OPTIMISM

36yo Brown Gelding
D.O.B: 04-Oct-1989
by RELAY RACE (GB)  from GILLIVANT
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Status Retired
Stewards Embargoes None on record
Last Gear Change* 08-Jul-1998, Blinkers, First Time
Trainer
Racing Colours Mauve, Lemon Band And Cap
Career Summary: 59-9:1:3    Prizemoney: $40,895    
Min/Max-Dist-Win: 2100/3000     1st Up: 7:0-0-0    2nd Up: 7:0-0-1    
Track: 15:2-0-1    Dist: 3:0-0-1    Track/Dist: 3:0-0-1
Firm: 5:0-0-0     Good: 37:7-0-2     Soft: 15:2-1-1     Heavy: 2:0-0-0    Synthetic: 0:0-0-0


Recent Form
All Form
Embargoes
Gear Changes
Ratings
Ratings / Jumps
Noms | Wgts | Accs
 
12th of 15 LAUN 27Feb93 1200m Soft7 34CG MDNSW $4,000 Ken Lewis 54kg Barrier 14
1st Boucher's Idol 54kg, 2nd Red Again 54kg 1:12.90, 14.3L 10-1
12th of 12 LAUN 13Mar93 1200m Good3 34Y MDN-SW $3,250 Mr Kevin Ring 54kg Barrier 4
1st Our Tudor Girl 52.5kg, 2nd Relay Rebel 54kg 1:12.20, 12.8L 16-1
7th of 11 DEV 24Mar93 1600m Soft7 MDN $3,350 Mr Kevin Ring 54kg Barrier 1
1st Scotch Blessing 52.5kg, 2nd King of Steam 53.5kg 1:45.90, 17.9L 20-1
9th of 9 DEL 31Mar93 2000m Good3 MDN $4,100 Mr Kevin Ring 54kg Barrier 7
1st Outstride 55.5kg, 2nd Zakopet 54kg 2:06.40, 20.6L 16-1
14th of 14 DEV 17Nov93 1175m Firm2 MDN $4,250 Kevin Dodge 54.5kg Barrier 2
1st Prince Tambo 54kg, 2nd It's Casual 51.5kg 1:11.90, 22L 20-1
10th of 10 DEL 07Dec93 1400m Firm2 MDN $4,250 Michael Hart 53.5kg Barrier 10
1st Stop Gap 52kg, 2nd Lurosa 55.5kg 1:25.40, 20.9L 33-1
9th of 14 HOB 22Jan94 1240m Good3 34CG MDNSW $4,350 Ms Kathy Vernham 57kg Barrier 12
1st Muscardin 53kg, 2nd Raise a Shuffle 53kg 1:16.50, 9.5L 50-1
13th of 13 HOB 05Feb94 1240m Firm2 34Y MDN-SW $4,250 Mr Adrian Groves 57kg (cd 55kg) Barrier 6
1st Raise a Shuffle 54kg, 2nd Lighter Vein 52.5kg 1:16.80, 10.4L 33-1
10th of 12 HOB 05Mar94 1650m Good3 34CG MDNSW $4,250 D Cassar 57kg Barrier 12
2nd Space in Time 54kg, 3rd Noble Agent (NZ) 54kg 0:00.00, 17.1L 66-1
8th of 15 HOB 14Mar94 2100m Soft5 CL1 $5,750 Ms Lesa Smith 51kg (cd 50kg) Barrier 6
1st Winkleigh Dancer 52kg, 2nd All Awhirl 52kg 2:19.30, 11.5L 20-1
1st of 9 DEV 02Apr94 2370m Good3 34Y MDN-SW $4,350 ($3,075) D Cassar 57kg Barrier 2
2nd Noble Agent (NZ) 54kg, 3rd Majestic Flame 55.5kg 2:40.30, 0.8L 20-1
3rd of 14 LAUN 16Apr94 1600m Good3 CL1 $5,750 ($520) Simon Wells 51.5kg (cd 48.5kg) Barrier 8
1st Nordastre 55kg, 2nd Raising an Angel 52.5kg 1:38.20, 4.3L 14-1
