2015 Grand National runner profile: River Choice
Published:
River Choice
Age: 12
Weight: 10st 3lb
Owner: Fergus Wilson.
Trainer: Richard Chotard. Grand National record – no previous runners
Jockey: David Cottin. Grand National record – no previous rides
Form: 11/O/0P54/7/46011PP73263P/7125234344/P2434266/18181549F1-6U58P14
*First run in Britain for this horse, who won on his penultimate start, a claiming chase in November at Enghien, France, when trained by Christophe Aubert
*Has won 10 times over hurdles and fences. Would be the first French-trained horse to win the Crabbie’s Grand National since Cortolvin, trained by Englishman Harry Lamplugh in Chantilly, in 1867
*Bought by current owner Fergus Wilson after the horse’s most recent victory in a claimer.
Jump race record: Starts: 56; Wins: 10; 2nd: 5; 3rd: 5; Win & Place Prize Money: £512,476