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Horse profile

Cryptic Choice (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2012) · Last trainer Charles Hills · Last owner John C Grant A L R Morton
by Johannesburg (USA) out of Royal Fupeg (USA) (Fusaichi Pegasus)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Mar 2012 — 5,334 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2012 · 2nd of 5 Last raced off OR 75
KTB Profile

Cryptic Choice (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 5 at Lingfield (AW) (Mar 2012).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Ascot, 3 Sep 2011 Official rating 75 at the last run, 28 Mar 2012

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 4 figures · best 88A · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good388A81—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f488A76—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Johannesburg (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 2,562 runs since Jan 2008 (191 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 244. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.8% from 104.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4124.9%−4.9—
Good to Firm557529.3%−0.5—
Good5607012.5%+2.70 from 3
Good to Soft248187.3%−2.5—
Soft295268.8%−1—
Heavy8889.1%−0.7—
Standard (AW)773769.8%00 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2443916%+6.2—
6f – 7f8269511.5%+1.70 from 4
1m – 1m1f604416.8%−3—
1m2f – 1m4f452429.3%−0.5—
1m5f – 2m320319.7%−0.1—
2m1f – 2m4f10443.8%−6—
2m5f – 3m1100%−9.8—
Over 3m100%−9.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Royal Fupeg (USA) (Fusaichi Pegasus)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Robert Winston 2 0 0% −2.00
Michael Hills 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 1 0 0% −1.00
2011 3 0 0% −3.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 1 run
28 Mar 12+202d Lingfield (AW) Prestige Heritage Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 5 ran 2/5 6 9-3 7571B Robert Winston 4/1
2011 · 3 runs
08 Sep 11+5d Doncaster Weatherbys Insurance 300,000 2-y-o Stakes Class 2 · 6½f · Good · 21 ran 20/21 1½ 8-9 —46C Michael Hills 100/1
03 Sep 11+29d Ascot Ark Build Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 1 9-3 —81A Michael Hills 9/1
05 Aug 11 Newmarket Bet At Bluesq.com Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 1 9-3 —88A Robert Winston 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cryptic Choice won?
Cryptic Choice (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2011 and 2012. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Cryptic Choice?
Cryptic Choice (IRE) was trained by Charles Hills on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 28 March 2012.
Who is Cryptic Choice's sire?
Cryptic Choice (IRE) is by Johannesburg (USA) out of Royal Fupeg (USA), whose sire is Fusaichi Pegasus.
What is Cryptic Choice's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 28 March 2012. That is also the highest on record.
What is Cryptic Choice's sire's record?
Johannesburg (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 2,562 runs since Jan 2008 (191 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 244. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 3.8% from 104.

Record shown from August 2011. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.