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Service Minimum: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Service Minimum is a 6-year-old mare by Doctor Dino, trained by Dan Skelton. She has won 4 of 14 starts and placed in 4 more, for £49,908 in prize money. She has won 4 of 8 on good ground, which is the surface to note. She runs next in the 4:22 at Newton Abbot on 18 September. Her best performance rating is 118, which is the figure to judge her against in this grade.

  • Runs 14
  • Wins 4
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 29%
  • Prize money £49,908
  • Best rating 118
  • Official rating 126

Where Service Minimum runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:22 Newton Abbot Colin Willcocks Memorial Handicap Hurdle Race —

Service Minimum form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
24 May 26 Uttoxeter Wrights Centenary Gold Cup Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 4f Good 7 63.75 3/1F Harry Skelton 126
23 Apr 26 Warwick KTDA Mares' Challenger Series Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 5f Good 1 — 13/8F Harry Skelton 116
31 Mar 26 Bangor-on-Dee Tom Jones Live At Chester Racecourse Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 3.5f Good 1 — 8/15F Harry Skelton 105
17 Feb 26 Market Rasen Visit racingtv.com Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 4.5f Soft 7 5.5 18/1 Tristan Durrell 107
7 Feb 26 Warwick Oddschecker Cheltenham Free Bets Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m Heavy 4 11.25 16/1 Tristan Durrell 109
22 Jan 26 Huntingdon Albert Bartlett Triple Crown Series Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 4.5f Soft 7 39.5 18/1 Tristan Durrell 111
24 Oct 25 Cheltenham William Hill Each Way Extra Handicap Hurdle Class 3 2m 4f Good To Soft 11 25 20/1 Harry Skelton 113
26 Sep 25 Worcester trustatrader.com Fixed Brush Hurdle Series Final Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 4f Good 4 29.25 17/2 Harry Skelton 113
20 Aug 25 Worcester Peter Dawson Forget-Me-Not Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 4f Good 1 — 11/4 Harry Skelton 107
25 May 25 Uttoxeter QuinnBet Daily Free Bet Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 4f Good 2 1.75 9/4 Harry Skelton –
11 May 25 Ludlow Sinclair Group Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good 1 — 1/12F Harry Skelton –
27 Mar 25 Southwell Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Mares' Standard NH Flat Race (Conditional/Amateurs) (GBB Race) Class 5 2m Good 2 1.75 11/8F Tristan Durrell –
4 Dec 24 Ludlow Marsh Commercial Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good To Soft 2 1.25 8/1 Tristan Durrell –
18 Oct 24 Uttoxeter Winter Ladies Raceday Saturday 25th January Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 2m Good To Soft 3 5 15/2 Harry Skelton –

Last time out

Finished 7 in the Wrights Centenary Gold Cup Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) at Uttoxeter on 24 May 2026. Settled at the back - crept into contention 3 out - unable to threaten leaders and dropped away before 2 out - finished 7th.

Service Minimum by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
20f 5 1 20% —
16f 5 1 20% —
20.5f 2 0 0% —
21f 1 1 100% —
19.5f 1 1 100% —

Service Minimum by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 8 4 50% —
Good To Soft 3 0 0% —
Soft 2 0 0% —
Heavy 1 0 0% —

Service Minimum by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Uttoxeter 3 0 0% —
Warwick 2 1 50% —
Worcester 2 1 50% —
Ludlow 2 1 50% —
Bangor-on-Dee 1 1 100% —
Market Rasen 1 0 0% —
Huntingdon 1 0 0% —
Cheltenham 1 0 0% —
Southwell 1 0 0% —

Service Minimum breeding

  • Sire Doctor Dino (FR)
  • Dam Zanzibelle (FR)
  • Damsire Zanzibari (USA)
  • Breeder Christophe Pellerin
  • Foaled 10 February 2020

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