Realistic Optimism
8-year-old gelding, a consistent performer, with 2 wins from 13 runs.
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good_to_soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 245-day absence
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Likes
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
27 Jul
DNF
Uttoxeter
1m6f – 2m · Good · 11 runners
1 Jul
🏆 Won
Stratford-on-Avon
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Firm · 10 runners
4 Jun
2nd
Warwick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 9 runners
19 Jan
5th
Fakenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners
15 Dec
4th
Windsor
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 12 runners
25 Nov
3rd
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
21 Oct
5th
Plumpton
1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft · 9 runners
24 Sep
2nd
Listowel
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 11 runners
2 Jul
5th
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
13 Jun
🏆 Won
Kilbeggan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 19 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 |
1 win |
13 Jun |
100% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
1 |
1 win |
1 Jul |
100% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
27 Jul |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 Dec |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Nov |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
26 May |
0% |
| Listowel Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
24 Sep |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
2 Jul |
0% |
| Plumpton Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
21 Oct |
0% |
| Fakenham Tight |
1 |
1 other |
19 Jan |
0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
1 |
1 second |
4 Jun |
0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
15 Dec |
0% |
| Ludlow Undulating |
1 |
1 third |
25 Nov |
0% |