at 1st, not fluent at 2nd, not fluent in 3rd at 4th, dropped to 4th 2 out, no impression before last, no extra in 5th run-in | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2023 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2m | 0 | Minella Mate | 12st | 1 of 13 | Mr J L Gleeson | 4/5 |
| led early, headed after 1f and raced 2nd, led on inner 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, regained lead inside final furlong, kept on well | |||||||||
| 31 May 2023 | Wexford | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Mousey Brown | 12st | 3 of 17 | Mr J C Barry | 11/4 |
| tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, headway to lead over 3f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra and dropped to 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 15 May 2023 | Killarney | Good to Yielding | 2m 1f | 0 | Naruto | 12st | 2 of 9 | Miss M M McElligott | 11/2 |
| rear of mid-division, 5th halfway, progress over 6f out, closed over 3f out, dropped to 4th and ridden 1 1/2f out, stayed on in 2nd final 100 yards, kept on, not trouble winner | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2023 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 2m 2f | 0 | Tullyhill | 12st | 5 of 11 | Mr A P Ryan | 40/1 |
| mid-division, some headway to 7th 4f out, ridden and no impression in 5th 2f out, no extra from over 1f out | |||||||||


