Opera Ballo (2022) Horse

Foal Date

10-Mar-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Ghaiyyath

Prize Money

894956

Trainer

C Appleby

Owners

Godolphin

About

Sandown R4 bet365 Mile (Group 2) — Opera Ballo is a 4yo colt trained by C Appleby. He is by Ghaiyyath out of Dubai Opera. To date he has secured six victories. On 24 Jan 2026 at Meydan, he captured his biggest triumph, collecting $1,812,997.00 in Race 7 – Jebel Hatta Presented By Longines (Group 1) on turf. The horse has been a lucrative option for punters, delivering a 37% return on investment for anyone who backed him throughout his career.

Raced At

Newmarket • Sandown • Kempton

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Meydan 24-Jan-26 1811m GOOD R7 Race 7-Jebel Hatta Presented By Longines (Group 1)-Turf $1,109,998 (of $1,812,997) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:47.640, SP: 1.25 1st Opera Ballo ( W Buick 126 ) 2nd Silawi ( J Doyle 126 ) 2.50L 3rd Holloway Boy ( S H James 126 ) 1.00L See full resultsW Buick 57.2kg1 (6)
Meydan 20-Dec-25 1811m GOOD R6 Race 6-Al Rashidiya Sponsored By Emaar (Group 2)-Turf $510,002 (of $833,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:48.130, SP: 1.53 1st Opera Ballo ( W Buick 126 ) 2nd Nations Pride ( J Doyle 129 ) 3.00L 3rd First Conquest ( B Loughnane 127 ) 2.25L See full resultsW Buick 57.2kg1 (7)
Newmarket 26-Sep-25 1610m GOOD R4 CL1 $26,875 (of $122,963) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:37.570, SP: 1.80 1st Zeus Olympios ( C Lee 128 ) 2nd Opera Ballo ( W Buick 128 ) 2.25L 3rd Detain ( C Keane 128 ) 0.30L See full resultsW Buick 58.1kg 2.25L2 (6)
Newmarket 10-Jul-25 1610m GOOD R6 CL1 $31,190 (of $54,103) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:36.430, SP: 2.38 Took keen hold, in touch, headway going easily 2f out, led over 1f out, soon pushed along and went clear, comfortably 1st Opera Ballo ( W Buick 134 ) 2nd Seagulls Eleven ( H Davies 131 ) 2.75L 3rd King Of Cities ( S M Levey 131 ) 1.50L See full resultsW Buick 60.8kg1 (7)
Sandown 30-May-25 1610m GOOD R5 CL1 $25,520 (of $44,267) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:42.450, SP: 2.25 Raced keenly on outer early, settled behind leaders, closed 2f out, pushed along and led well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well inside last, readily 1st Opera Ballo ( W Buick 128 ) 2nd Bay City Roller ( C Shepherd 133 ) 2.50L 3rd Jackknife ( O Murphy 128 ) 0.75L See full resultsW Buick 58.1kg1 (7)
Newmarket 16-Apr-25 1610m GOOD R4 CL1 $1,148 (of $83,615) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:39.260, SP: 4.50 Wore red hood to post, rear mid-division, pushed along and closer 2f out, weakened final furlong 1st Field Of Gold ( K Shoemark 128 ) 2nd Wimbledon Hawkeye ( H Davies 128 ) 3.50L 3rd Aomori City ( W Buick 128 ) 0.20L 6th Opera Ballo ( J Doyle 128 ) 7.20L See full resultsJ Doyle 58.1kg 7.20L6 (9)
Kempton 27-Feb-25 1610m GOOD R7 CL3 $30,924 (of $59,022) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:38.160, SP: 2.10 Travelled strongly, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 5f out, led over 2f out, quickened clear over 1f out, easily 1st Opera Ballo ( W Buick 133 ) 2nd Hott Shott ( F Marsh 133 ) 4.00L 3rd Saddadd ( J Mitchell 133 ) 1.00L See full resultsW Buick 60.3kg1 (6)
Kempton 30-Jan-25 1610m GOOD R2 CL5 Md $4,320 (of $7,869) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:40.640, SP: 1.44 Quickly away, led briefly, tracked leader, led again going well entering final 2f, clear over 1f out, ran on strongly, very easily 1st Opera Ballo ( B Loughnane 122 ) 2nd Gennadius ( S M Levey 122 ) 8.50L 3rd Ledanis ( R Kingscote 122 ) 3.50L See full resultsB Loughnane 55.3kg1 (9)