Minella Marathon
Minella Marathon is a 5-year-old with plenty still to prove. The horse has won just once in four races — a victory at Lingfield Park back in November 2025 — and has finished in the top 3 twice more, giving it a career record of 1 win and 2 top-3 finishes. That's a 25% win rate, which sounds reasonable on paper, but the recent form tells a different story. In the last four races, Minella Marathon has finished 2nd, 6th, 7th, and 1st, suggesting inconsistency. The jump from struggling in mid-field positions to winning again shows there is clearly ability there, but it's unreliable.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The horse races for Dan Skelton's powerful Alcester yard, which has sent out 198 winners this season alone — a sign the trainer knows how to get the best out of his team. What's notable is the 11-month gap between Minella Marathon's last win and its previous outing. That's a long time between victories for a horse in active training, and it raises questions about whether the horse has simply been waiting for the right conditions, or whether it has struggled to find its form. With Minella Marathon having raced just four times in its career so far, it remains very much a work in progress.
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Oct
2nd
Perth
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 9 runners
17 Jan
6th
Ascot
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 9 runners
12 Dec
7th
Cheltenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 10 runners
11 Nov
🏆 Won
Lingfield Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
11 Nov |
100% |
| Perth Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
15 Oct |
0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Jan |
0% |
| Cheltenham Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
12 Dec |
0% |