Optimal Courage (USA) Horse

Country

United States

Foal Date

28-Feb-18

Colour

dark bay or brown

Sire

Optimizer

Prize Money

505978

Owners

Martinez, Heribert And Walters, Jasmin

About

Optimal Courage is an 8yo dark bay/brown horse from the United States trained by Heribert Martinez. He is by the stallion Optimizer out of the mare Elated. To date he has captured 20 wins. On 1 Sep 2022 at Canterbury Park he earned his most important victory, taking the $40500.00 prize in Race 6.

Raced At

Horseshoe Indianapolis

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Horseshoe Indianapolis 16-Sep-26 1207m FIRM R8 Race 8 (of $19,643) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:10.930, SP: 9.00 pressed the pace between rivals, was checked near the quarter pole and gave way. 1st Rocket Hoss ( M Meeks 122 , Cd 115 ) 2nd Gimmeethreesteps ( J C Bealmear 119 ) 0.25L 3rd Cheesesteak ( J M Romero 122 ) 1.50L 7th Optimal Courage ( W A Iii 122 ) 9.25L See full resultsW A Iii 55.3kg 9.25L7 (8)
Horseshoe Indianapolis 25-Aug-26 1207m FIRM R2 Race 2 $713 (of $32,308) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:11.760, SP: 21.00 trailed and lacked a late bid. 1st Hawkeye ( J Gutierrez 119 ) 2nd Cupid's Runaway ( 119 ) 3rd Luckies Joy ( A Mendoza 119 ) 0.50L 5th Optimal Courage ( W I Antongeorgi 122 ) 11.75L See full resultsW I Antongeorgi 55.3kg 11.75L5 (6)
Horseshoe Indianapolis 12-Jul-26 1106m FIRM R2 Race 2 $4,027 (of $20,135) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:04.000, SP: 5.50 1st Vsop ( H Leahey 122 ) 2nd Optimal Courage ( A Achard 122 ) 1.50L 3rd Hedge ( J Ramos 122 ) 0.30L See full resultsA Achard 55.3kg 1.50L2 (8)
Horseshoe Indianapolis 30-Apr-26 1106m FIRM R4 Race 4 $279 (of $37,977) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:04.080, SP: 8.50 stalked the early pace in the five path before fading in the stretch. 1st Sound Doctrine ( J Morales 122 ) 2nd Spotonjustice ( M Murrill 119 ) 5.25L 3rd Me And Chili ( H Leahey 119 ) 5.00L 6th Optimal Courage ( G Rodriguez 122 ) 12.25L See full resultsG Rodriguez 55.3kg 12.25L6 (8)
Horseshoe Indianapolis 09-Apr-26 1207m FIRM R7 Race 7 $186 (of $33,728) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:09.580, SP: 7.50 led inside before giving way near the eighth pole. 1st Delta Tau Chi ( F C L De 122 ) 2nd Decatur Street ( J Ramos 122 ) 4.50L 3rd Gimmeethreesteps ( A Burgos 119 ) 1.25L 7th Optimal Courage ( M J Pedroza 122 ) 9.25L See full resultsM J Pedroza 55.3kg 9.25L7 (11)