Choisir

Choisir (18 September 1999 – 7 December 2021) was an Australian-bred dual hemisphere-winning Thoroughbred racehorse. He became the first Australian-trained winner of the Group Two King's Stand Stakes.[1] The same year, Choisir also won the Golden Jubilee Stakes and was second in the July Cup.[2] His breeder's daughter Savannah Daisley was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 14 year-old boy on October 27, 2023.[3][4]

Choisir
Racing silks of Choisir
SireDanehill Dancer (IRE)
GrandsireDanehill (USA)
DamGreat Selection (AUS)
DamsireLunchtime (GB)
SexStallion
Foaled(1999-09-18)18 September 1999
Died7 December 2021(2021-12-07) (aged 22)
CountryAustralia
ColourChestnut
BreederR.M. Daisley, NSW
OwnerTerry Wallace & Partners
TrainerPaul Perry
Record23: 7-5-6
Earnings$2,258,545
Major wins
2003 Ascot Golden Jubilee Stakes
2003 VRC Lightning Stakes
2003 King's Stand Stakes
Awards
2001-02 Champion 2yo colt in Australia
2003 Champion older sprinter in Europe
Honours
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Last updated on 28 August 2011

Breeding

He was sired by the Group one (G1) winner Danehill Dancer (sire of over 500 individual starters for nine G1 winners); his dam Great Selection was by Lunchtime (GB). Choisir was a full brother to Danny Dancer, who won five races in Australia, and a half-brother to Supermarket (by Zephyr Zip ((NZ)), won eight races in Australia and dam of three winners) and Great Chic (by Prince of Birds ((USA)), dam of three winners).

Racing career

Choisir was trained by Paul Perry who was based at Broadmeadow Racecourse.

At two years

At two Choisir won the Group 3 STC Skyline Stakes over 1,200 metres, the listed AJC Breeders' Plate over 1,000 m., Inglis 2 YO Classic (1,200 m.) and was second in the Group one (G1) AJC Sires Produce Stakes, G2 STC Pago Pago Stakes, 2 YO Conditions Handicap, along with third placings in the G1 STC Golden Slipper Stakes and AJC Champagne Stakes.

At three years

Choisir won the G1 VRC Lightning Stakes, Linlithgow Stakes, had third placings in the G1 MRC Oakleigh Plate, G1 2002 Caulfield Guineas,[5] G2 AJC Stan Fox Stakes, G3 VRC L'Oreal Paris Plate.

At four years

At four Choisir won the G1 Royal Ascot Golden Jubilee Stakes (6 f.) and the G2 King's Stand Stakes (5 f.) as well as placing second in the G1 Newmarket July Cup.

When Choisir's career was over, Perry hoped that Fastnet Rock would repeat Choisir's successful English campaign, however Fastnet Rock suffered from travel sickness and was unable to race in the United Kingdom.

Stud record

Coolmore Stud Australia purchased Choisir to begin a new career as a shuttle stallion just two days after Choisir had finished second in the July Cup.

Choisir is standing at a service fee of $29,700 at Coolmore Stud in 2019.[6] He was pensioned from the breeding barn at the end of the 2020 breeding season. [7]

Choisir died at Coolmore Stud on 7 December 2021.[8]

Notable stock

Choisir sired 12 individual Group 1 winners.

c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding

Foaled Name Sex Major Wins
2005 Sacred Choice f Myer Classic, Doncaster Handicap
2006 Starspangledbanner c Caulfield Guineas, Oakleigh Plate, Golden Jubilee Stakes, July Cup
2007 Historian g Zabeel Classic, Thorndon Mile
2008 Obviously g Shoemaker Mile Stakes, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
2009 Choice Bro g Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes
2010 Kushadasi g South Australian Derby
2010 Olympic Glory c Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Lockinge Stakes, Prix de la Forêt
2012 Japonisme g Coolmore Stud Stakes
2013 Divine Prophet c Caulfield Guineas
2014 The Last Lion c Middle Park Stakes
2014 The Mission c Champagne Stakes
2016 Snapdancer f Robert Sangster Stakes, Memsie Stakes

References
  1. Wray Vamplew; Joyce Kay (2003). Encyclopedia of British Horseracing. Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 0-7146-5356-X.
  2. "The spectator". The Spectator. F.C. Westley: 46. 2003.
  3. https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/savannah-daisley-wellness-guru-accused-of-sex-with-a-child-has-bail-altered/news-story/4f0be2356cae808023498556de954e7a
  4. https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/social-media-influencer-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-14yo-boy/news-story/09617448819cc091d69b98ee851f186f
  5. Michael Lynch (10 November 2009). "Shooting Star". WAtoday.
  6. "Choisir". Coolmore Stud. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  7. Tzaferis, James. "Coolmore confirms Choisir's death". Racing.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  8. "Leading site and trailblazing sprinter Choisir passes away at age 22". Coolmore Stud. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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