Horse Profile

Balf's Choice
Stable

Trained by Ryan Balfour at Morphettville 1, Balf's Choice is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Written Tycoon, out of the dam Not Jude's Choice.

He has won a total of 17 races from 93 starts for a win percentage of 18%. His career earnings are $930k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Seymour on October 22nd in 2017 when he won $90,000 in the Seymour Cup (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Balf's Choice is a top level performer, having started 4 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1265.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $15k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$930k
Starts
93
Wins
17
Second
5
Third
7
Win %
18
Place %
31
Profit
+12.7
Conditions
Good
59
4-2-5
$8k
Soft
33
13-1-0
$15k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
4
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
4
0-0-0
Race Distance
1600m
17
5-1-1
+25.95
1550m
3
1-0-0
-1.1
1400m
5
1-0-0
-0.2
1800m
5
0-0-0
-5
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
2040m
2
0-0-0
-2
1700m
2
0-0-0
-2
1416m
1
0-0-0
-1
1950m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Morphettville
18
3-1-1
+0.45
Morphettville Parks
7
2-1-0
-0.3
Murray Bridge Gh
1
0-0-0
-1
Kilmore
1
0-0-0
-1
Balaklava
3
1-0-0
+3.5
Flemington
3
0-0-0
-3
Gawler
1
0-0-0
-1
Sandown Hillside
1
0-0-0
-1
Seymour
1
1-0-0
+17
Caulfield
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
SA
30
6-2-1
+25.65
VIC
7
1-0-0
+17