6th of 9 HOB 23Apr94 2100m Good3 CL2 $6,250 D Cassar 52.5kg Barrier 9
1st Say Now 52.5kg, 2nd Country Doc 51kg 2:11.70, 5.6L 8-1
3rd of 8 HOB 16May94 1920m Good3 CL2 $4,250 ($380) Simon Wells 53kg (cd 50kg) Barrier 7
1st Country Doc 53kg, 2nd Our Foxfire 55kg 2:05.20, 3.9L 5-1
4th of 17 LAUN 28May94 2100m Heavy10 CL1 $5,750 ($170) J D Graham 51.5kg Barrier 2
1st King of Steam 49kg, 2nd Notopia 55kg 2:20.60, 4.4L 12-1
14th of 15 LAUN 17Sep94 1200m Good3 CL1 $5,750 Mrs Christie Burt 51kg (cd 49kg) Barrier 1
1st My Gerrymander 53kg, 2nd A Certain Blessing 53.5kg 1:11.90, 12L 20-1
14th of 14 LAUN 15Oct94 1200m Good3 CL1 $5,500 Ms Sarah Mills 51kg (cd 48kg) Barrier 6
1st Bright Hopes 51.5kg, 2nd Relay Rebel 52.5kg 1:11.31, 13L 33-1
16th of 16 LAUN 29Oct94 1600m Firm2 CL1 $5,750 C Dickson 51kg (cd 51.5kg) Barrier 7
1st Lumberman 54kg, 2nd Diplomatic Lady (NZ) 53kg 1:38.33, 9.3L 66-1
8th of 8 HOB 05Nov94 1650m Good3 CL2 $6,750 Mr Kevin Ring 51kg (cd 51.5kg) Barrier 8
1st Lumberman 54kg, 2nd Ritzy Red 57.5kg 1:44.60, 14.6L 50-1
9th of 12 DEV 08Feb95 1600m Soft5 CL1 $4,450 Michael Hart 52kg (cd 52.5kg) Barrier 2
1st Salamandra 55.5kg, 2nd Free Flowing 53.5kg 1:40.90, 15.2L 20-1
10th of 11 LAUN 19Feb95 2100m Good3 CL3 $6,100 Michael Hart 51kg (cd 52kg) Barrier 1
1st Post Boy 55kg, 2nd Jolly Old Rodger (NZ) 54kg 2:10.49, 6.2L 33-1
10th of 12 DEL 05Mar95 2000m Good3 OPEN HCP $6,900 Michael Hart 51kg (cd 51.5kg) Barrier 8
1st Wing Out 56kg, 2nd Briavel's Girl 50.5kg 2:03.40, 8.3L 50-1
6th of 14 LAUN 19Mar95 2100m Good3 CL3 $6,000 Michael Hart 52.5kg Barrier 4
1st Nordastre 56kg, 2nd April in May 54.5kg 2:12.79, 7.6L 33-1
1st of 7 HOB 25Mar95 2100m Good3 4Y&UP CL1 $6,350 ($4,475) Ms Sarah Mills 52kg (cd 49kg) Barrier 2
2nd Los Angelos Road 52.5kg, 3rd Spicy Clojo 52.5kg 2:13.20, 4.8L 10-1
1st of 13 DEV 15Apr95 2370m Good3 CL3 $6,100 ($4,300) Ms Sarah Mills 51kg (cd 48kg) Barrier 11
2nd April in May 52kg, 3rd Majestic Flame 50.5kg 2:34.05, 3L 10-1
1st of 8 HOB 22Apr95 2100m Soft5 CL3 $6,250 ($4,375) Ms Sarah Mills 54kg (cd 51kg) Barrier 3
2nd Lady in Black 51.5kg, 3rd Halo Trice 52.5kg 2:13.60, 2.8L 5-4
6th of 9 LAUN 13May95 2100m Soft7 CL5 $6,990 Ms Sarah Mills 53.5kg (cd 50.5kg) Barrier 9
1st Von's Flyer 49kg, 2nd Tric-Nick 56kg 2:23.14 (800m 58.10), 6.6L 3-1
4th of 8 HOB 20May95 2400m Good3 OPEN HCP $8,700 ($250) Ms Sarah Mills 52kg (cd 49kg) Barrier 4
1st Touched By Magic 52.5kg, 2nd Danby Road 56kg 2:30.90, 2.6L 7-1
