Fighting Tears (2024) Horse

Foal Date

01-Jan-24

Colour

bay

Sire

Lucky Vega

Dam

American Frolic

Prize Money

27775

Trainer

A Oliver

Owners

A Oliver

About

Fighting Tears is a 2yo bay trained by A Oliver in Tyrone. The colt is by Lucky Vega out of American Frolic. To date, he has won one race. On 16 Aug 2026 at the Curragh, Fighting Tears secured his biggest victory, earning $25,000.00 in prize money. He has been a profitable runner for bettors, delivering a 117% return on investment for those who backed him throughout his career.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Dundalk 03-Oct-26 1408m SYNTHETIC R6 CL1 $1,625 (of $81,322) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:24.930, SP: 81.00 1st Joga Bonito ( B Lee 131 ) 2nd Salt Lake ( D W O'connor 131 ) 0.30L 3rd Dee's Funny Girl ( O J Orr 126 ) 4.80L 6th Fighting Tears ( G Carroll 126 ) 6.15L See full results G Carroll 57.2kg 6.15L 6 (11)
Fairyhouse 22-Sep-26 1207m GOOD R5 CL1 $1,611 (of $80,647) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:11.960, SP: 17.00 1st Big Negotiator ( B Lee 129 ) 2nd Livenka ( C Keane 126 ) 0.50L 3rd Nail House ( J M Sheridan 131 ) 1.00L 6th Fighting Tears ( R Whelan 126 ) 4.45L See full results R Whelan 57.2kg 4.45L 6 (11)
Curragh 16-Aug-26 1207m GOOD R2 Md $24,539 (of $24,539) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:12.890, SP: 6.50 1st Fighting Tears ( R Whelan 127 ) 2nd Roeillaun ( C Hayes 125 ) 0.50L 3rd Kindacan ( B Coen 129 ) 0.50L See full results R Whelan 57.6kg 1 (19)