Bold Optimist Racehorse Profile
Bold Optimist is a 6-year-old Gelding, trained by DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN, based at Laytown. With 25 career starts and 3 wins, it has earned $40,766.
- Age
- 6
- Sex
- Gelding
- Trainer
- DANIEL MCLOUGHLIN
- Trained at
- Laytown
- Sire
- Gleneagles
- Dam
- Katy Spirit
- Sire of dam
- Invincible Spirit
- Career
- 25:3-1-4
- Prize money
- $40,766
- Last start
- 10 Sept 2026
- Recent form
- 642307
Bold Optimist Form Guide
Bold Optimist — last 18 starts
| Date | Track | Dist | Class | Going | Bar | Wgt | Jockey | Result | Margin | Time | SP | Winner / 2nd |
|---|
| 10 Sept 2026 | Laytown (ire) | 1207m | Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports (Q.R.) Handicap | Standard | 7 | 162kg | Mr N Mcparlan | 8 of 10 | 10.25L | 1:13.62 | — | Initial Blue (IRE) |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Navan (ire) | 1006m | Navan Racecourse Handicap | Good | 6 | 128kg | Ben Coen | 7 of 16 | 4.75L | 0:59.47 | — | Cashel Blue (IRE) |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Curragh (ire) | 1207m | Friends Of Moorefield GAA Handicap | Good | 21 | 139kg | Scott Mccullagh | 11 of 27 | 5.5L | 1:12.71 | — | Clonmacash (GB) |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Curragh (ire) | 1006m | Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports Handicap | Good | 2 | 139kg | Ben Coen | 3 of 11 | 1.25L | 0:59.62 | — | Harry's Hill (GB) |
| 4 July 2026 | Naas | 1006m | Lawlor's Of Naas Supporting Naas GAA Senior Football Race Day Apprentice Handicap | Good | 11 | 130kg | Conor Cusack | 2 of 12 | 0.5L | 0:59.53 | — | Sovereign Cry (IRE) |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Dundalk (aw) | 1006m | Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap | Standard | 8 | 140kg | Ben Coen | 4 of 10 | 3.5L | 1:0.92 | — | Bye Bye Now (IRE) |
| 6 Mar 2026 | Dundalk (aw) | 1207m | Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap | Standard | 5 | 131kg | Ross Fagan | 6 of 11 | 5.25L | 1:14.56 | — | I'm Spartacus (IRE) |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Dundalk (aw) | 1006m | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap | Standard | 5 | 139kg | Ben Coen | 3 of 11 | 0.5L | 0:59.44 | — | Sporting Hero (GB) |
| 8 Aug 2025 | Tipperary | 1006m | Junction Gastro Bar & Guesthouse Handicap | Good | 6 | 138kg | Sam Coen | 8 of 15 | 4.75L | 0:58.39 | — | Ballysax Lil' Mick (IRE) |
| 13 June 2025 | Cork | 1006m | Ryan's Cleaning Handicap | Good To Yielding | 13 | 139kg | Ben Coen | 12 of 15 | 7.75L | 1:1.79 | — | Nouvel Espoir (IRE) |
| 7 June 2025 | Navan | 1006m | Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap | Good | 2 | 120kg | Nathan Crosse | 6 of 7 | 3.25L | 1:1.07 | — | Fair Taxes (IRE) |
| 17 May 2025 | Navan | 1006m | Best Of Luck On Your Retirement Joey Martin Handicap | Good | 1 | 134kg | Ben Coen | 3 of 9 | 4.25L | 1:1.59 | — | The Highway Rat (IRE) |
| 12 Apr 2025 | Curragh | 1006m | SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap | Good | 9 | 134kg | Ben Coen | 5 of 10 | 2.25L | 0:59.69 | — | Cuban Grey (GB) |
| 15 Sept 2024 | Curragh | 1207m | Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Bold Lad Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) | Good | 21 | 114kg | Wayne Hassett | 17 of 25 | 6.5L | 1:12.01 | — | My Mate Alfie (IRE) |
| 21 Aug 2024 | York | 1087m | Class 2 | Good To Firm | 4 | 118kg | Silvestre De Sousa | 16 of 22 | 6.75L | 1:3.27 | — | Jm Jungle (IRE) |
| 10 Aug 2024 | Curragh | 1006m | Holden Plant Rentals Handicap | Good To Firm | 11 | 125kg | Ben Coen | 1 of 10 | — | 0:57.56 | — | Bold Optimist (IRE) |
| 26 July 2024 | Cork | 1006m | Doneraile Handicap (Premier Handicap) | Good | 4 | 129kg | Ben Coen | 4 of 9 | 2L | 0:57.74 | — | Kendall Roy (GB) |
| 30 June 2024 | Curragh | 1006m | Dubai Duty Free Rockingham Handicap (Premier Handicap) | Yielding | 11 | 112kg | Keithen Kennedy | 5 of 16 | 2.5L | 0:58.85 | — | Amazon Lady (IRE) |
Record by Condition
Starts, record (wins-seconds-thirds) and strike rate by condition
| Condition | Starts | Record | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| This distance | 6 | 1-0-1 | 17% | 33% |
| Good | 16 | 1-1-2 | 6% | 25% |
| Heavy | 6 | 1-0-2 | 17% | 50% |
| First-up | 6 | 1-1-1 | 17% | 50% |
| Second-up | 5 | 0-0-3 | 0% | 60% |
Record by Track
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