Horse Details

Mark's Choice (IRE)

69 Runs 12 Wins (17.4%) 13 Places (18.8%)
Owner: Cragg Wood Racing Silks Cragg Wood Racing Trainer: Gemma Tutty
8 years old b IRE
Sire: Bungle Inthejungle (GB)
Dam: Ramamara (IRE)
Damsire: Trans Island
Past Runs (69 Total)
Date/Time Course Draw Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
10/04/26
18:10
Thirsk 2 6f Jack Dace Gemma Tutty 15 1:15.28 6 75 9-11 22/1
Always behind - held up in rear - outpaced over 2f out - lost touch final 110yds(op 14/1)
27/09/25
14:50
Ripon 6 5f William Pyle Gemma Tutty 1st 0:58.51 Won 66 8-9 15/2
Raced near side - prominent - led narrowly over 1f out - ridden inside final furlong - drifted right but kept on well final 110yds - 1st of 9 in group(op 6/1 tchd 11/2)
26/08/25
15:35
Ripon 9 6f Sam James Gemma Tutty 1st 1:10.74 Won 63 8-13 9/2
Made all - ridden final furlong - edged right and faced challenge towards finish - just held on (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had won at Ripon on numerous occasions and benefitted from the return to turf)(tchd 5/1)
01/08/25
16:05
Southwell (AW) 8 7f Shane Gray Gemma Tutty 9 1:29.53 6.5 63 9-2 10/1
Took keen hold - prominent on outer - shaken up over 2f out - ridden 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 11/1)
19/07/25
18:15
Doncaster 6 7f William Pyle Gemma Tutty 2nd 1:25.75 .75 63 9-4 10/1
In touch with leaders - keeping on towards near side over 1f out - went second final strides(op 9/1 tchd 11/1)
19/06/25
17:10
Ripon 12 6f Sam James Gemma Tutty 1st 1:9.88 Won 58 9-2 5/1
Raced near side - started quickly - made all - ridden against near rail over 1f out - kept on well inside final furlong - 1st of 9 in group(op 15/2)
06/06/25
15:00
Thirsk 9 6f Connor Beasley Gemma Tutty 4 1:9.47 .5 60 9-4 18/1
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)
09/05/25
19:30
Ripon 5 6f Andrew Mullen Gemma Tutty 10 1:11.08 0.1 62 8-5 25/1
In touch with leaders - weakened from over 1f out(op 22/1)
10/12/24
20:00
Southwell (AW) 1 7f Ethan Jones Gemma Tutty 3rd 1:27.75 1.75 62 9-1 16/1
In touch with leaders - challenging 2f out - lost second inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds(op 22/1)
12/11/24
18:00
Southwell (AW) 7 7f Rowan Scott Gemma Tutty 7 1:27.91 2.75 64 9-5 28/1
In touch with leaders - weakened from over 1f out(op 25/1)
08/12/23
17:15
Newcastle (AW) 10 7f William Pyle Gemma Tutty 10 1:29.57 2 69 8-12 15/2
Always behind(op 11/1)
24/11/23
16:15
Southwell (AW) 3 7f William Pyle Gemma Tutty 3rd 1:27.53 .75 69 9-2 17/2
Led - headed but prominent after 1f - lost position 2f out - headway and disputing second 1f out - kept on(op 11/1)
02/11/23
18:15
Newcastle (AW) 5 7f William Pyle Gemma Tutty 2nd 1:28.36 1.25 69 9-6 17/2
Prominent - ridden over 1f out - pressed winner inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds(op 11/1)
02/10/23
14:40
Hamilton 3 6f Miss Amy Collier Gemma Tutty 4 1:15.42 .75 70 10-13 12/1
In touch with leaders - lost position halfway - edged right under 2f out - kept on final furlong(op 9/1)
21/09/23
14:00
Pontefract 9 6f Callum Hutchinson Gemma Tutty 5 1:18.15 .75 72 10-4 14/1
In rear - steady headway from over 1f out - kept on but not pace to challenge (jockey said gelding was slowly away)(op 11/1)
29/08/23
16:00
Ripon 10 6f Dougie Costello Adrian Paul Keatley 8 1:13.29 1.25 75 9-4 15/2
Took keen hold - disputed lead against near rail - weakened over 1f out(op 13/2 tchd 8/1)
19/08/23
14:40
Ripon 5 6f Dougie Costello Adrian Paul Keatley 16 1:14.69 .75 77 9-9 10/1
Slowly away - in rear towards far side throughout - 8th of 8 in group (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 9/1 tchd 8/1)
02/06/23
19:45
Doncaster 5 6f Dougie Costello Adrian Paul Keatley 8 1:11.86 1.5 79 9-6 16/1
Prominent - weakened from 2f out(op 14/1)
12/05/23
19:40
Ripon 8 6f Ryan Sexton Adrian Paul Keatley 4 1:17.95 .5 80 9-4 7/1
