Optimistic Joe (IRE)
Optimistic Joe (IRE) is yet to win from 6 starts. Best effort: 4th of 10 at Huntingdon (Apr 2024).
- 0–6Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=6 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 97Highest OR
- 25dBetween runs (median)
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 109
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 114C | 107.5 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 109B | 105 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 6 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,956 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 37 | 6 | 16.2% | +2 | — |
| Good | 1,190 | 170 | 14.3% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 920 | 141 | 15.3% | +1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,238 | 166 | 13.4% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 535 | 75 | 14% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 34 | 1 | 2.9% | −11.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −5.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 50 | 5 | 10% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,103 | 153 | 13.9% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,371 | 182 | 13.3% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,086 | 178 | 16.4% | +2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 332 | 41 | 12.3% | −1.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2010 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Huntingdon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Houlihan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Micheal Nolan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Chase | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Jun 24+25d | Worcester | Law Done Differently Handicap Chase | PU/14 | — | 11-8 | 92 | — | — | Sean Houlihan | 8/1 |
| 07 May 24+36d | Ffos Las | Daily Price Boosts At Yeeehaaa.Bet Novices' Handicap Hurdle | 6/10 | 7 | 11-5 | 96 | 114C | 96A | Sean Houlihan | 4/1 |
| 01 Apr 24+24d | Huntingdon | Read Henry Brooke On Blog.Rhino.Bet Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) | 4/10 | 8½ | 11-12 | 97 | 97A | 112A | Sean Houlihan | 11/2 |
| 08 Mar 24+20d | Exeter | CRS Building Supplies 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/9 | ½ | 11-5 | — | 109B | 101A | Micheal Nolan | 13/2 |
| 17 Feb 24+25d | Wincanton | JenningsBet Devizes 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | PU/12 | — | 11-7 | — | — | — | Micheal Nolan | 8/1 |
| 23 Jan 24 | Newbury | Get Best Odds Guaranteed At BetVictor Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 9/16 | ½ | 11-8 | — | 101B | 104A | Micheal Nolan | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Optimistic Joe won?
- Optimistic Joe (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts in 2024.
- Who trained Optimistic Joe?
- Optimistic Joe (IRE) was trained by Philip Hobbs & Johnson White on the most recent run on record, at Worcester on 1 June 2024.
- Who is Optimistic Joe's sire?
- Optimistic Joe (IRE) is by Malinas (GER) out of Be Optimistic (IRE), whose sire is Stowaway.
- What is Optimistic Joe's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 1 June 2024. The highest on record is 97.
- What is Optimistic Joe's sire's record?
- Malinas (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 3,956 runs since Apr 2010 (419 horses), Flat and jumps together.