Chosen Shant

The overall career numbers are modest — 2 wins and 9 places from 29 races — but there is a late-career story tucked inside them. Both wins came in the summer of 2025, the first at Wexford on 24 July and the second there again on 8 August. Finding the winner's enclosure for the first time at age ten is unusual, and doing it twice in the space of a fortnight suggests the horse arrived at some kind of sweet spot rather than simply stumbling into form.

The partnership with jockey Phillip Enright is worth noting. In seven races together, he has been on board for both wins — a record of 2 from 7, which works out at roughly 1 win in every 3 rides. That is dramatically better than the horse's overall win rate with other jockeys, and when you see Enright's name in the saddle at Wexford, you are looking at the combination that has produced every single win this horse has ever had.

Trained by Aengus King out of Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare, Chosen Shant is part of a yard that has sent out 5 winners this season. The recent form reads 4-–-6-5-5-12, which is not encouraging — no win in the last 6 races and a last-place finish thrown in — but the horse raced just yesterday, so it remains very much an active competitor. When the team chooses to point it back towards Wexford with Enright aboard, that is the moment to pay attention.