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Da Optimist
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Trained by J W Bell at Cambridge, Da Optimist is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Exceed And Excel, out of the dam Chateau D'yquem.

He has won a total of 2 races from 9 starts for a win percentage of 22%. His career earnings are $30k, with the biggest win of his career coming at New Plymouth Raceway on November 24th in 2023 when he won $12,792 in the Energy City Ford (a handicap race over 1,400 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1100.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $3k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$30k
Starts
9
Wins
2
Second
0
Third
0
Win %
22
Place %
22
Profit
+11.0
Conditions
Good
5
1-0-0
$3k
Soft
2
0-0-0
$0k
Heavy
1
0-0-0
$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
1100m
2
0-0-0
-2
1400m
2
1-0-0
+9.8
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
2
0-0-0
-2
970m
1
1-0-0
+7.2
1230m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Te Rapa
3
0-0-0
-3
Matamata
1
0-0-0
-1
New Plymouth Raceway
2
1-0-0
+9.8
Taupo
1
0-0-0
-1
Cambridge
1
1-0-0
+7.2
Arawa Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
9
2-0-0
+12

Race History

May-4 24
10/11
7.6
31.8
Te Rapa
7
1200
Mondiale VGL (Bm65)
$0k
$35k
58½
1.27
-
Jan-31 24
9/11
6.8
$16.8
Te Rapa
3
1100
The Nzb Kiwi Slot Auction 27/2 (Bm65)
$0k
$25k
D Danis
59
64.67
-
5
5,5
-4
Jan-24 24
9/9
6.9
$20
Matamata
3
1400
Paper Plus Matamata (Bm75)
$0k
$25k
W Pinn
55
83.33
-
1
1,3
-6
Dec-27 23
5/5
20.8
$8.3
New Plymouth Raceway
5
1600
Peter Sole Transport (Bm75)
$0k
$19k
J Riddell
58
95.83
-
1
1,1,5
Dec-16 23
10/10
7.5
$8
Te Rapa
4
1200
Pathways - The Immigration Specialists (Bm75)
$1k
$65k
C Grylls
56
69.92
-
6
6
-4
Nov-24 23
1/11
0.1
$11.8
New Plymouth Raceway
3
1400
Energy City Ford (Bm65)
$14k
$25k
J Parkes
59
83.27
-
1
1
Oct-11 23
9/11
5.1
$6.1
Taupo
3
1100
Buy Tickets Online For Melbourne Cup 7 Nov @ Taupo (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
W Kennedy
59
66.08
-
5
5,9
Aug-16 23
1/9
1.5
$8.2
Cambridge
0
970
Betavet Mdn
$10k
$17k
W Kennedy
58½
55.74
-
2
2,1
Jul-5 23
12/12
38.8
$4.1
Arawa Park
10
1230
Macmillan Accountants Mdn
$0k
$14k
W Kennedy
58½
82.21
-