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Irish Optimism
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Trained by Chris Waller at , Irish Optimism is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire , out of the dam .

He has won a total of 6 races from 36 starts for a win percentage of 17%. His career earnings are $252k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Canterbury on January 10th in 2018 when he won $21,970 in the Rewards (a handicap race over 1,900 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $600.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $15k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$252k
Starts
36
Wins
6
Second
6
Third
9
Win %
17
Place %
58
Profit
+6.0
Conditions
Good
18
3-2-1
$9k
Soft
16
2-1-5
$15k
Heavy
1
0-1-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1600m
2
0-0-0
-2
2200m
6
0-1-3
-6
2220m
1
0-1-0
-1
1900m
1
1-0-0
+18
1550m
1
0-0-0
-1
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Sunshine Coast
2
0-0-0
-2
Doomben
4
0-2-2
-4
Gold Coast
1
0-0-1
-1
Warwick Farm
1
0-0-0
-1
Canterbury
2
1-0-0
+17
Flemington
2
0-0-0
-2
Bendigo
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
QLD
7
0-2-3
NSW
3
1-0-0
+18
VIC
3
0-0-0

Race History

Jul-14 18
5/9
3.2
31
Sunshine Coast
7
1600
Cooper Small Construction (C6)
$2k
$70k
C Newitt
56
102.35
-
4
6,5,5
Apr-21 18
3/7
5.3
4.2
Doomben
7
2200
The Ausure Scone Handicap
$7k
$70k
C Newitt
54
146.15
-
6
5,5,5
+2
Apr-14 18
6/10
2.1
5.5
Sunshine Coast
5
2200
Legrand-Electra Cables (Bm80)
$0k
$70k
C Newitt
58
139.15
-
5
5,8,10
+4
Mar-31 18
2/8
2.3
6
Doomben
6
2220
Countdown To Carnival (Bm80)
$14k
$70k
C Newitt
58
142.67
-
3
3,3,3
+1
Mar-17 18
3/13
4.5
7
Gold Coast
5
2200
McCain Foods Cup (Bm80)
$7k
$70k
C Newitt
58
140.72
-
9
9,10,10
+7
Mar-10 18
3/
2.4
4.2
Doomben
7
2200
Sky Thoroughbred Central Handicap
$7k
$70k
C Newitt
51½
143.11
-
3
3,3,3
Feb-10 18
2/
0.8
12
Doomben
4
2200
Coca Cola Handicap
$14k
$70k
C Newitt
54
137.41
-
3
2,3,3
+1
Jan-26 18
10/
8.0
18
Warwick Farm
4
2200
2018 Atc Membership (Bm75)
$1k
$50k
C Newitt
61
145.62
-
11
11,10,11
+1
Jan-10 18
1/
0.0
19
Canterbury
7
1900
Rewards (Bm79)
$22k
$40k
C Newitt
56½
118.31
-
8
8,8,8
+7
Dec-20 17
6/6
3.1
16
Canterbury
4
1550
Hyland Boxing Day Sale (Bm74)
$1k
$40k
C Newitt
59
100.72
-
4
4,4,4
-2
May-20 17
10/
4.3
15
Flemington
4
1800
John Miller Hall Of Fame-Bm84
$2k
$80k
C Newitt
54
113.89
-
12
11,11,11
+1
May-6 17
5/
3.4
16
Flemington
4
1600
True Version (Bm78)
$2k
$60k
C Newitt
56½
100.66
-
7
7,7,11
+6
Apr-1 17
10/
5.0
10
Bendigo
4
1300
Australia (Bm78)
$1k
$60k
C Newitt
57
81.66
-
10
10,10