Hardly Fortunate (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
08-Oct-21
Sex
mare
Colour
brown
Prize Money
36000
Trainer
Nick Olive
Owners
N J Olive, B O'Brien, F M Simbih, T M Basham, S Elkovich, M Gill, T M Mcelhone, J McFarlane, T McFarlane, Ms A McSweeney, S H Muul, N Lee & I Russell
About

Hardly Fortunate is a 4yo brown mare from Australia, trained by Nick Olive in Canberra. She is by All Too Hard out of Fortunately. She has recorded one win in her career. On 28 November 2025 at Queanbeyan, Hardly Fortunate achieved her most notable triumph, claiming the $50,000 Super Maiden Plate.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Queanbeyan 18-Dec-25 1200m GOOD 4 R7 BM58 $600 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:07.900, SP: 3.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.590 1st Anthracia ( M Bourke 58 ) 2nd Liamena Avenue ( C Ramsbotham 57.5 , Cd 59 ) 0.50L 3rd Kirkuk ( D L Roux 65 , Cd 69 ) 1.75L 6th Hardly Fortunate ( N Heywood 59 ) 6.35L See full resultsN Heywood 59kg 6.35L6 (9)
Queanbeyan 28-Nov-25 1200m GOOD 4 R2 SUPER MDN-SW $22,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:08.740, SP: 5.00 In-running: 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.760 1st Hardly Fortunate ( N Heywood 57 ) 2nd Feedback ( C Newitt 59 ) 0.04L 3rd Sant Gervasi ( A Layt 57.5 ) 0.27L See full resultsN Heywood 57kg1 (8)
Queanbeyan 11-Nov-25 900m GOOD 4 R1 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:53.290 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.420 1st All Adore ( C Keatings ) 2nd Incantata ( C Sinclair ) 0.10L 3rd Hardly Fortunate ( N Heywood ) 1.93LN Heywood 1.93L3 (6)
Goulburn 08-Jul-25 1200m HEAVY 9 R1 Mdn Set Weight $5,300 (of $30,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:14.360, SP: 4.60 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:38.120 1st Al Flores ( N Heywood 57 , Cd 57.5 ) 2nd Hardly Fortunate ( Q Krogh 57 ) 7.65L 3rd Mary Le Bone ( P Boudvillain 59 ) 8.46L See full resultsQ Krogh 57kg 7.65L2 (8)
Wagga 22-Jun-25 1200m SOFT 7 R1 Mdn Set Weight $2,800 (of $30,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:12.180, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.080 1st Tessarion ( M A Cahill 55 ) 2nd Al Flores ( P Boudvillain 57 ) 0.65L 3rd Hardly Fortunate ( Q Krogh 57 ) 2.03L See full resultsQ Krogh 57kg 2.03L3 (14)
Wagga 05-Jun-25 1000m SOFT 5 R5 Mdn Hcp $5,300 (of $30,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 00:59.320, SP: 12.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.980 1st Winehouse ( P Boudvillain 55 , Cd 56 ) 2nd Hardly Fortunate ( Q Krogh 57 ) 0.17L 3rd Justbetryin' ( J Taylor 55 ) 0.28L See full resultsQ Krogh 57kg 0.17L2 (11)
Goulburn 30-May-25 800m SOFT 7 R1 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:48.090 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.000 1st Exiled Prince ( D Cole ) 2nd Super Capone ( W A Peel ) 1.41L 3rd Smolenski ( N Heywood ) 2.64L 6th Hardly Fortunate ( C Keatings ) 3.61LC Keatings 3.61L6 (12)