Divine Effort (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

11-Nov-21
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Dam

Optimist

Prize Money

750

Owners

Ms S McGuren, D R Blair & B J McFarlane

About

Divine Effort, a 4yo bay gelding from Australia, is trained by Samantha McGuren. He is by Divine Prophet out of Optimist. He has yet to win, remaining a maiden after one start. In his latest start at Sale on 4 May 2025, Carleen Hefel rode him to a 10th‑place finish behind winner Electric Star.

Raced At

Sale • Cranbourne

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Southside Cranbourne 15-Sep-25 1000m R16 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 01:01.600 1st Torvega ( B Mertens ) 2nd Captain Barbossa ( S Young ) 3rd Icaro ( R Lamont ) 9th Divine Effort ( L Mcneil )L Mcneil9 (9)
Sale 04-May-25 1105m SOFT 5 R1 3YO Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $37,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:04.340, SP: 151.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.580 1st Electric Star ( B J Melham 56 ) 2nd National Code ( C G Gaudray 56 ) 0.10L 3rd Insain Harry ( L Riordan 58 ) 0.40L 10th Divine Effort ( C Hefel 58 ) 13.65L See full resultsC Hefel 58kg 13.65L10 (10)
Cranbourne 21-Apr-25 1000m R14 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 01:00.100 1st Adelante ( B Shinn ) 2nd Tuscaloosa Gem ( J Childs ) 3rd Irrefutably ( S R Hateley ) 11th Divine Effort ( L Mcneil )L Mcneil11 (12)
Cranbourne 31-Mar-25 800m R9 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:46.700 1st Impish Lady ( J Mott ) 2nd I Am Piki ( J Mcneil ) 3rd Marble Point ( C Ma ) 6th Divine Effort ( L Cartwright )L Cartwright6 (11)
Cranbourne 17-Mar-25 650m R12 Jump Out-S5, Winning Time: 00:34.800 1st Zoom To The Moon ( L J Bates ) 2nd Hellacious ( D Moor ) 3rd Bontobewild ( E J Lloyd ) 5th Divine Effort ( L Wood )L Wood5 (10)
Cranbourne 18-Nov-24 650m R8 Jump Out-S5, Winning Time: 00:39.200 1st Invincible Woman ( L K Cartwright ) 2nd Asiatic ( L Currie ) 3rd Enuff Skeptical ( J B Stanley ) 8th Divine Effort ( C Hefel )C Hefel8 (8)
Cranbourne 28-Oct-24 650m R11 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:40.400 1st Eastwatch ( L Wood ) 3rd Divine Effort ( C Hefel )C Hefel3 (5)