1st of 7 DEV 24May95 2370m Good3 CL5 $5,100 ($3,600) Simon Wells 54kg (cd 52kg) Barrier 1
2nd Von's Flyer 52.5kg, 3rd Outstride 53.5kg 2:38.86, 2L 7-4
2nd of 8 LAUN 24Jun95 2100m Soft7 OPEN HCP $9,000 ($1,620) Ms Sarah Mills 52kg (cd 49kg) Barrier 8
1st Faveaux (NZ) 52kg, 3rd Royal Deviot (NZ) 53.5kg 2:14.78 (800m 51.10), 3L 3-1
7th of 9 LAUN 04Nov95 1600m Good3 OPEN HCP $8,600 Ms Sarah Mills 52kg (cd 49kg) Barrier 4
1st King of Egypt 54.5kg, 2nd Tavern Dancer 50.5kg 1:35.94, 4.8L 25-1
3rd of 8 LAUN 18Nov95 2100m Soft5 CL5 $7,000 ($630) Mr Stephen Maskiell 55.5kg Barrier 7
1st Eildon Road 51.5kg, 2nd Creeque Alley 53kg 2:16.26, 0.2L 7-1
8th of 10 DEV 03Dec95 1800m Good3 CL5 $5,600 Mr Stephen Maskiell 55.5kg Barrier 8
1st Salamandra 58.5kg, 2nd Creeque Alley 53kg 1:53.75, 7.8L 9-4
8th of 12 HOB 23Dec95 1920m Soft5 CL5 $6,600 Ms Sarah Mills 54kg (cd 51kg) Barrier 11
1st Devon Concorde 52kg, 2nd Eildon Road 54.5kg 2:00.80, 10.5L 8-1
8th of 13 HOB 13Jan96 2100m Good3 CL5 $7,000 Ms Leah Goodrick 54kg (cd 51kg) Barrier 13
1st Our Big Louie 50.5kg, 2nd Devon Concorde 57kg 2:12.10, 3.2L 18-1
5th of 12 HOB 03Feb96 2100m Good3 CL6 $8,450 Mr Stephen Maskiell 52.5kg Barrier 8
1st Eildon Road 54.5kg, 2nd Drifting Apart 53kg 2:10.90, 3.5L, 7-1/8-1
7th of 8 HOB 13Feb96 1550m Soft5 CL5 $5,000 Kelvin Sanderson 53kg Barrier 6
1st Gravity Storm 54.5kg, 2nd Vorno Prince 55kg 1:37.80, 6.6L, 12-1/16-1
6th of 14 LAUN 17Feb96 2600m Good3 CL6 $6,000 Kelvin Sanderson 52kg (cd 52.5kg) Barrier 11
1st Loch Valley 52.5kg, 2nd Nordastre 56.5kg 2:47.05, 6.5L, 20-1/25-1
1st of 7 DEL 03Mar96 2900m Good3 HDLE $6,000 ($4,200) R Durden 62kg Barrier 1
2nd Our Foxfire 65kg, 3rd Ideal Future 62kg 3:09.28, 3L 4-1
5th of 8 LAUN 09Mar96 3200m Firm2 OPEN HCP $9,000 Ms Sarah Mills 52kg (cd 49kg) Barrier 8
1st Nordastre 53kg, 2nd Raami's Magic 57kg 3:24.76, 10L, 6-1/7-1
1st of 5 LFRD 17Mar96 3000m Soft7 HDLE $6,150 ($4,350) Mr Adam Trinder 64kg (cd 63kg) Barrier 5
2nd Ideal Future 63kg, 3rd Lake Thor 62kg 3:26.82R, 15L 4-5
1st of 7 DEL 27Mar96 2900m Good3 HDLE $6,100 ($4,300) Mr Adam Trinder 65.5kg (cd 63kg) Barrier 6
2nd Our Major 60.5kg, 3rd Lake Thor 63kg 3:09.89, 3.5L 4-5
5th of 11 OAKB 06Apr96 2900m Good3 HDLE-SC2 $17,200 R Durden 67kg Barrier 5
1st Delgence 66kg, 2nd Amazing Wonder 61.5kg 3:13.84, 11L, 18-10/22-10
6th of 7 WERR 18Apr96 2800m Heavy10 HDLE-RC2 $7,000 R Durden 66kg Barrier 3
1st You Genius 61kg, 2nd Dapper 62kg 3:19.00, 32.2L, 2-1/7-4/2-1