In touch with leaders against near rail - pushed along over 2f out - ridden and keeping on when bit short of room over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 6/1)
20/04/23
15:20
Ripon 5 6f Ryan Sexton Adrian Paul Keatley 10 1:16.42 2.25 82 9-8 14/1
Raced near side on far side of group - towards rear - pushed along over 2f out - soon ridden - no telling impression - 6th of 11 in group(op 16/1)
02/04/23
15:20
Doncaster 22 6f Connor Murtagh Adrian Paul Keatley 17 1:21.94 1 83 8-11 80/1
In rear throughout(tchd 100/1)
17/10/22
16:55
Pontefract 10 5f Ryan Sexton Adrian Paul Keatley 10 1:5.48 .5 84 9-4 20/1
Dwelt start - raced wide - never better than mid-division(op 16/1)
24/09/22
15:48
Ripon 7 6f Barry McHugh Adrian Paul Keatley 6 1:12.67 2.25 85 8-9 4/1
In touch with leaders - shaken up 3f out - pushed along from over 2f out - lost position and ridden over 1f out - eased when beaten inside final furlong(tchd 7/2)
17/09/22
14:30
Ayr 19 6f Ryan Sexton Adrian Paul Keatley 25 1:13.68 .75 88 9-4 25/1
Bumped start - raced near side - in rear throughout(op 28/1)
30/08/22
15:40
Ripon 7 6f Ryan Sexton Adrian Paul Keatley 1st 1:12.23 Won 81 9-10 2/1F
In touch with leaders - pushed along and switched left over 1f out - soon ridden - made challenge when short of room inside final furlong - squeezed through and led inside final 110yds - kept on(op 85/40 tchd 9/4)
16/08/22
15:15
Hamilton 3 6f Ryan Sexton Adrian Paul Keatley 2nd 1:11.78 0.3 75 9-7 5/2F
Raced centre - raced in second - led over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - headed but rallied inside final 110yds - just held
13/08/22
14:50
Ripon 12 6f William Pyle Adrian Paul Keatley 3rd 1:9.77 1.5 85 7-9 25/1
Swerved right start - raced near side - in touch with leaders - pushed along over 1f out - switched right inside final furlong - ran on inside final 110yds - did well in the circumstances - 3rd of 10 in group(op 20/1)
09/07/22
17:15
York 11 6f Cam Hardie Sam England 14 1:12.03 1 78 9-7 28/1
Raced centre - midfield - ridden 2f out - soon weakened(op 22/1)
18/06/22
16:14
Ayr 5 6f Oisin McSweeney Sam England 5 1:14.69 .75 80 9-11 4/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - pushed along over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - bumped 1f out - hung left inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds(op 6/1)
11/06/22
17:22
York 21 6f Oisin McSweeney Sam England 11 1:13.40 .5 81 9-7 18/1
Slowly into stride - towards rear towards near side - ridden and headway 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 22/1 tchd 20/1)
01/06/22
18:35
Ripon 1 6f Oisin McSweeney Sam England 3rd 1:10.67 .5 81 8-4 15/2
Slowly into stride - in rear - pushed along when headway on outer over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - kept on - not pace to challenge(op 10/1)
06/05/22
18:45
Ripon 5 6f Oisin McSweeney Sam England 4 1:11.57 1 82 9-1 7/1
Dwelt start - in rear - headway 3f out - ridden and chased leaders over 2f out - kept on but held inside final furlong(op 13/2 tchd 15/2)
14/04/22
14:15
Ripon 2 6f Jonathan England Sam England 8 1:19.18 .75 82 9-9 11/2
Prominent on outer - ridden to challenge 2f out - weakened from over 1f out (jockey said gelding weakened quickly; vet reported a post-race examination of the gelding - during routine testing - failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 4/1)
25/09/21
15:30
Ripon 11 5f Dougie Costello Sam England 1st 0:58.36 Won 79 9-10 15/8F
Slowly into stride - in rear - shaken up when switched right and headway over 1f out - ran on to lead towards finish(op 9/4)
17/09/21
15:20
Ayr 21 6f Cam Hardie Sam England 14 1:10.58 0.05 79 9-3 11/1
Towards rear on near side of group - ridden over 1f out - some headway inside final 110yds - never on terms(op 9/1)
31/08/21
15:05
