Charlie's Dilemma (2019) Horse

Foal Date

26-Apr-19

Colour

bay

Sire

Valirann

Dam

Kells Lady

Prize Money

18425

Owners

ABT Syndicate

About

Charlie’s Dilemma is a 7yo bay trained by J C McConnell in Meath. He is by Valirann out of Kells Lady. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, failing to win in 14 starts. In its latest start at Limerick on 3 Jul 2026, Alex Harvey rode Charlie’s Dilemma to a fourth‑place finish behind winner Sallap.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Limerick 03-Jul-26 4535m GOOD R6 HcpH $500 (of $9,999), Winning Time: 05:44.300, SP: 34.00 1st Sallap ( M Kenneally 159 , Cd 154 ) 2nd Smallcraftwarning ( D Gilligan 161 ) 2.75L 3rd Illtakehimmyself ( C Hogan 166 , Cd 161 ) 4.50L 4th Charlie's Dilemma ( A Harvey 168 ) 7.75L See full resultsA Harvey 76.2kg 7.75L4 (19)
Ballinrobe 27-May-26 4451m GOOD R7 HcpH (of $12,000), SP: 29.00 1st Jisco Du Brem ( A O'sullivan 163 ) 2nd Ellaat ( P Byrnes 163 ) 3.00L 3rd Lady Bluebird ( E Finegan 165 ) 8.00L 8th Charlie's Dilemma ( A Harvey 161 ) 43.00L See full resultsA Harvey 73kg 43.00L8 (19)
Tramore 19-Apr-26 4124m SOFT R3 MdH (of $13,000), Winning Time: 05:14.400, SP: 15.00 1st Dont Tell Jack ( C O'dwyer 158 ) 2nd Jackmoon ( J Canavan 158 ) 16.00L 3rd Mr Master Mac ( T O'connor 166 ) 3.25L 8th Charlie's Dilemma ( D Kidd 158 , Cd 154 ) 59.40L See full resultsD Kidd 71.7kg, Cd 69.9kg 59.4kgL8 (10)
Musselburgh 01-Feb-26 3979m SOFT R4 CL4 HcpH (of $14,755), Winning Time: 04:52.870, SP: 51.00 1st Speiriuil ( J Thompson 161 ) 2nd The G Wizard ( B Lynn 164 ) 2.00L 3rd Rememberthename ( P W Wadge 154 ) 4.00L 7th Charlie's Dilemma ( A Harvey 169 , Cd 166 ) 19.10L See full resultsA Harvey 76.7kg, Cd 75.3kg 19.10L7 (13)
Thurles 29-Nov-24 m R5 MdH, Winning Time: 08:59.700, SP: 6/1 1st Dream On Baby ( C Clarke 150 ) 2nd BosSOFThebrownies ( D J O'keeffe 158 ) 3rd Magellan Strait ( D E Mullins 166 ) UPL Charlie's Dilemma ( B W Harvey 158 ) 0.00L See full resultsB W Harvey 71.7kg 0.00LUPD (8)