6th of 10 LAUN 11May96 3000m Good3 HDLE $6,000 Mr Adam Trinder 67kg (cd 64.5kg) Barrier 6
1st Star Zeus 63.5kg, 2nd Our Foxfire 67kg 3:22.80, 10.6L, 2-1/3-1
13th of 14 LAUN 24Nov96 1600m Good3 CL5 $5,600 Ken Lewis 52.5kg Barrier 2
1st Gone Fishing 50.5kg, 2nd Tric-Nick 55kg 1:37.95, 9L, 40-1/50-1
6th of 7 LAUN 07Dec96 2100m Soft5 CL5 $5,750 Simon Wells 52.5kg (cd 52kg) Barrier 1
1st Tric-Nick 55kg, 2nd Rise to the Stars 51.5kg 2:14.57, 9.5L, 20-1/50-1
6th of 10 LFRD 01Jan97 1800m Good3 CL5 $5,000 Ms Sarah Mills 52.5kg (cd 50kg) Barrier 7
1st Delgado Boy 52.5kg, 2nd Vaudeville Piper 55.5kg 1:51.50, 9L 20-1
6th of 7 DEV 08Jan97 2680m Good3 HDLE $6,000 Mr Adam Trinder 66.5kg (cd 64kg) Barrier 2
1st Per Cheval 65kg, 2nd Creeque Alley 62kg 2:57.90, 28.8L, 4-1/6-1
9th of 10 LAUN 15Feb97 1400m Good3 OPEN HCP $9,100 Ms Sarah Mills 52kg (cd 49.5kg) Barrier 6
1st Isn't He Gorgeous 61.5kg, 2nd Akerlan 52kg 1:24.47, 8.9L, 50-1/80-1
7th of 8 LAUN 22Feb97 1600m Soft5 OPEN HCP $9,600 Ms Leah Goodrick 53kg (cd 51.5kg) Barrier 8
1st Winter Guest 51kg, 2nd Tric-Nick 53kg 1:37.72, 12.7L, 100-1/150-1
6th of 14 LAUN 26Feb97 1600m Good3 CL6 $7,350 Ms Sarah Mills 52kg (cd 49.5kg) Barrier 6
1st East Beach 56.5kg, 2nd Jolly Jack 55.5kg 1:36.46, 3.4L, 40-1/100-1
4th of 8 DEV 02Mar97 2680m Good3 HDLE $6,000 ($300) Mr Michael Patton 66kg Barrier 8
1st Touched By Magic 64kg, 2nd Hannamallac 63.5kg 2:56.83, 12.8L, 5-2/3-1
Training information change: G A Cusick to Allan Stubbs
5th of 7 LAUN 21Feb98 1100m Good3 CL6-SW $7,350 Ms Sarah Mills 57kg (cd 55.5kg) Barrier 1
1st Sly 54.5kg, 2nd Dicey Dealer 57kg 1:07.70 (800m 48.37), 1.9L, 33-1/80-1
10th of 10 LAUN 25Feb98 1400m Good3 CL6 $7,350 G Glover 52kg (cd 52.5kg) Barrier 3
1st Always Royal 57kg, 2nd Batsen 54.5kg 1:25.67 (800m 47.11), 8.6L 80-1
5th of 10 HOB 09Mar98 1920m Soft5 CL5 $5,100 Ms Sarah Mills 52.5kg (cd 51kg) Barrier 6
1st Flying Swallow 53.5kg, 2nd Cute Collector 53.5kg 2:02.30, 1.7L, 20-1/66-1
1st of 8 DEL 22Mar98 2900m Good3 HDLE $6,000 ($3,900) N Handley 65.5kg Barrier 5
2nd Hannamallac 66.5kg, 3rd Century Lane (NZ) 65.5kg 3:08.82, 1L 4-1
4th of 10 LAUN 28Mar98 3200m Soft5 OPEN HCP $9,250 ($450) Brett Scott 52kg (cd 52.5kg) Barrier 6
1st Roccoco 57kg, 2nd Peter's Fury 49.5kg 3:34.70 (800m 50.21), 1.2L, 5-1/11-2
Fell of 6 DEL 13Apr98 2900m Good3 HDLE $6,300 N Handley 67kg Barrier 2
1st Century Lane (NZ) 65.5kg, 2nd Rancher Bay 61.5kg 3:11.28 6-4