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Splendid Choice (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2025) · Last trainer P J Rothwell · Last owner Michael Hannon Alan J Wright
by Hillstar (GB) out of Luanna (IRE) (Luso)
19 runs · 12 courses · from Mar 2023
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Aug 2025 — 411 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025 Won at Wexford Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile

Splendid Choice is a gelding who won one of 19 starts on turf. His success came in the Slaney River Handicap Hurdle at Wexford in May 2025 over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground off an official rating of 89. He has raced 13 times at that trip distance for his sole win and is one from four at Wexford. Typically held up he last ran at Wexford in Aug 2025 off an official rating of 95. He has never won on soft or heavy ground.

Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up Wins on good or faster
Official rating95↓ 6lb off peak
95 89–101

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 121 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kilbeggan, 9 Aug 2025

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.

Jumps 14 figures · best 121B · median 63
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good7112A82—
Soft335C10—
Good to Soft2121B98.5—
Heavy256A50—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f9109B56—
1m5f – 2m5121B76—

Of 19 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 19 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 117A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kilbeggan, 9 Aug 2025 Official rating 95 at the last run, 29 Aug 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.

Jumps 15 figures · best 117A · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good7112A105—
Heavy3107A107—
Soft392C89—
Good to Soft2117A107—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10112A98.5—
1m5f – 2m5117A105—

Of 19 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 19 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 9 analysed runs

