Horse profile
Original Choice (IRE)
by Dragon Pulse (IRE) out of Belle Watling (IRE) (Street Cry)
32 runs · 17 courses · from Aug 2016
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Apr 2021 — 2,011 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2021 · 4th of 9
7 wins · 5 courses
KTB Profile
Original Choice (IRE) is 7 from 32. Hasn't won since Mar 2020. 3 of 4 starts at Wolverhampton (AW) have ended in wins.
Based on 32 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
- 7–32Wins / Runs
- 21.9%Strike rate
- 14 (43.8%)Placed
- +0.00£1 level staken=32 at SP
- 1.64Fair A/E n=32 · 1.41 incl. margin
- 100Highest OR
- 55dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating93↓ 7lb off peak
93
80–100
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 101
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 113C | 100 | — |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 112C | 85 | — |
| Good | 5 | 102A | 85 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 108C | 101.5 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 89C | 78 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 120C | 101 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 101A | 85 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 108C | 97 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 113C | 103.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 30 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 4,261 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 570. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 363.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −0.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 447 | 45 | 10.1% | +1.2 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 918 | 79 | 8.6% | −0.3 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 422 | 35 | 8.3% | −0.6 | 2 from 4 |
| Soft | 773 | 47 | 6.1% | −2.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 286 | 23 | 8% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,392 | 147 | 10.6% | +1.7 | 3 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 570 | 76 | 13.3% | +4.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,501 | 118 | 7.9% | −1 | 2 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 928 | 76 | 8.2% | −0.7 | 3 from 13 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 685 | 73 | 10.7% | +1.8 | 2 from 10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 363 | 18 | 5% | −3.9 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 170 | 14 | 8.2% | −0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −1.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −8.9 | — |
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
Belle Watling (IRE) (Street Cry)
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Paddy Again (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Paddy Again (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Again (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 3 | 30% | +5.50 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.25 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.75 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 21 | 4 | 19% | −0.25 |
| Class 3 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.75 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 4 | 3 | 75% | +11.50 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Goodwood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Saint-Cloud (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Redcar | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 13 | 3 | 23% | +1.25 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 2 | 20% | +0.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollie Doyle | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.25 |
| James Doyle | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 3 | 2 | 67% | +7.50 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Pat Cosgrave | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Delphine Santiago | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thore Hammer Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adrie de Vries | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joshua Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tony Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Georgia Cox | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Martin Harley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 19 | 4 | 21% | −2.25 |
| Visor | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.25 |
| Cheekpieces | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.25 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +3.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.25 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 21+413d | Saint-Cloud (FR) | Prix Balbo (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) | 4/9 | 2½ | 8-9 | — | — | — | Delphine Santiago | 59/10 |
| 02 Mar 20+11d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Handicap | 1/4 | 9-4 | 93 | 96C | 91B | Hollie Doyle | 11/2 | |
| 20 Feb 20+20d | Chelmsford City (AW) | getitprinted.com Online Print Solution Handicap | 3/7 | nk | 9-12 | 93 | 94A | 95A | Hollie Doyle | 6/1 |
