Optimistic Belief (IRE)
Owner: Mr Hugh J F Lang Trainer: P Phelan Sex: colt Age: 6
Breeding: Make Believe / Panglossian (Barathea)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Standard | 3 | |||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | |||
| Totals | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2023 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 5f | 4 | Sami Bear | 10st 8lbs | PulledUp of 11 | N F Houlihan | 12/1 |
| off the pace towards rear, last and struggling 3 out, tailed off and pulled up soon after | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2022 | Fontwell | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 3f 49y | 5 | Blue Shark | 11st 5lbs | 6 of 11 | N F Houlihan | 11/1 |
| held up in rear, pushed along before 2 out, no impression approaching last | |||||||||
| 25 Oct 2022 | Chepstow | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 100y | 5 | Olympic Honour | 10st 10lbs | 2 of 18 | N F Houlihan | 25/1 |
| off the pace towards rear, headway out wide chasing leaders before 3 out, went 2nd between last two, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2022 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 3f 219y | 6 | Largo Bay | 9st 13lbs | 13 of 14 | S W Kelly | 100/1 |
| prominent, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2022 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 1y | 5 | Plastic Paddy | 9st 9lbs | 10 of 12 | Paddy Bradley | 66/1 |
| off the pace towards rear, never involved | |||||||||
| 23 May 2022 | Windsor | Good to Firm | 1m 31y | 5 | The Rain King | 9st 9lbs | 10 of 14 | L P Keniry | 66/1 |
| off the pace in last pair, pushed along and struggling halfway, never a factor, tailed off | |||||||||
| 10 May 2022 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 5 | The Whipmaster | 9st 7lbs | 8 of 11 | L P Keniry | 66/1 |
| in rear, never on terms | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2022 | Epsom Downs | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 4f 6y | 3 | Going Gone | 8st 3lbs | 7 of 11 | F Norton | 50/1 |
| raced wide in touch, switched inside over 4f out, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 02 Apr 2022 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 3 | Sarvan | 8st 13lbs | 10 of 14 | Rhys Clutterbuck | 100/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along inside final 3f, never involved | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2022 | Sandown | Good to Soft | 1m 7f 216y | 3 | Shallwehaveonemore | 10st 2lbs | 6 of 7 | Sean Houlihan | 150/1 |
| raced keenly in rear, never any chance, tailed off | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2021 | Kempton | Soft | 2m | 2 | Iceo | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 10 | N F Houlihan | 18/1 |
| chased leaders, lost place before 5th, nudged along approaching next, weakened after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2021 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 7f 216y | 2 | Forever Blessed | 11st | 5 of 9 | N F Houlihan | 11/1 |
| raced keenly in rear, pushed along before 2 out, headway run-in, never near to challenge | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2021 | Galway | Yielding to Soft | 1m 4f 84y | 0 | Citronnade | 9st 7lbs | 11 of 14 | L F Roche | 20/1 |
| tracked leader on inner, 4th halfway, lost place over 2f out, weakened quickly 1 1/2f out, eased over 1f out | |||||||||
| 13 Jul 2021 | Killarney | Good | 1m 3f 35y | 0 | Optimistic Belief | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 14 | L F Roche | 12/1 |
| made all, pushed along to assert 2f out, ridden and over 2 lengths clear 1f out, reduced margin inside final furlong, kept on under pressure, just held on | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2021 | Ballinrobe | Good | 1m 1f 110y | 0 | Umneyaat | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 12 | L F Roche | 13/2 |
| led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2021 | Gowran Park | Good | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Licence | 9st 7lbs | of 17 | L F Roche | 0/0 |
| 31 May 2021 | Roscommon | Good to Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | Prairie Dancer | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 16 | Reserve 1 | 80/1 |
| chased leaders on inner, 4th halfway, chased leader in 2nd over 1f out, soon no impression, kept on one pace, lost 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2021 | Leopardstown | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Southern Lights | 9st 7lbs | 17 of 17 | L F Roche | 66/1 |
| a little slow into stride, waited with, 14th after halfway, no extra approaching straight where raced on outer and weakened | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2020 | Killarney | Yielding to Soft | 1m 45y | 0 | Doolin Dancer | 8st 13lbs | 6 of 10 | L F Roche | 5/1 |
| dwelt, in rear, pushed along and some headway towards inner straight, switched right 2f out, one pace from over 1f out | |||||||||