Another Choice (IRE)
Owner: Michael Hannon Trainer: M J Smith Sex: gelding Age: 7
Breeding: Hillstar / Luanna (Luso)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Good to Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 2 | |||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2024 | Limerick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m | 1 | Real Steel | 10st 6lbs | 9 of 12 | D J O'Keeffe | 16/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along and lost place after 3 out, no extra in straight | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2024 | Galway | Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Buddy One | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 3 | J Smith | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders, close up in 3rd 4 out, ridden and no impression before 2 out, kept on one pace run-in to go 2nd inside final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2024 | Listowel | Soft to Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Donacheady Gale | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 12 | B W Harvey | 22/1 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, 3rd when not fluent 3 out, pushed along and dropped to 7th entering straight, ridden in moderate 5th after next, kept on again to go 4th run-in | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2024 | Wexford | Good to Yielding | 2m 3f 100y | 0 | Gorgeous Tom | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 6 | J Smith | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd for most, ridden at last (usual 3 out), 3rd and no impression on leaders entering straight, 4th 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2024 | Galway | Soft | 3m 60y | 0 | Flicker Of Hope | 11st 5lbs | 7 of 16 | J Smith | 9/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along in 5th 2 out, soon ridden and no impression, 6th at last, no extra | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2024 | Galway | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 2f 54y | 1 | Ashdale Bob | 11st 1lbs | 5 of 7 | J Smith | 50/1 |
| tracked leaders, left 2nd and slightly hampered 6th, 4th and ridden approaching straight, no impression from over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 09 Jun 2024 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m 80y | 0 | Reverend Hubert | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 7 | J Smith | 20/1 |
| soon settled behind leaders, 4th halfway, challenged 4 out, ridden and no impression after 2 out, under pressure in 5th last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 26 Apr 2024 | Downpatrick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 7f 150y | 0 | Another Choice | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | J Smith | 5/1 |
| mid-division, 4th halfway, headway to lead narrowly 3 out, ridden and joined run-in, kept on well to lead again closing stages | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2024 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f 20y | 0 | Alpesh Amin | 11st 8lbs | PulledUp of 23 | J Smith | 25/1 |
| in touch, 6th halfway, headway and closed at 8th, 3rd after 4 out, lost place and weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2023 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 3f 15y | 0 | Catch The Beast | 11st | of 11 | J Smith | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft | 2m 5f | 3 | Springwell Bay | 11st 1lbs | 8 of 9 | James Smith | 14/1 |
| in touch, headway to lead 3rd, soon clear. ridden and headed soon after 3 out, weakened after next | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2023 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 7f | 0 | Getaway Charlie | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 20 | B W Harvey | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, led before 3 out, ridden 2 out, headed before last, under pressure in 2nd when bad mistake at last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 14 Aug 2023 | Ballinrobe | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 3m 1f 157y | 0 | A Great View | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 10 | J Smith | 17/2 |
| led and disputed, pushed along on inner before 4 out, soon headed and lost position, no impression from 2 out, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2023 | Galway | Yielding (Good to Yielding) | 3m 60y | 0 | My Design | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 23 | J Smith | 20/1 |
| disputed lead early, headed at 3rd and chased leader, slight mistake 5th, not fluent 4 out, ridden in 2nd 2 out, 3rd at last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Aug 2023 | Galway | Good to Yielding (Good in Places) | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Mars Harper | 11st 12lbs | of 8 | K M Donoghue | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2023 | Galway | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Thornleigh Frank | 11st 8lbs | 17 of 23 | K M Donoghue | 50/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along and lost place approaching 2 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2023 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 3m 100y | 0 | Streets Of Doyen | 11st 2lbs | PulledUp of 9 | J Smith | 4/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, disputed lead 5th, headed 8th, ridden in 3rd 3 out, weakened, moderate 6th when pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2022 | Limerick | Soft (Yielding to soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Plains Indian | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 6 | J B Foley | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, soon 3rd, moderate 3rd halfway, closed up approaching straight, disputed before 2 out where bad mistake and headed, soon ridden in 3rd and no impression, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2022 | Cork | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 3m 50y | 0 | Grand Soir | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 7 | K M Donoghue | 6/1 |
| in touch, towards rear after 3rd, 5th at 9th, headway before 3 out, challenged leader 2 out, ridden and kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2022 | Listowel | Good | 3m | 0 | Macgiloney | 11st 4lbs | 6 of 14 | P Townend | 7/2 |
| in touch, not fluent at 2nd and 5th, 5th at 6th, took closer order in 3rd after 7th, closed 3 out, lost place before 2 out, weakened in 6th before last | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2022 | Navan | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 5f 150y | 0 | The Friday Man | 11st 1lbs | 2 of 6 | P Townend | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders disputing 4th, went 3rd and bad mistake 8th, slight mistake next, ridden in moderate 3rd entering straight, soon no impression on winner, kept on one pace, went moderate 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2022 | Galway | Good | 2m 4f 156y | 0 | Salvador Ziggy | 11st 4lbs | 6 of 10 | B J Cooper | 12/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 4th after 6th, not fluent at 7th, 5th after 4 out, weakened in 6th before 2 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 13 Jul 2022 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 5f 170y | 0 | Another Choice | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 12 | P Townend | 5/6 |
| tracked leaders, led after 2nd, challenged after 2 out, briefly pushed along and wandered approaching last, jumped left but soon asserted, kept on well | |||||||||
| 29 May 2022 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2m 3f 130y | 0 | Salvador Ziggy | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 24 | P Townend | 9/4 |
| tracked leader, on terms at 5th, soon headed, led 2 out, headed after 2 out, led and ridden before last where pressed, headed closing stages, not match winner | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2021 | Cork | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Another Choice | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 14 | Mr J J Codd | 2/1 |
| tracked leader, 3rd halfway, improved to 2nd over 3f out, switched left 2 1/2f out, strongly challenged leader and led under 2f out, ridden and kept on well final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Sep 2021 | Listowel | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Esperti | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 21 | Mr J Dunne | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, headway to lead 6f out, pushed along and joined early straight, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd and no impression closing stages | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2021 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 2f 165y | 0 | Quiet Escape | 11st 13lbs | 2 of 7 | Mr J J Codd | 11/4 |
| held up towards rear, 6th halfway, headway on outer 4f out, 2nd 3f out, pushed along to challenge 2f out, ridden 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||