Ballyoptic (IRE)
Owner: Mills & Mason Partnership Trainer: N A Twiston-Davies Sex: gelding Age: 14
Breeding: Old Vic / Lambourne Lace (Un Desperado)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places, Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 4 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 3 | 2 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 7 | 3 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 9 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 2021 | Aintree | Good to Soft | 4m 2f 74y | 1 | Minella Times | 11st 1lbs | Refused of 40 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 66/1 |
| mid-division on outside, struggling 15th (chair), behind when refused 21st | |||||||||
| 20 Feb 2021 | Haydock | Soft | 3m 58y | 1 | Third Wind | 11st 2lbs | 7 of 8 | Jordan Nailor | 14/1 |
| tracked leading pair, outpaced and pushed after 4 out, ridden and weakened before 3 out, beaten jumping 2 out | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2021 | Warwick | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 5f 54y | 1 | Notachance | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 13 | Jordan Nailor | 28/1 |
| held up in mid-division, ridden and headway approaching 16th, no extra 2 out | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2020 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 1f 214y | 1 | Cloth Cap | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 18 | Mr Zac Baker | 80/1 |
| held up and behind most of way, tailed off | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2020 | Wetherby | Soft | 3m 45y | 1 | Cyrname | 11st 6lbs | PulledUp of 10 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 9/1 |
| tracked leader, shuffled back but still in touch 1oth, pushed along and lost ground 11th, adrift 13th, pulled up before 14th | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2020 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 2m 7f 131y | 2 | Secret Investor | 11st 12lbs | of 10 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 2020 | Ascot | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 7f 180y | 1 | Ballyoptic | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 8 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 8/1 |
| headway on inside chasing leaders 2nd, led after 4th, made rest, came clear before 2 out, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 2020 | Haydock | Heavy | 3m 4f 97y | 1 | Smooth Stepper | 11st 7lbs | of 11 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2019 | Aintree | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 1f 188y | 1 | Walk In The Mill | 11st 12lbs | 11 of 18 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 9/1 |
| chased leaders on outside, lost place before 6th, closed 8th, mistake 10th, struggling 14th (foinavon), tailed off from 3 out | |||||||||
| 23 Nov 2019 | Haydock | Good to Soft | 3m 1f 125y | 1 | Lostintranslation | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 4 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 12/1 |
| close up, not fluent 4th, driven after 5 out, left behind from next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2019 | Wetherby | Soft | 3m 45y | 1 | Ballyoptic | 11st | 1 of 7 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 11/4 |
| with leaders, challenged 3 out, led next, edged right from last, kept on well, driven out | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2019 | Chepstow | Soft | 2m 7f 131y | 2 | Ballyoptic | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 9/2 |
| made all, joined 3 out, 3 lengths ahead 2 out, driven out, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 06 Apr 2019 | Aintree | Good to Soft | 4m 2f 74y | 1 | Tiger Roll | 11st 1lbs | Fell of 40 | Thomas Bellamy | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, under pressure and lost place when fell 27th | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 2019 | Haydock | Good (Good to Soft in Places) | 3m 4f 97y | 1 | Robinsfirth | 11st 11lbs | PulledUp of 16 | Thomas Bellamy | 12/1 |
| behind, under pressure 10th, soon struggling, pulled up before 14th | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2018 | Chepstow | Soft | 3m 5f 110y | 1 | Elegant Escape | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 20 | Thomas Bellamy | 20/1 |
| in touch, mistake 15th, 6th on last bend, well held 5th 3 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2018 | Aintree | Soft | 3m 1f 188y | 1 | Walk In The Mill | 11st 7lbs | Fell of 18 | Thomas Bellamy | 15/2 |
| reluctant to leave start, held up towards rear, headway 10th, chasing leaders when fell next | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2018 | Ayr | Good | 3m 7f 176y | 1 | Joe Farrell | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 31 | Thomas Bellamy | 9/1 |
| held up, closed gradually from 20th, 3rd 2 out, went 2nd flat, stayed on, challenged towards finish, just denied | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2018 | Cheltenham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 80y | 0 | Presenting Percy | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 10 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, outpaced after 3 out, not fluent last, switched right and stayed on flat, went 4th towards finish | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2018 | Wetherby | Heavy | 3m 45y | 1 | Ballyoptic | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 6 | Thomas Bellamy | 5/2 |
