Strategic Choice

Strategic Choice
Sire	Alleged
Grandsire	Hoist The Flag
Dam	Danlu
Damsire	Danzig
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	4 March 1991
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Martyn Arbib
Owner	Martyn Arbib
Trainer	Paul Cole
Record	34: 6-5-5
Earnings	£792,661
Major wins
John Porter Stakes (1995) Irish St Leger (1995) Gran Premio di Milano (1996) Grand Prix de Deauville (1996) Bosphorus Trophy (1997)

Strategic Choice (4 March 1991 – after 2006) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion. In a racing career which lasted from April 1994 until July 2000 he competed in nine different countries - Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Turkey, Canada and Hong Kong - and won six of his thirty-four races. Unraced as a two-year-old he won the John Porter Stakes and Irish St Leger at four, the Gran Premio di Milano and Grand Prix de Deauville at five and the Bosphorus Trophy at six. He was also placed in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gran Premio del Jockey Club, Yorkshire Cup and St Simon Stakes. After his retirement from racing he had some success as a sire of National Hunt racing.

Strategic Choice was a bay stallion with a broad white blaze and two white socks bred in Kentucky by his owner Martyn Arbib, a British businessman who brought the colt back to the United Kingdom. The horse was trained by Paul Cole at Whatcombe, near Wantage in Oxfordshire and ridden in most of his races by Richard Quinn.

Strategic Choice was sired by Alleged who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1977 and 1978. Alleged later became a successful breeding stallion, and a strong influence for stamina: his best winners included Miss Alleged, Shantou, Law Society, Legal Case, Leading Counsel and Midway Lady. Strategic Choice's dam Danlu won only one minor race in Ireland as a two-year-old in 1987 but came from a good family, being a great-granddaughter of the CCA Oaks winner Levee whose other descendants included Shuvee and Meneval.

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