HomeHorses

Horse Profile

Guarded Optimist
Stable

Trained by P L Shailer at Bundall, Guarded Optimist is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Almanzor, out of the dam Shower Of Roses.

He has won a total of 4 races from 15 starts for a win percentage of 27%. His career earnings are $89k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Wangaratta on June 20th in 2024 when he won $20,625 in the Extons Mdn Plate (a set weight race over 1,300 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $40.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $7k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$89k
Starts
15
Wins
4
Second
3
Third
0
Win %
27
Place %
47
Profit
+0.4
Conditions
Good
1
0-0-0
$0k
Soft
12
4-3-0
$7k
Heavy
1
0-0-0
$1k
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
2200m
1
1-0-0
+4
1800m
7
2-3-0
+0.9
2240m
1
0-0-0
-1
1690m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
1447m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
1
1-0-0
+1.5
Race Track
Sunshine Coast
2
1-1-0
+3
Gold Coast
6
2-1-0
+1.9
Grafton
1
0-0-0
-1
Ipswich
1
0-0-0
-1
Warwick
1
0-0-0
-1
Eagle Farm
1
0-1-0
-1
Pakenham Synthetic
1
0-0-0
-1
Geelong
1
0-0-0
-1
Wangaratta
1
1-0-0
+1.5
Race State
QLD
11
3-3-0
+1.9
NSW
1
0-0-0
-1
VIC
3
1-0-0
-0.5

Race History

Aug-15 25
1/12
2.5
$5
Sunshine Coast
6
2200
Higgins Coatings (Bm65)
$16k
$28k
A Mallyon
60½
138.96
36.83
5
5,3,1
Aug-2 25
1/10
0.2
$4.8
Gold Coast
5
1800
The Arthur Lister (Bm65)
$16k
$28k
D Turner
58½
110.23
36.96
5
6,6,5
+4
Jul-19 25
1/9
2.8
$3.1
Gold Coast
7
1800
TAB Faster Vision (Bm65)
$16k
$28k
D Turner
56½
111.68
38.07
7
7,7,2
+1
Jun-9 25
4/12
1.5
$3
Grafton
6
2240
Plate (C1)
$1k
$27k
B Looker
59
141.85
35.97
7
7,7,7
+3
May-25 25
2/14
1.3
$8
Sunshine Coast
6
1800
Coastline BMW Expo Event (Bm58)
$5k
$28k
D Turner
60
114.12
36.38
2
4,4,4
+2
May-21 25
7/14
5.6
$16
Ipswich
8
1690
TAB Ipswich Cup Tickets On Sale Hcp (C1)
$1k
$28k
C Sutherland
55½
106.73
37.92
10
11,11,12
+5
May-2 25
6/14
2.8
$12
Warwick
4
2000
Nuturf (Bm58)
$0k
$20k
D Turner
60½
124.89
36.52
1
5,6,4
-2
Apr-11 25
8/11
10.1
$3.1
Gold Coast
5
1800
(Bm58)
$1k
$28k
J Bayliss
61
111.91
37.72
10
10,10,9
+1
Mar-12 25
2/9
1.0
$8.5
Eagle Farm
7
1800
Hcp (C1)
$7k
$38k
M Rodd
59½
110.83
35.13
4
5,6,5
+3
Feb-22 25
2/9
1.0
$13
Gold Coast
5
1800
Moo Moo The Wine Bar & Grill Plate (C1)
$5k
$28k
D Turner
60
111.22
36.72
7
9,9,9
+7
Feb-8 25
7/12
7.0
$17
Gold Coast
5
1800
Demex (Bm62)
$1k
$28k
S Cormack
58½
109.44
36.50
11
11,12,12
+5
Jan-24 25
8/15
5.6
$18
Gold Coast
5
1400
Embrook Horse Transport (Bm58)
$1k
$38k
M Rodd
61
83.90
36.83
12
11,14
+6
Spell of 165 Days
Aug-12 24
9/10
6.0
$15
Pakenham Synthetic
0
1600
Waterline Riding Academy (Bm64)
$1k
$27k
B Allen
59
97.41
34.54
6
6,6,7
-2
Jul-26 24
8/10
6.1
$4.4
Geelong
7
1447
Rex Gorell Volkswagen (Bm64)
$1k
$27k
B Allen
59½
89.63
36.40
4
4,4
-4
Jun-20 24
1/13
0.2
$2.5
Wangaratta
5
1300
Extons Mdn Plate
$21k
$38k
B Allen
59½
78.34
36.64
5
5,4
+3