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Horse profile

Nells Choice (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer Cian Collins · Last owner Fergal Duncan
by Mount Nelson (GB) out of The Folkes Choice (GB) (King's Theatre)
11 runs · 8 courses · from Dec 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Mar 2025 — 597 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 15th of 16 Last raced off OR 91
KTB Profile

Nells Choice is a maiden who won none of 11 starts on turf and placed once. Her best effort came when second of 18 at Limerick in Oct 2024. She raced over 2m1f – 2m4f on eight of those starts, all on good or softer ground. The mare, aged 6 at her last run in Mar 2025, finished 15 of 16 in the QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle at Leopardstown off an official rating of 91.

Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 9lb off peak
Official rating91↓ 9lb off peak
91 91–100

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 106 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Limerick, 19 Oct 2024

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Jumps 9 figures · best 106B · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good5106B86—
Soft270B57—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f696B84—
2m5f – 3m2106B75—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 11 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 98A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 14 Dec 2024 Official rating 91 at the last run, 3 Mar 2025

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 11 figures · best 103A · median 98
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good7103A99—
Soft298A86.5—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8103A98—
2m5f – 3m2103A89—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 from 7 analysed runs since Sep 2024

  • Led 3 (43%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 2 (29%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (14%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (14%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Mount Nelson (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,259 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3026.7%−3.2—
Good to Firm6437311.4%+1.5—
Good1,6701509%−0.90 from 7
Good to Soft1,04010910.5%+0.60 from 1
Soft1,2511249.9%00 from 2
Heavy4505111.3%+1.40 from 1
Standard (AW)1,1751139.6%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f9888.2%−1.7—
6f – 7f864859.8%−0.1—
1m – 1m1f678497.2%−2.7—
1m2f – 1m4f1,22214812.1%+2.2—
1m5f – 2m1,5931549.7%−0.20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,1951189.9%00 from 8
2m5f – 3m530529.8%−0.10 from 2
Over 3m79810.1%+0.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
The Folkes Choice (GB) (King's Theatre)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Riskintheground (IRE) (10 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–3m; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Riskintheground (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Riskintheground (IRE)41102m4f–3mGrade 2
Frontal Assault (IRE)3532m6½f–3mGrade 3
The Folkes Tiara (IRE)2632m1f–2m2fListed
Lyrical Choice (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Carl Millar 8 0 0% −8.00
Mr R James 1 0 0% −1.00
Jordan Gainford 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Gilligan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 9 0 0% −9.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 0 0% −10.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
03 Mar 25+79d Leopardstown QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle 24f · Yielding · 16 ran Settled towards the middle of the pack wide - moved into 2nd 3 out then pushed along in 3rd - faded late to finish well beaten 15/16 6½ 10-2 9144C75C Carl Millar 14/1
14 Dec 24+15d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse, Racecourse Of The Year 2024 Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) 20f · Yielding · 13 ran Settled towards the back - moved into contention 4 out - up to 4th soon after - pushed along in 7th turning for home - unable to threaten leaders and stayed on same rate to finish 7/13 ½ 11-0 9370B98A Carl Millar 11/1
29 Nov 24+17d Thurles Ballagh Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 16f · Good · 13 ran Shared the front spot early - pressed for effort approaching the straight and lost command 2 out - unable to find more and well held at the finish 8/13 2 11-5 9578B91A Carl Millar 5/1
12 Nov 24+24d Fairyhouse John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Good · 14 ran Set the pace early - driven up and lost front spot entering the straight then held 2nd after the second-last - had nothing left and dropped away from the final flight 8/14 nk 11-13 97—102A Mr R James 7/1
19 Oct 24+7d Limerick Great National South Court Hotel Maiden Hurdle 21f · Good · 18 ran Sat handy behind front group - moved into second by halfway - driven up to hit the front approaching two out but soon overtaken before the last - stayed on same gait to the line without finding more 2/18 4¼ 10-12 98106B103A Carl Millar 3/1F
12 Oct 24+20d Fairyhouse Adare Manor Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle 20.5f · Good · 10 ran Settled midpack early - slipped back after needing encouragement past the 7th - still holding a chance 4 out and up to 4th soon after - unable to close and awkward two out then held effort to the line 4/10 2¾ 10-9 9896B99A Carl Millar 3/1
22 Sep 24+78d Listowel Kerry Group Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 18f · Good · 16 ran Shared control from the off - went clear after the 3rd - challenger came alongside before 5 out and jumping went awry there - urged forward soon after but conceded front spot - faded away from 3 out to finish well beaten 16/16 8 11-5 10083C87C Jordan Gainford 50/1
06 Jul 24+37d Bellewstown Phil & Patsy Kierans Memorial Mares Maiden Hurdle 20.5f · Good · 14 ran 9/14 3½ 10-10 ——94A Danny Gilligan 16/1
30 May 24+19d Limerick Mcmahons Builders Providers Mares Maiden Hurdle 19f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 5/10 2 11-0 —85A98A Carl Millar 10/1
11 May 24+132d Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle 19f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 5½ 11-0 —86B103A Carl Millar 125/1
31 Dec 23 Punchestown Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race 18.5f · Heavy · 18 ran 15/18 85 11-4 —8C84C Carl Millar 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Nells Choice (IRE) won?
Nells Choice (IRE) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2023 and 2025. Placed 1 time in total (9.1% of starts).
Who trained Nells Choice (IRE)?
Nells Choice (IRE) was trained by Cian Collins on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 3 March 2025.
Who is Nells Choice (IRE)'s sire?
Nells Choice (IRE) is by Mount Nelson (GB) out of The Folkes Choice (GB), whose sire is King's Theatre.
What is Nells Choice (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 3 March 2025. The highest on record is 100.
What is Nells Choice (IRE)'s sire's record?
Mount Nelson (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,259 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Nells Choice (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of The Folkes Choice (GB), Nells Choice (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Riskintheground (IRE) (10). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Riskintheground (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.