Mark's Choice (IRE) — Horse Explorer | Saturday Racing

Career Trajectory

last 28 runs · form score 0–100

Win
Placed
Mid-pack
Rear
DNF
OR mark

Peak form: 100
Mean: 38
Win %: 17%
Placed %: 37%
Trend: Climbing

Course Record

14 venues

Specialist on the road. Genuine course specialist at Ripon — well clear of the 37% career baseline.

Ripon SPEC 59% 10-6-27
Doncaster 25% 0-2-8
Ayr 20% 1-0-5
Southwell (AW) 50% 0-2-4
Hamilton 25% 0-1-4
Haydock 25% 0-1-4
Pontefract 0% 0-0-4
Thirsk 0% 0-0-4
York 0% 0-0-3
Newcastle (AW) 50% 0-1-2
Nottingham 50% 1-0-2
Catterick 100% 0-1-1
Redcar 0% 0-0-1
Wolverhampton (AW) 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

23 jockeys · 4 trainers

Jockeys

James Sullivan 20% 2-1-15
William Pyle NOW 86% 1-5-7
Jack Garritty 57% 2-2-7
Dougie Costello 43% 2-1-7
Ryan Sexton 33% 1-1-6
Cam Hardie 40% 1-1-5
Sam James 75% 2-1-4
Oisin McSweeney 25% 0-1-4
Cian MacRedmond 100% 1-0-1
Ethan Jones 100% 0-1-1
Andrew Mullen 0% 0-0-1
Barry McHugh 0% 0-0-1
Callum Hutchinson 0% 0-0-1
Connor Beasley 0% 0-0-1
Connor Murtagh 0% 0-0-1
David Allan 0% 0-0-1
Harrison Shaw 0% 0-0-1
Jack Dace 0% 0-0-1
Jonathan England 0% 0-0-1
Laura Pearson 0% 0-0-1
Miss Amy Collier 0% 0-0-1
Rowan Scott 0% 0-0-1
Shane Gray 0% 0-0-1

Trainers

Ruth Carr 35% 4-4-23
Sam England 37% 4-3-19
Gemma Tutty NOW 50% 3-5-16
Adrian Paul Keatley 25% 1-2-12

Going Record

70 classifiable runs

Allrounder Handles a range — peak 46% on Good to Soft, but no surface bias jumps out.

Firm — 0 runs
Good to Firm 38% 2-4-16
Good 40% 7-5-30
Good to Soft 46% 3-3-13
Soft 20% 0-2-10
Heavy 0% 0-0-1

Distance Record

70 classifiable runs

Leaning Best at seven trips (50% itm) but capable elsewhere.

Sprint ≤ 6f 35% 12-10-62
Seven 6½ – 7f 50% 0-4-8
Mile 7f – 1m1f — 0 runs
Middle 1m1f – 1m4f — 0 runs
Staying ≥ 1m4f — 0 runs

Recent Runs

last 10 races · newest first

2nd/6 30 May 2026 2 days ago

Catterick
- 6f
- Good To Firm
- Class 5
- Cheekpieces
btn 4.75 OR 71

William Pyle

Squeezed out start - in rear - headway halfway - went second over 1f out - kept on but no chance with winner inside final furlong(op 8/1…
15th/15 10 Apr 2026 52 days ago

Thirsk
- 6f
- Good
Jack Dace

Always behind - held up in rear - outpaced over 2f out - lost touch final 110yds(op 14/1)
1st/13 27 Sep 2025 247 days ago

Ripon
- 5f
- Good
won

William Pyle

Raced near side - prominent - led narrowly over 1f out - ridden inside final furlong - drifted right but kept on well final 110yds - 1st of…
1st/12 26 Aug 2025 279 days ago

Ripon
- 6f
- Good To Firm
- Class 4
- Cheekpieces
won 0 OR 63

Sam James

Made all - ridden final furlong - edged right and faced challenge towards finish - just held on (trainer said - regarding the apparent…
9th/10 1 Aug 2025 304 days ago

Southwell (AW)
- 7f
- Standard
Shane Gray

Took keen hold - prominent on outer - shaken up over 2f out - ridden 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 11/1)
2nd/9 19 Jul 2025 317 days ago

Doncaster
- 7f
- Good To Soft
William Pyle

In touch with leaders - keeping on towards near side over 1f out - went second final strides(op 9/1 tchd 11/1)
1st/12 19 Jun 2025 347 days ago

Ripon
- 6f
- Good
- Class 6
- Cheekpieces
won 0 OR 58

Sam James

Raced near side - started quickly - made all - ridden against near rail over 1f out - kept on well inside final furlong - 1st of 9 in…
4th/12 6 Jun 2025 360 days ago

Thirsk
- 6f
- Good
Connor Beasley

In touch with leaders - headway 2f out - outpaced against near rail over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 16/1 tchd 20/1)
10th/10 9 May 2025 388 days ago

Ripon
- 6f
- Good
Andrew Mullen

In touch with leaders - weakened from over 1f out(op 22/1)
3rd/12 10 Dec 2024 538 days ago

Southwell (AW)
- 7f
- Standard
Ethan Jones

In touch with leaders - challenging 2f out - lost second inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds(op 22/1)