Horse Profile

DEFENCE MINISTER

Age, Colour, Sex 4 b g (7 May 2022) Trainer Hamad Al Jehani Owner Wathnan Racing Pedigree TOO DARN HOT TEARS OF THE SUN MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE)

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Date		Crs/Class /Type	Result Res	Btn	Type	Or	Dis	Going	Eq	Jockey	ISP	BSP	IP Hi/Lo	IPS	FS%	Tfig	TFR	Adj
14 Sep 25		Don C2 Hcap (0-100)	9/16	3.8	Turf	93	7f	Good		Faleh Bughenaim	9/25.5f
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30 Jul 25		Goo C3 Hcap (0-95)	4/20	1.65	Turf	93	7f	Good		James Doyle	5/16
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5 Jul 25		San C3 Hcap (0-90)	2/9	0.5	Turf	92	7f	Gd/Frm		William Buick	6/17
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19 Jun 25		Asc C2 Hcap (0-105)	15/30	5.5	Turf	94	8f	Firm		James McDonald	33/134
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17 May 25		Nwb C1 Listed	9/10	6.5	Turf	L	6f	Firm		Sean Levey	8/19
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231 day break
28 Sep 24		Nmr C1 Group 1	6/6	8.5	Turf	G1	6f	Gd/Sft		James Doyle	7/18
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5 Sep 24		Hay C3 Stks	1/5	1.5	Turf	W	6f	Good		James Doyle	11/82.37f
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17 Aug 24		Nmj C4 Stks	1/11	0.75	Turf	W	6f	Gd/Frm		Saffie Osborne	8/19
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Future Entries

Date	Course Crs	Time	Race	Dis
28 Mar 2026	Kem	13:35	VIRGIN BET HANDICAP (3)	7f

Statistics

Code	Runs	Wins	Places	ISP P/L	Best TFR
Flat	8	2	2	+3.37

DEFENCE MINISTER

DEFENCE MINISTER is a bay gelding. He is 4 years old (foaled 07 May 2022). The owner of DEFENCE MINISTER is Wathnan Racing and his current trainer is Hamad Al Jehani. The pedigree for DEFENCE MINISTER is: TOO DARN HOT - TEARS OF THE SUN - MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE).

DEFENCE MINISTER last ran at Doncaster on 14 September 2025, in the BETFRED CITY OF DONCASTER HANDICAP (2) over a distance of 7F 6Y. Ridden by Faleh Bughenaim, DEFENCE MINISTER finished 9th of 16 runners. The Industry Starting Price (ISP) for DEFENCE MINISTER was 9/2 (Betfair SP 7.09).

DEFENCE MINISTER currently has entries in the following races:

VIRGIN BET HANDICAP (3) at Kempton Park on 28 March 2026