Alwaystheoptimist (GB)
Owner: Mr Alan Bosley Trainer: S Lycett Sex: Gelding Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places - Watered) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places, Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places in the back straight) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Good (Watered) | 2 | |||
| Good (Watering) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places (Watered)) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Chase: Soft) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places on the Chase Couse) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | |||
| Totals | 51 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2015 | Warwick | Good (Good to Soft in places in the back straight) | 2m 4f | 3 | Gone Too Far | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 6 | T Scudamore | 12/0 |
| prominent when hit 1st, tracked leaders, lost place before 11th, weakened next | |||||||||
| 14 Sep 2015 | Stratford | Good to Soft | 2m 2f 148y | 4 | Cousin Khee | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 9 | T Scudamore | 6/1 |
| held up, not fluent 3rd, ridden in last 5th, behind 3 out, plugged on before last, went 3rd flat | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2015 | Stratford | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 98y | 3 | Al Alfa | 10st 10lbs | of 7 | T Scudamore | |
| 20 Aug 2015 | Stratford | Good (Good to Firm in places - Watered) | 2m 3f 98y | 3 | No Likey | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 8 | T Scudamore | 7/1 |
| held up in touch, chased leaders 3 out, ridden before last, stayed on to chase leading pair flat, no impression | |||||||||
| 24 Jul 2015 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places, Watered) | 2m 3f 207y | 4 | Alwaystheoptimist | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 11 | R Johnson | 12/1 |
| held up in mid-division, ridden and headway on inside 3 out, challenging when slight stumble next, stayed on under pressure flat, led towards finish | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2015 | Stratford | Good (Good to Firm in places - Watered) | 2m 70y | 4 | Vivacissimo | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 6 | T Scudamore | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd until ridden and outpaced after 2 out, kept on to regain 3rd place close home, no impression | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2015 | Worcester | Good (Watered) | 2m | 4 | Hawaii Five Nil | 11st 12lbs | of 10 | R Johnson | |
| 30 May 2015 | Stratford | Good (Watering) | 2m 110y | 2 | Roman Flight | 10st 2lbs | 5 of 15 | Peter Carberry | 50/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 25 May 2014 | Uttoxeter | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | Ballylifen | 12st 2lbs | PulledUp of 6 | Kielan Woods | |
| 17 May 2014 | Uttoxeter | Good | 2m | 4 | Alwaystheoptimist | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 8 | Kielan Woods | 6/1 |
| not fluent 1st, headway 6th, went 2nd 4 out, ridden to lead narrowly when left clear next, kept on, unchallenged after | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2014 | Stratford | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Vulcanite | 11st 4lbs | PulledUp of 11 | Kielan Woods | |
| 22 Mar 2014 | Newbury | Good to Soft | 2m 1f | 3 | Prince Of Dreams | 11st 10lbs | 5 of 6 | Kielan Woods | 11/2 |
| took keen hold and soon chased leader, mistake and lost place 5th, 4th and no impression when blundered and weakened 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2013 | Taunton | Good | 2m 110y | 3 | Workbench | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 7 | Ryan Hatch | 13/2 |
| in rear, blundered 4 out, soon went remote 4th, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2013 | Ludlow | Good to Soft | 2m | 3 | Zarzal | 11st 12lbs | of 9 | Ryan Hatch | |
| 12 Nov 2013 | Huntingdon | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Tempest River | 11st 5lbs | 3 of 4 | Kielan Woods | 9/1 |
| held up off the pace, headway to chase clear leader after 3 out, ridden and keeping on one pace when blundered last and buckled on landing | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2013 | Stratford | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f | 3 | Magnifique Etoile | 11st 5lbs | 8 of 16 | Ryan Hatch | 10/1 |
| behind, outpaced when not fluent 2 out, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2013 | Wincanton | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 3 | Alwaystheoptimist | 10st 11lbs | 1 of 8 | Charlie Deutsch | 11/4 |
| held up, headway 5th, challenged 2 out, ridden to lead last, edged right flat, ran on | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2013 | Ludlow | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 4 | Alwaystheoptimist | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 9 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 9/1 |
| held up in last trio, headway to track leaders before 3 out, went 2nd and went right 3 out, led before last, came clear flat, easily | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2013 | Huntingdon | Good (Watered) | 2m 110y | 4 | West Brit | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 7 | Kielan Woods | 14/1 |
| held up in rear, closed 5th, ridden after 3 out, 4th and no impression when mistake 2 out, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 26 Jun 2013 | Worcester | Good to Firm (Good in places (Watered)) | 2m 110y | 3 | Keki Buku | 11st 5lbs | 5 of 6 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 4/1 |
| led, headed after 4th, weakened before 5 out | |||||||||
| 08 Jun 2013 | Stratford | Good to Firm (Good in places (Watered)) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Alwaystheoptimist | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | Kielan Woods | 10/3 |
| prominent, led after 4 out, terrible mistake and headed next, led again 2 out, clear before last, ran on well | |||||||||
| 01 Jun 2013 | Worcester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 4 | True Blue | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 11 | Kielan Woods | 13/2 |
| led, jumped right at times, not fluent 7th or 8th, headed 2 out, ran on, just held | |||||||||
| 12 May 2013 | Worcester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 4 | Alwaystheoptimist | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | Kielan Woods | 7/2 |
| mistake 1st, tracked leader next, challenged 3rd, led before next, clear after 6th until before 4 out where not fluent, drew clear again before last, ran on well | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2013 | Towcester | Good | 2m | 4 | Jameel | 11st 10lbs | Fell of 12 | Kielan Woods | |