Race History

Apr-17 21
8/
8.6
19
Morphettville
4
1600
Happy 90th M Kettapellar-Bm82
$1k
$52k
57½
106.15
-
4
4,5,7
-1
Mar-20 21
7/
2.5
20
Morphettville Parks
4
1550
Barossa Fine Foods (Bm76)
$1k
$52k
61
97.53
-
7
7,7,7
Mar-8 21
8/
7.2
51
Morphettville
4
1600
CS Hayes Memorial Cup
$2k
$102k
54
103.05
-
8
8,8,10
+2
Feb-27 21
5/
1.6
31
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1400
Total Workforce Solutions-Bm82
$2k
$52k
59
84.73
-
8
9,10
+5
Oct-31 20
9/10
4.4
31
Morphettville
4
1800
John Letts Cup
$1k
$101k
56
115.50
-
8
7,6,6
-3
Oct-18 20
6/7
2.3
31
Kilmore
5
1600
Seymour Cup
$4k
$200k
56
104.90
-
1
1,1,1
-5
Sep-16 20
11/16
10.8
21
Balaklava
4
1600
Balaklava Cup
$0k
$102k
56½
105.77
-
4
4,3,3
-8
Aug-29 20
9/12
3.0
51
Morphettville Parks
4
1400
Leon Macdonald Stakes
$1k
$100k
59
87.03
-
5
7,7
-2
Aug-15 20
6/12
5.9
101
Morphettville
6
1200
Spring Stakes 
$1k
$120k
58½
76.70
-
8,11
May-18 19
11/15
5.3
19
Morphettville
4
1600
R A Lee Stakes 
$0k
$176k
56
102.52
-
1
1,2,3
-8
May-4 19
2/7
1.3
7
Morphettville
5
1600
Triple M Handicap
$17k
$100k
56½
96.98
-
3
3,3,3
+1
Apr-13 19
5/11
2.3
6
Morphettville
4
1600
Ro's Golf Trip (Bm90)
$2k
$100k
60½
99.51
-
5
5,5,4
-1
Mar-30 19
1/8
0.0
7
Morphettville
5
1600
Maughan Theim Ford (Bm90)
$28k
$45k
59
96.99
-
4
4,2,2
+1
Mar-16 19
9/14
3.8
201
Flemington
4
1600
All-Star Mile
$90k
$4.3M
59
98.57
-
6
6,5,6
-3
Feb-16 19
7/9
4.2
15
Morphettville
4
2040
Birthday Cup
$1k
$100k
59
129.49
-
6
7,8,8
+1
Feb-9 19
3/7
1.8
5.5
Morphettville
4
1600
Holdfast Insurance (Bm90)
$4k
$45k
59
97.88
-
5
6,6,6
+3
Jan-19 19
4/7
0.4
6
Morphettville
4
1800
Holdfast Insurance (Bm90)
$2k
$45k
59½
110.57
-
7
7,7,6
+2
Jul-7 18
9/12
7.5
14
Gawler
6
1700
Gawler Central Fc (Bm86)
$1k
$45k
61½
112.99
-
3
3,6,7
-2
Jun-23 18
9/13
4.7
21
Flemington
5
1400
Brian Beattie Handicap
$2k
$101k
55
87.77
-
8
8,7
-2
Jun-2 18
7/12
5.2
11
Morphettville Parks
4
1550
Anthony Scopelitis Mem. (Bm90)
$1k
$45k
61
98.75
-
3
3,5
-2
May-19 18
7/15
2.9
41
Morphettville
7
1600
R A Lee Stakes 
$3k
$250k
56
101.08
-
7
7,7,8
+1
May-5 18
8/12
5.1
9
Morphettville
5
1600
Carbine Club Handicap
$1k
$100k
58½
102.17
-
6
6,5,6
-2
Apr-28 18
4/13
5.0
16
Morphettville Parks
4
1400
City Of Adelaide Handicap
$4k
$110k
57½
87.41
-
7
7,7
+3
Nov-18 17
9/14
9.4
9
Sandown Hillside
5
1800
Eclipse Stakes 
$0k
$151k
57½
120.85
-
11
12,12,12
+3
Nov-7 17
4/18
2.5
16
Flemington
3
1800
Premium Stakes
$7k
$152k
55
111.71
-
2
2,2,2
-2
Oct-22 17
1/13
0.0
18
Seymour
5
1600
Seymour Cup
$90k
$153k
54
95.95
-
4
4,4,4
+3
Sep-30 17
5/8
2.0
2.9
Morphettville
5
1800
Tokyo City Cup
$2k
$100k
57
113.88
-
1
1,1,1
-4
Sep-13 17
1/
0.0
6.5
Balaklava
4
1600
Balaklava Cup
$64k
$102k
54
96.43
-
1
1,1,1
Aug-26 17
5/
2.7
4
Morphettville
6
1600
(Bm82)
$1k
$42k
60
103.59
-
5
5,5,6
+1
Aug-12 17
1/
0.0
1.9
Morphettville Parks
5
1550
Irish Race Day - 2nd Sept-Bm82
$26k
$42k
58½
96.32
-
6
6,6,5
+4
Jul-29 17
1/
0.0
2.45
Morphettville
6
1600
(Bm82)
$26k
$42k
56½
100.27
-
9
9,9,6
+5
Jul-15 17
1/
0.0
4.8
Morphettville Parks
6
1400
Steve Holloway (Bm82)
$26k
$42k
54
86.24
-
8
8,8
+7
Jul-1 17
1/
0.0
9
Morphettville
6
1600
Mac Drink Driving?grow Up-Bm70
$18k
$30k
57
99.61
-
10
10,10,7
+6
Jun-21 17
4/
2.0
16
Balaklava
4
1416
Phyllis O'Dea (Bm70)
$1k
$15k
57
85.62
-
7
7,7
+3
Jan-28 17
4/
5.4
3.5
Morphettville
4
2040
(Bm82)
$2k
$42k
54
132.66
-
3
4,4,2
-2
Jan-14 17
2/
0.1
3.2
Morphettville Parks
5
1950
Medallion Homes (Bm70)
$5k
$30k
56½
122.92
-
3
4,6,5
+3
Jan-7 17
7/
4.9
5.5
Caulfield
4
1700
Ian Morrison (Bm70)
$2k
$80k
57½
108.35
-
6
7,7,8
+1