| held up in touch, went 3rd from 9th, went 2nd before 4 out, ridden before 2 out, led run-in, kept on well | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2017 | Kempton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 1 | Black Corton | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 7 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 11/4 |
| in touch mistake 3rd, pushed along and lost place 12th, hit next, soon tailed off | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2017 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 80y | 2 | Black Corton | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 3 | R Johnson | 10/11 |
| led, blundered 10th, joined after 4 out, headed before 2 out, ridden between last 2, 1 length down when blundered last, not pace of winner flat | |||||||||
| 07 Nov 2017 | Exeter | Soft | 3m 54y | 2 | Ballyoptic | 11st 1lbs | 1 of 5 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 7/4 |
| made virtually all, not fluent 5 out, drew clear before 2 out, pushed out, readliy | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2017 | Stratford | Good | 2m 6f 125y | 4 | Keeper Hill | 10st 12lbs | of 4 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 13 Oct 2017 | Newton Abbot | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 2f 105y | 2 | Beer Goggles | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 9 | Mr Zac Baker | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, led after 3 out, headed before not fluent 2 out, beaten after, lost 4th flat | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2017 | Aintree | Good | 3m 149y | 1 | Yanworth | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 12 | R Johnson | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, led before 5 out, headed briefly before 3 out, mistake 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra and lost 4th place run-in | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2017 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 213y | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 16 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 14/1 |
| mostly tracked leader, hit 6th, not fluent and lost 2nd 9th, not fluent 3 out, ridden and lost place before next, well behind when pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2017 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 213y | 1 | Unowhatimeanharry | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 15 | R Johnson | 4/1 |
| prominent, led 6th, headed after normal 2 out, 4th and one pace bypassing omitted last | |||||||||
| 17 Dec 2016 | Ascot | Good to Soft | 3m 97y | 1 | Unowhatimeanharry | 11st 7lbs | Fell of 11 | R Johnson | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, in lead after 2nd, pushed along before 2 out, narrowly headed when fell last | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2016 | Newbury | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 52y | 1 | Unowhatimeanharry | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 9 | Ryan Hatch | 5/2 |
| held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, ridden before last, chased winner run-in, no impression | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2016 | Wetherby | Good | 3m 26y | 1 | Silsol | 11st 5lbs | Fell of 7 | Ryan Hatch | 6/4 |
| tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, one pace before next, rallied and close up on outside when stumbled and fell last | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2016 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Soft in places, Watered) | 2m 3f 100y | 1 | Ballyoptic | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 15 | Ryan Hatch | 9/2 |
| in touch, effort 4 out, led narrowly next, ridden afer 2 out, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2016 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 149y | 1 | Ballyoptic | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 16 | Ryan Hatch | 9/0 |
| held up in mid-division, headway after 7th, led 3 out, gradually edged right to stands rail after 2 out, headed last, driven and stayed on well flat, led again close home | |||||||||
| 19 Mar 2016 | Uttoxeter | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 207y | 4 | Ballyoptic | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 10 | Ryan Hatch | 6/0 |
| tracked leader, led before 6th, made rest, not fluent 3 out, drew clear after next, well in command when not fluent last, very easily | |||||||||
| 21 Feb 2016 | Ffos Las | Heavy | 2m 4f | 4 | Ballyoptic | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 16/0 |
| raced keenly, tracked leaders, led approaching 2 out (usual 3 out), soon hard pressed, ridden and stayed on well final 150 yards | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2015 | Down Royal | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Avellino | 12st | 5 of 16 | Mr J P McKeown | 8/0 |
| held up towards rear, ridden into moderate 8th 4f out, no impression and kept on one pace straight | |||||||||