| 19 Apr 2013 | Southwell | Good | 2m | 4 | Musnad | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 16 | Kielan Woods | 20/1 |
| held up in rear, headway 3 out, chased winner when mistake 2 out, stayed on to close on cheekily ridden winner flat, no impression | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2013 | Stratford | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 5 | Not Til Monday | 11st | UnseatedRider of 9 | J E Moore | |
| 28 Mar 2013 | Ludlow | Good to Soft | 2m | 3 | Canadian Diamond | 10st 5lbs | 4 of 10 | Tom Cannon | 7/1 |
| held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, stayed on, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 18 Mar 2013 | Southwell | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 4 | Marino Prince | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 8 | Kielan Woods | 6/1 |
| in rear, headway before 3 out, chased leaders before 2 out, ridden before last, every chance run-in, kept on and just held towards finish | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2013 | Taunton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 5 | Bellflower Boy | 11st 3lbs | 5 of 10 | A P McCoy | 10/3 |
| took keen hold, held up in rear, steady headway on inside approaching 7th, went 3rd soon after bypassing omitted next, ridden and no impression in 4th when mistake 2 out, weakened and lost 4th between last two | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2013 | Towcester | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Thunderstorm | 11st 11lbs | 5 of 9 | Kielan Woods | 16/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway to go 4th before 4 out, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 07 Jan 2013 | Taunton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 1f | 4 | Extremely So | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 10 | Kielan Woods | 7/1 |
| led, not fluent 3 out, soon headed, no impression next, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2012 | Leicester | Heavy (Chase: Soft) | 2m | 3 | Laterly | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 8 | Kielan Woods | 8/1 |
| took keen hold, chased leader until before 2 out, soon no chance with winner and no extra in 3rd | |||||||||
| 05 Jan 2012 | Ludlow | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Grams And Ounces | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 12 | Kielan Woods | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, every chance 3 out, stayed on, held by winner towards finish | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2011 | Cork | Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Kirbybroguelantern | 10st 13lbs | 12 of 18 | A E Lynch | 20/1 |
| soon tracked leaders, 6th before straight, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2011 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Irish Soul | 11st 7lbs | 11 of 25 | A E Lynch | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden in 4th approaching 2 out, left 3rd, no extra in 5th entering straight, weakened and eased run-in | |||||||||
| 25 May 2011 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Kitty's Lord | 11st 3lbs | 10 of 25 | B M Cash | 16/1 |
| prominent, struggling from 2 out, soon no impression and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2011 | Tramore | Good | 2m | 0 | Tadhg | 11st 3lbs | 15 of 18 | M J Bolger | 11/1 |
| led early, prominent, weakened from after 3 out | |||||||||
| 26 Mar 2011 | Navan | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Abbey Glen | 11st 4lbs | 10 of 30 | M W Bowes | 7/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, improved to lead 3 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2011 | Thurles | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Whatsabillion | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 21 | G O'Sullivan | 4/1 |
| always prominent, led and disputed from 4 out, headed and ridden 2 out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2011 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Alwaystheoptimist | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 10 | P D Kennedy | 6/1 |
| led and soon clear, reduced advantage halfway, extended lead again before 3 out, stayed on well under pressure from before last, driven further clear run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2011 | Clonmel | Soft to Heavy | 2m 100y | 0 | Tequila Lord | 11st 8lbs | of 21 | Mr G O'sullivan | |
| 30 Dec 2010 | Down Royal | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Sole Witness | 11st 2lbs | 6 of 18 | M J Bolger | 14/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, led approaching halfway, disputed 4 out, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2010 | Thurles | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 6f 110y | 0 | False Messenger | 11st 10lbs | 13 of 21 | E J O'connell | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th approaching 5 out, no extra from before 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2010 | Limerick | Good | 2m 2f | 0 | Ikansea | 10st 11lbs | of 15 | E J O'connell | |
| 30 Sep 2010 | Sligo | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Barna Gold | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 19 | J L Cullen | 12/1 |
| always prominent, 2nd 4 out, ridden to dispute lead 2 out, dropped to 3rd approaching last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 14 Sep 2010 | Listowel | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Dilshaan's Prize | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 21 | J L Cullen | 25/1 |
| never better than mid-division | |||||||||
| 12 Jan 2009 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Zaarito | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 22 | R Geraghty | 66/1 |
| held up, headway in 10th 2 out, ridden into 3rd before last, no impression leaders, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2008 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Kempes | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 18 | R Geraghty | |
| 09 Nov 2008 | Navan | Soft (Heavy in places on the Chase Couse) | 2m 4f | 0 | Pandorama | 11st 12lbs | 18 of 29 | R Geraghty | 66/1 |
| mid-division, 9th halfway, ridden in 10th and no extra entering straight, weakened and tailed off | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2007 | Musselburgh | Good | 2m | 6 | Broadway Star | 11st 2lbs | 8 of 9 | R Geraghty | 25/1 |
| held up in rear, never dangerous | |||||||||