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Bold Optimist: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Bold Optimist is a 6-year-old gelding by Gleneagles, trained by Daniel McLoughlin. He has won 3 of 24 starts and placed in 5 more, for £1,800 in prize money. His best trip is 6f, where 1 win from 5 is a 20% strike rate against 11% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:49 at Laytown on 10 September. His best performance rating is 85, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 24
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 13%
  • Prize money £1,800
  • Best rating 85
  • Official rating 68

Where Bold Optimist runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:49 Laytown Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports (Q.R.) Handicap —

Bold Optimist form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
2 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Navan Racecourse Handicap 5f Good 7 4.75 8/1 Ben Coen 68
22 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Friends Of Moorefield GAA Handicap 6f Good 11 5.5 16/1 Scott McCullagh 69
16 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports Handicap 5f Good 3 1.25 4/1 Ben Coen 69
4 Jul 26 Naas Lawlor's Of Naas Supporting Naas GAA Senior Football Race Day Apprentice Handicap 5f Good 2 .5 7/1 Conor Cusack 67
20 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap 5f Standard 4 3.5 11/4J Ben Coen 70
6 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 6f Standard 6 5.25 4/1 Ross Fagan 71
13 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 5f Standard 3 .5 4/1 Ben Coen 69
8 Aug 25 Tipperary Junction Gastro Bar & Guesthouse Handicap 5f Good 8 4.75 8/1 Sam Coen 75
13 Jun 25 Cork Ryan's Cleaning Handicap 5f Good To Yielding 12 7.75 9/2F Ben Coen 77
7 Jun 25 Navan Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap 5f Good 6 3.25 9/2 Nathan Crosse 80
17 May 25 Navan Best Of Luck On Your Retirement Joey Martin Handicap 5f Good 3 4.25 4/1 Ben Coen 84
12 Apr 25 Curragh SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap 5f Good 5 2.25 17/2 Ben Coen 84
15 Sep 24 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Bold Lad Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) 6f Good 17 6.5 18/1 Wayne Hassett 84
21 Aug 24 York Symphony Group Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 5.5f Good To Firm 16 6.75 12/1 Silvestre De Sousa 84
10 Aug 24 Curragh Holden Plant Rentals Handicap 5f Good To Firm 1 — 5/1 Ben Coen 81
26 Jul 24 Cork Doneraile Handicap (Premier Handicap) 5f Good 4 2 11/2 Ben Coen 81
30 Jun 24 Curragh Dubai Duty Free Rockingham Handicap (Premier Handicap) 5f Yielding 5 2.5 33/1 Keithen Kennedy 75
21 Jun 24 Down Royal G Dunlop Electrical Handicap 5f Good 9 2 5/1 Scott McCullagh 75
14 Jun 24 Cork Sign Up To Our Newsletter Handicap 5f Good To Yielding 1 — 11/2 Ben Coen 69
5 Jun 24 Curragh Sky Bet Acca Freeze Handicap 6.5f Good 15 8 10/1 Oisin McSweeney 72
11 May 24 Naas Danny Trundle Heating & Plumbing Handicap (47-75) 5f Good 5 3 11/1 Oisin McSweeney 72
1 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap (47-75) 6f Standard 3 2.25 7/2F Oisin McSweeney 74
20 Oct 23 Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden 6f Standard 1 — 12/1 Oisin McSweeney –
12 Jul 23 Fairyhouse Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 7f Good 5 7 28/1 Oisin McSweeney –

Last time out

Finished 7 in the Navan Racecourse Handicap at Navan (IRE) on 2 September 2026. Settled midfield early - pushed along with 2f left and running 7th at the furlong pole - stayed on at one speed through the closing stages to finish 7th.

Bold Optimist by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
5f 16 2 13%
6f 5 1 20%
5.5f 1 0 0%
6.5f 1 0 0%
7f 1 0 0%

Bold Optimist by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 14 0 0%
Standard 5 1 20%
Good To Yielding 2 1 50%
Good To Firm 2 1 50%
Yielding 1 0 0%

Bold Optimist by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Dundalk (AW) 5 1 20%
Curragh 5 1 20%
Cork 3 1 33%
Curragh (IRE) 2 0 0%
Naas 2 0 0%
Navan 2 0 0%
Navan (IRE) 1 0 0%
Tipperary 1 0 0%
York 1 0 0%
Down Royal 1 0 0%

Bold Optimist breeding

  • Sire Gleneagles (IRE)
  • Dam Katy Spirit (IRE)
  • Damsire Invincible Spirit (IRE)
  • Breeder E J O'Grady
  • Foaled 3 April 2020

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