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Ireland 8yo

Realistic Optimism (IRE)

T: Jamie Snowden · O: John H W Finch
By Sageburg (IRE) out of Innisfree Dawn (IRE)
Form 21P
  1. P
  2. 1
  3. 2
1/3 W/R
Resting
  • 3 runs
  • 1 wins
  • placed
  • 33% strike
  • 433 d off

Recent form

Form figures 21P 433 days off
P 27 Jul 2025 steelbeamsderby.co.uk Handicap Hurd… Uttoxeter 1 1 Jul 2025 Davisons Law Handicap Hurdle Stratford 2 4 Jun 2025 Rainier Developments & Strategic La… Warwick

Deep analytics

Career trajectory, going + distance lenses, connections history

Career Trajectory

last 3 runs · form score 0–100
4 Jun 2025 · Warwick · 2nd/9 (btn 7.5) 1 Jul 2025 · Stratford · 1st/8 (won 0) 27 Jul 2025 · Uttoxeter · PU ()
  • Win
  • Placed
  • Mid-pack
  • Rear
  • DNF
  • OR mark
Peak form
100
Mean
57
Win %
33%
Placed %
67%
Trend
Unknown

Course Record

3 venues
  • Stratford 100% 1-0-1
  • Warwick 100% 0-1-1
  • Uttoxeter 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

2 jockeys · 1 trainer

Jockeys

  • Gavin Sheehan NOW 50% 1-0-2
  • Isabelle Ryder 100% 0-1-1

Trainers

  • Jamie Snowden NOW 67% 1-1-3

Race history

3 of 3 runs
Date Race Pos Going Dist Jockey Odds
27 Jul 2025 steelbeamsderby.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Uttoxeter Class 4 T PU - Good 2m Gavin Sheehan OR 103 9/2
1 Jul 2025 Davisons Law Handicap Hurdle Stratford Class 5 T 1st/8 +0 Good To Firm 2m2½f Gavin Sheehan OR 98 15/8F
4 Jun 2025 Rainier Developments & Strategic Land Novices' Handicap Hurdle Warwick Class 5 HT 2nd/9 7.5 Good 2m3f Isabelle Ryder OR 98 5/1

Connections

Trainer
Jamie Snowden 26%
Owner
John H W Finch
Sire
Sageburg (IRE)
Dam
Innisfree Dawn (IRE)
Dam sire
Yeats
Country
Ireland
Age
8yo

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