| 31 Jan 20+13d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Conditions Stakes | 2/4 | 5½ | 9-5 | 93 | 113C | 86B | Hollie Doyle | 14/1 |
| 18 Jan 20+18d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 7/7 | hd | 9-4 | 94 | 101A | 79A | Hollie Doyle | 9/1 |
| 31 Dec 19+43d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 2/7 | nk | 9-10 | 94 | 85A | 91A | Hollie Doyle | 20/1 |
| 18 Nov 19+53d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Handicap | 10/13 | 3¾ | 9-11 | 96 | 101B | 75A | Thore Hammer Hansen | 14/1 |
| 26 Sep 19+12d | Newmarket | Weatherbys TBA Handicap | 6/7 | 4½ | 9-11 | 95 | 85C | 74C | James Doyle | 14/1 |
| 14 Sep 19+10d | Lingfield | British Stallion Studs EBF Conditions Stakes | 1/3 | 9-3 | 97 | 50C | 86C | Hollie Doyle | 11/4 | |
| 04 Sep 19+25d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Irish Lotto At Totesport.com Handicap | 4/6 | ¾ | 9-9 | 99 | 97A | 93B | James Doyle | 25/1 |
| 10 Aug 19+8d | Ascot | Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Mile (Handicap) | 8/10 | 1 | 9-10 | 97 | 55B | 73A | Adrie de Vries | 12/1 |
| 02 Aug 19+20d | Goodwood | Unibet Golden Mile Handicap | 8/20 | shd | 9-1 | 99 | 112C | 95A | Silvestre De Sousa | 40/1 |
| 13 Jul 19+15d | York | John Smith's Diamond Jubilee Cup Handicap | 19/21 | shd | 9-4 | 100 | 71C | 72C | Ben Curtis | 66/1 |
| 28 Jun 19+209d | Newmarket | York Thoroughbred Racing Handicap | 6/9 | 2¼ | 9-11 | 100 | 88A | 83A | Joshua Bryan | 33/1 |
| 01 Dec 18+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | sunracing.co.uk Handicap | 1/8 | 9-12 | 99 | 99A | 98A | Tom Marquand | 4/1 | |
| 17 Nov 18+56d | Lingfield (AW) | Sun Racing Handicap | 3/8 | nk | 9-4 | 98 | 103A | 90A | James Doyle | 5/4F |
| 22 Sep 18+30d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Handicap | 10/11 | 8 | 9-7 | 100 | 78C | 72C | Jim Crowley | 7/1 |
| 23 Aug 18+20d | York | Clipper Logistics Handicap | 5/18 | 1½ | 9-4 | 100 | 81C | 98A | James Doyle | 8/1 |
| 03 Aug 18+3d | Goodwood | Unibet Golden Mile Handicap | 3/17 | nk | 9-1 | 97 | 108C | 97A | James Doyle | 12/1 |
| 31 Jul 18+24d | Goodwood | Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap | 3/15 | ¾ | 9-2 | 97 | 82C | 94A | Daniel Tudhope | 9/1 |
| 07 Jul 18+63d | Sandown | Coral Challenge (handicap) | 10/15 | 1½ | 9-2 | 97 | 85C | 88A | Tony Hamilton | 20/1 |
| 05 May 18+42d | Wetherby | totesport.com Hunt Cup Handicap | 1/15 | 9-1 | 94 | 106C | 94A | Ben Curtis | 6/1 | |
| 24 Mar 18+175d | Doncaster | 32Red.com Spring Mile Handicap (Str) | 10/20 | 2 | 9-9 | 94 | 89C | 75C | James Doyle | 5/1 |
| 30 Sep 17+63d | Haydock | 32Red.com Handicap | 2/13 | shd | 9-1 | 92 | 120C | 104A | Daniel Tudhope | 7/2F |
| 29 Jul 17+24d | Chester | Sebastian Artois Apprentice Handicap | 2/10 | 7 | 10-5 | 92 | 97A | 104A | Georgia Cox | 2/1F |
| 05 Jul 17+21d | Thirsk | Pay And Watch Racing UK Via Mobile Handicap | 1/6 | 9-4 | 86 | 102A | 88B | Daniel Tudhope | 5/4F | |
| 14 Jun 17+33d | Haydock | Watch Racing Uk In Hd Handicap | 2/11 | hd | 9-6 | 83 | 92A | 89A | Martin Harley | 5/1 |
| 12 May 17+25d | Ascot | AGV Handicap | 6/9 | 2 | 8-4 | 86 | 95B | 70A | Silvestre De Sousa | 10/3F |
| 17 Apr 17+167d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Fcl Global Forwarding Making Logistics Personal Handicap | 1/8 | 8-13 | 80 | 102A | 91A | Silvestre De Sousa | 3/1 | |
| 01 Nov 16+46d | Redcar | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Stakes (Div 1) | 1/16 | 9-5 | — | 108C | 100A | Ben Curtis | 5/2F | |
| 16 Sep 16+21d | Newbury | Thatcham Butchers EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1) | 4/7 | 1 | 9-5 | — | 74A | 69A | Pat Cosgrave | 2/1F |
| 26 Aug 16 | Newmarket | TRM Excellence In Equine Nutrition EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 7/10 | 1¾ | 9-0 | — | — | 64A | Pat Cosgrave | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Original Choice (IRE) won?
- Original Choice (IRE) won 7 of 32 archived starts between 2016 and 2021, a strike rate of 21.9%. Placed 14 times in total (43.8% of starts).
- Who trained Original Choice (IRE)?
- Original Choice (IRE) was trained by Nick Littmoden on the most recent run on record, at Saint-Cloud (FR) on 19 April 2021.
- Who is Original Choice (IRE)'s sire?
- Original Choice (IRE) is by Dragon Pulse (IRE) out of Belle Watling (IRE), whose sire is Street Cry.
- What going does Original Choice (IRE) prefer?
- Original Choice (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Original Choice (IRE)'s official rating?
- Original Choice (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 100.
- What is Original Choice (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dragon Pulse (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 4,261 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 570. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 363.
- Who are Original Choice (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Belle Watling (IRE), Original Choice (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Paddy Again (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Paddy Again (IRE)). The wins came over 5f. As at Oct 2026.