  • Held up 9 (100%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Hillstar (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 736 runs since Jan 2008 (88 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm6116.7%+9.2—
Good297268.8%+1.31 from 8
Good to Soft15096%−1.50 from 2
Soft190147.4%−0.10 from 4
Heavy8755.7%−1.80 from 5
Standard (AW)600%−7.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−7.5—
6f – 7f400%−7.5—
1m – 1m1f600%−7.5—
1m2f – 1m4f500%−7.5—
1m5f – 2m252197.5%00 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f264218%+0.51 from 13
2m5f – 3m182137.1%−0.4—
Over 3m2229.1%+1.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Luanna (IRE) (Luso)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Blue Hawaii (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 1m4f–2m7½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Blue Hawaii (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Blue Hawaii (IRE)3061m4f–2m3½fClass 4
Another Choice (IRE)3432m3f–2m7½f—
Maeve's Choice (IRE)1732m4f–2m6f—
Lough Owel (IRE)160——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 1 13% −1.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wexford 4 1 25% +3.00
Clonmel 3 0 0% −3.00
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 13 1 8% −6.00
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tiernan Power Roche 7 1 14% +0.00
Simon Torrens 4 0 0% −4.00
P J O'Hanlon 2 0 0% −2.00
James Smith 2 0 0% −2.00
Calum Hogan 1 0 0% −1.00
Dylan Robinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Alex Harvey 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Foley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 9 1 11% −2.00
None 9 0 0% −9.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 10 1 10% −3.00
2024 6 0 0% −6.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 18 1 6% −11.00
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
29 Aug 25+20d Wexford Visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 17f · Good · 14 ran Held up towards the back - still down in 11th with three left to jump and pushed along without responding - eased out of contention before two out PU/14 — 11-5 95—— Tiernan Power Roche 9/2
09 Aug 25+16d Kilbeggan Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Held up towards the back - improved into midfield after 4 out - up into 3rd before the following fence - 2nd two out - hit the front soon after - driven on entering the straight - kicked clear from the last - unable to find more inside the final furlong and caught near the line 3/14 nk 11-0 93121B117A Calum Hogan 15/2
24 Jul 25+20d Wexford WTW Willis Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 16.5f · Good · 11 ran Held up towards the back - still 9th at halfway - improved into 3rd 3 out - driven approaching the straight - flashed up into 2nd after the last then faded to finish fourth 4/11 nk 11-3 9461A105A Tiernan Power Roche 10/3J
04 Jul 25+42d Wexford Clearwater Construction Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 17f · Good · 14 ran Held up towards back - improved into contention from 3 out and into 6th soon after - up to 5th before last then stayed on same effort to finish 5/14 1½ 11-3 94109B110A Tiernan Power Roche 8/1
23 May 25+6d Downpatrick Frank And Brian Fitzsimons Memorial Handicap Hurdle 19f · Good · 10 ran Held up in the pack - fighting for its head early - stumbled 3 out - dropped away well beaten 9/10 65 10-5 9465C83C Tiernan Power Roche 5/1
17 May 25+37d Wexford Slaney River Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 17f · Good · 14 ran Settled towards the back early - moved through smoothly on the outside to be third turning into the straight - shaken up to hit the front before the last - stayed on gamely to prevail 1/14 10-12 8982B112A Tiernan Power Roche 6/1
10 Apr 25+14d Limerick Event Trax Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 16f · Good · 12 ran Held up at the back - improved through the pack to 4th approaching the final fence - couldn't land a blow on the front-runners - stayed on steadily to finish 4th 4/12 ½ 11-4 90112A112A Dylan Robinson 25/1
27 Mar 25+28d Clonmel Glenary Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 18.5f · Good · 13 ran Held up towards the back - still down the field entering the straight and unable to make gains by two out - stayed on at one speed to the line 6/13 1¾ 11-1 9182B100A Tiernan Power Roche 12/1
27 Feb 25+57d Clonmel Clonmel Novice Handicap Hurdle 19f · Heavy · 15 ran Held up towards the back - driven up but made no headway nearing the straight - soon had nothing more to give - finished well beaten 13/15 16 10-11 95—93C Simon Torrens 50/1
01 Jan 25+24d Tramore Jimmy Shanahan Memorial Handicap Hurdle 17f · Heavy · 9 ran Held up towards the back - improved into midfield around halfway - eased backwards again 4 out with nothing left to give - beaten off a long way back and pulled up before 2 out PU/9 — 10-1 95—— Simon Torrens 33/1
08 Dec 24+180d Cork Greenvalley Transport Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Soft · 22 ran Settled at the back of the field early - couldn't get involved and lost more ground after 4 out - well held at the finish 21/22 36 11-3 9810C92C Tiernan Power Roche 20/1
11 Jun 24+25d Sligo Lake Isle Of Innisfree Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2) 18f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 10 11-9 10054A97A P J O'Hanlon 33/1
17 May 24+29d Kilbeggan William Hill Epic Boost Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 10/14 8½ 11-6 10176B97A Simon Torrens 25/1
18 Apr 24+26d Clonmel Knocklofty Maiden Hurdle 18.5f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 3/7 2¼ 11-12 —44A107A Simon Torrens 12/1
23 Mar 24+34d Navan Wesco Electrical Maiden Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-5 ——— James Smith 40/1
18 Feb 24+130d Punchestown Old House Kill Maiden Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 8 ran 5/8 ½ 11-5 —56A107A James Smith 200/1
11 Oct 23+186d Punchestown Lengthen The Odds At BetVictor Flat Race 16f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 11/11 2¾ 10-10 —-23C88C Alex Harvey 16/1
08 Apr 23+9d Fairyhouse Tom Quinlan Electrical Maiden Hurdle 20f · Yielding · 24 ran 13/24 2½ 10-11 —35C89C P J O'Hanlon 250/1
30 Mar 23 Naas Join The Naas Racecourse Business Club Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 23 ran PU/23 — 11-7 ——— Jack Foley 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Splendid Choice (IRE) won?
Splendid Choice (IRE) won 1 of 19 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 5.3%. Placed 2 times in total (10.5% of starts).
Who trained Splendid Choice (IRE)?
Splendid Choice (IRE) was trained by P J Rothwell on the most recent run on record, at Wexford on 29 August 2025.
Who is Splendid Choice (IRE)'s sire?
Splendid Choice (IRE) is by Hillstar (GB) out of Luanna (IRE), whose sire is Luso.
What going does Splendid Choice (IRE) prefer?
Splendid Choice (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Splendid Choice (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 29 August 2025. The highest on record is 101.
What is Splendid Choice (IRE)'s sire's record?
Hillstar (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 736 runs since Jan 2008 (88 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Splendid Choice (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Luanna (IRE), Splendid Choice (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Blue Hawaii (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Blue Hawaii (IRE)). The wins came over 1m4f–2m7½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from March 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.