Ripon 5 6f Cam Hardie Sam England 2nd 1:12.83 .75 79 9-12 3/1
Dwelt start - held up in behind leaders on inner - going easily but waiting for room from over 3f out - pushed along over 1f out - in the clear final 110yds - kept on well - went second towards finish (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run from 1 1/2f out to the 1f marker)(op 11/4 tchd 10/3)
14/08/21
15:10
Ripon 10 6f Cam Hardie Sam England 1st 1:11.05 Won 75 9-0 20/1
Raced near side - midfield - ridden and headway from 2f out - led final 110yds - ran on well
25/07/21
15:00
Pontefract 7 6f Dougie Costello Sam England 7 1:19.59 8 77 9-5 10/1
Chased leader on outer - pushed along when about three wide over 2f out - lost position and dropped to rear under 2f out - eased inside final furlong (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(op 9/1)
10/07/21
17:15
York 7 6f Laura Pearson Sam England 10 1:12.72 0.05 79 8-10 12/1
Reared start - midfield - ridden 2f out - made no impression(op 14/1)
10/06/21
18:30
Haydock 4 5f Jack Garritty Sam England 5 1:0.94 2.25 81 9-12 13/2
Close up - nudged along over 2f out - ridden and lost position gradually from over 1f out - rallied and kept on inside final furlong(op 5/1)
02/06/21
19:30
Ripon 6 6f Harrison Shaw Sam England 4 1:11.66 1.75 81 8-12 9/2
Disputed lead - led over 4f out - soon headed and chased leader - ridden and edged right 2f out - lost second and no extra 1f out - kept on but held inside final furlong(tchd 4/1)
07/05/21
18:20
Ripon 5 6f Dougie Costello Sam England 3rd 1:13.76 .75 81 9-3 4/1J
Raced near side - close up - led 5f out - headed 2f out - soon ridden - every chance 1f out - kept on - lost second towards finish - 3rd of 8 in group(op 7/2 tchd 10/3)
15/04/21
15:25
Ripon 3 6f Dougie Costello Sam England 1st 1:10.52 Won 77 9-4 9/1
Prominent on outer - led going easily 2f out - edged right from 1f out - just did enough(op 10/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 11/1)
26/09/20
17:40
Ripon 9 6f Cian MacRedmond Sam England 1st 1:15.79 Won 69 9-9 7/1
Raced near side - made all - clear against near rail over 1f out - easily (trainer said - regards the apparent improvement in form - the gelding appreciated the return to better going compared with its previous run at Redcar on ground officially described as Soft)(op 6/1)
23/09/20
15:15
Redcar 6 5f Cam Hardie Sam England 4 1:3.25 .5 69 9-9 7/2J
Chased leader up the centre - niggled along 2f out - ridden and went modest third over 1f out - no extra final furlong - lost third inside final 110yds(tchd 10/3)
11/08/20
13:55
Haydock 2 6f Jack Garritty Sam England 5 1:14.05 1 70 9-2 14/1
Prominent - ridden to challenge 2f out - kept on but no extra inside final furlong(op 16/1)
14/07/20
18:50
Ayr 9 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 11 1:12.12 .75 73 9-12 12/1
Held up in rear - ridden on outer over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 11/1 tchd 10/1)
26/06/20
12:15
Doncaster 8 5f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 9 0:59.40 1 76 8-12 6/1
Dwelt start - always towards rear (jockey said gelding slipped leaving stalls)
12/06/20
12:30
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 6 1:13.81 0.2 78 9-7 9/2F
Led - soon headed and chased clear leader - ridden 2f out - no extra when hampered inside final furlong - soon eased(op 4/1 tchd 5/1)
26/09/19
15:25
Pontefract 9 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 4 1:17.84 .5 80 9-4 12/1
Chased leaders - ridden along 2f out - driven over 1f out - kept on same pace(op 11/1)
11/09/19
17:20
Doncaster 19 5f Sam James Ruth Carr 5 0:59.91 1 81 9-4 16/1
Raced towards stands' side - tracked leaders - headway and close up over 1f out - soon ridden and every chance entering final furlong - soon driven and kept on same pace
30/08/19
15:40
Thirsk 6 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 9 1:10.57 1 82 8-9 16/1
