Splendid Choice (IRE)
Owner: Michael Hannon & Alan J Wright Trainer: P J Rothwell Sex: gelding Age: 6
Breeding: Hillstar / Luanna (Luso)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 6 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 3 | |||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 1 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2025 | Wexford | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 190y | 0 | Paul's Dream | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 14 | Tiernan Power Roche | 9/2 |
| in rear, moderate 11th 3 out, soon ridden and no impression, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 09 Aug 2025 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | I'm Flattered | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 14 | Calum Hogan | 15/2 |
| towards rear, headway into mid division after 4 out, went 3rd before next, 2nd 2 out, soon led, pushed along entering straight, ridden and asserted from last, no extra from over 50 yards out, headed close home | |||||||||
| 24 Jul 2025 | Wexford | Good | 2m 150y | 0 | Chosen Shant | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 11 | Tiernan Power Roche | 10/3 |
| towards rear, 9th halfway, progress into 3rd 3 out, pushed along entering straight, ridden to briefly go 2nd after last, soon no extra and lost 2 places close home | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2025 | Wexford | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f 55y | 0 | Highland Earl | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 14 | Tiernan Power Roche | 8/1 |
| towards rear, headway after 3 out and 6th next, pushed along and 5th before last, ridden and kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 28 May 2025 | Wexford | Good | 2m 1f | 0 | Hatfield Hammer | 11st 8lbs | of 13 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
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| 23 May 2025 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 2f 185y | 0 | Goodie Girl | 10st 10lbs | 9 of 10 | Tiernan Power Roche | 5/1 |
| towards rear, raced keenly, mistake 3 out, soon no impression, tailed off | |||||||||
| 17 May 2025 | Wexford | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Splendid Choice | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 14 | Tiernan Power Roche | 6/1 |
| towards rear, headway travelling well on outer approaching straight and went 3rd 2 out, pushed along and led before last, ridden and kept on well run-in, held on well | |||||||||
| 10 Apr 2025 | Limerick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Midnight Eagle | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 12 | D Robinson | 25/1 |
| rear, 11th before 5th, headway in 7th after 3 out, progress in 4th before last where no impression on leaders, kept on without threatening run-in | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2025 | Clonmel | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 2f 152y | 0 | Volez Vous | 11st 6lbs | 6 of 13 | Tiernan Power Roche | 12/1 |
| towards rear, ridden in moderate 8th entering straight, no impression in 6th 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2025 | Clonmel | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 2f 198y | 0 | Moudan | 10st 11lbs | 13 of 15 | S D Torrens | 50/1 |
| always towards rear, pushed along and no impression approaching straight, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2025 | Tramore | Heavy | 2m 180y | 0 | Rockbrook | 10st 1lbs | PulledUp of 9 | S D Torrens | 33/1 |
| towards rear, headway after 4th and 5th halfway, pushed along and dropped towards rear 4 out, soon no extra, well behind and pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2024 | Cork | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | One And Only | 11st 10lbs | 21 of 22 | Tiernan Power Roche | 20/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, no extra after 4 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2024 | Sligo | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f 182y | 0 | The Truant | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 12 | P J O'Hanlon | 33/1 |
| rear of mid-division, never a factor, pushed along and no impression after 2 out, left 8th and slightly hampered entering straight, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 17 May 2024 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Run For Harry | 11st 6lbs | 10 of 14 | S D Torrens | 25/1 |
| towards rear, 14th after 4th, not fluent 3 out, some progress after 2 out, weakened before last where not fluent | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2024 | Clonmel | Soft to Heavy | 2m 2f 152y | 0 | Whateys Quest | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 7 | S D Torrens | 12/1 |
| held up towards rear, slight mistake 7th, progress entering straight, ridden into 2nd before 2 out, ran around approaching 2 out where slight mistake, no extra in 3rd before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 23 Mar 2024 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Iceberg Theory | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 6 | J Smith | 40/1 |
| held up in rear, early, pulled hard, disputed 4th from 5th, 5th and ridden 3 out, weakened, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2024 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 3f 166y | 0 | Paggane | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 10 | J Smith | 200/1 |
| in rear, progress into 5th 3 out, 5th and pushed along after 2 out, reminder entering straight, kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2023 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 2m 50y | 0 | My Great Mate | 11st 3lbs | 11 of 12 | A Harvey | 16/1 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along 5f out, no impression from over 4f out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2023 | Fairyhouse | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Canal End | 11st 2lbs | 13 of 28 | P J O'Hanlon | 250/1 |
| mid-division, ridden after 3 out, under pressure in 9th entering straight, no extra before 2 out | |||||||||
| 30 Mar 2023 | Naas | Yielding to Soft | 2m 63y | 0 | By Your Side | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 23 | J B Foley | 100/1 |
| soon towards rear, trailing 4 out, pulled up before last | |||||||||