Towards rear centre until stayed on final 2f - never dangerous(op 18/1)
17/08/19
14:05
Ripon 11 6f Sam James Ruth Carr 3rd 1:16.10 2.75 82 8-13 12/1
Raced far side - chased leaders - ridden over 2f out - kept on to chase group leader inside final furlong but no real impression - 2nd of 12 in group(op 11/1)
25/07/19
20:25
Doncaster 1 6f Jack Garritty Ruth Carr 3rd 1:11.25 0.3 82 9-10 11/4
Tracked leaders - headway 2f out and soon challenged - ridden and every chance entering final furlong - soon driven and kept on same pace(op 7/2 tchd 5/2)
19/07/19
15:15
Haydock 7 6f Jack Garritty Ruth Carr 3rd 1:12.08 0.2 82 9-4 14/1
Held up - headway over 2f out - challenging from over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - not quite pace of winner towards finish(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
29/06/19
19:00
Doncaster 8 5½f Jack Garritty Ruth Carr 4 1:6.34 .5 83 9-6 11/2
Held up - raced keenly - ridden and edged right over 1f out - ran on - not reach leaders(op 7/1)
19/06/19
20:20
Ripon 6 5f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 4 1:0.62 1.5 83 9-5 8/1
In touch - ridden along and outpaced over 1f out - kept on same pace inside final furlong(op 7/1)
05/06/19
19:30
Ripon 5 6f Jack Garritty Ruth Carr 1st 1:12.59 Won 80 9-2 16/1
Slowly into stride - held up in touch - raced quite keenly - switched right over 2f out - soon headway - ridden to chase leader approaching final furlong - driven to lead 75yds out - kept on(op 20/1)
22/05/19
15:35
Ayr 1 5f Jack Garritty Ruth Carr 1st 1:0.00 Won 76 8-13 5/1
Held up on far side of group - headway to lead over 1f out - driven and held on well final furlong(tchd 9/2)
11/05/19
19:15
Thirsk 4 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 11 1:14.31 .75 77 9-9 16/1
Pressed leader centre - ridden 2f out - weakened inside final furlong - 8th of 13 in group
27/04/19
17:05
Ripon 6 5f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 1st 0:59.90 Won 73 8-12 12/1
Held up - pushed along and headway 2f out - angled left over 1f out - squeezed through gap 1f out - ridden and kept on well - led near finish
18/04/19
14:50
Ripon 13 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 9 1:12.81 0.3 75 9-7 12/1
Chased leaders stands' side - ridden over 2f out - weakened final furlong - 7th of 12 in group(op 14/1)
19/10/18
17:15
Haydock 7 7f David Allan Ruth Carr 11 1:38.15 6 77 9-9 16/1
Held up - driven over 2f out - soon ridden and dropped to last(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
03/10/18
15:05
Nottingham 10 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 6 1:14.21 1.25 78 8-13 16/1
Chased leaders - ridden along and outpaced over 2f out - kept on under pressure final furlong(tchd 14/1)
13/09/18
18:25
Hamilton 6 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 8 1:15.22 0.2 80 8-13 10/1
Dwelt - behind and outpaced - some headway over 1f out - never on terms(op 9/1)
14/08/18
17:35
Nottingham 1 6f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 1st 1:16.23 Won 75 9-7 14/1
Held up - headway over 2f out - led over 1f out - soon ridden - ran on - comfortably(op 12/1)
30/05/18
18:35
Ripon 2 5f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 3rd 1:0.60 1.5 9-2 20/1
Prominent - pushed along to lead over 1f out - headed approaching final furlong - no extra final 110yds (jockey said colt hung right-handed throughout)(op 22/1 tchd 25/1)
18/05/18
17:55
Hamilton 4 5f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 4 0:59.97 .5 9-2 14/1
Dwelt - behind - outpaced and hung right over 3f out - headway over 1f out - kept on same pace inside final furlong(op 16/1 tchd 12/1)
05/05/18
17:50
Doncaster 6 5f James Sullivan Ruth Carr 6 1:2.17 3.5 9-2 20/1
Took keen hold - prominent - ridden along well over 1f out - gradually weakened(op 18/1)