Opening Bid (2015) Horse

Foal Date

12-Apr-15

Colour

bay

Sire

Native Ruler

Dam

Clifton Encore

Prize Money

131912

Trainer

J Tizzard

Owners

Mr T Hamlin And Mr J M Dare

About

Opening Bid, entered in the Chepstow R6 DragonBet Daily Dragonboosts Handicap Hurdle, is an 11yo bay trained by J Tizzard. He is sired by Native Ruler out of Clifton Encore. Opening Bid has won 10 races so far. On 12 Oct 2023 at Exeter, he secured his most notable victory, winning the $19,674.00 Cl3 Hcpch. The horse has proved profitable for punters; backing him throughout his career would have generated a 16% return on investment.

Raced At

Newton Abbot • Uttoxeter • Chepstow • Exeter

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Newton Abbot 14-May-25 4220m GOOD R5 CL4 HcpCh $11,984 (of $14,053), Winning Time: 05:04.470, SP: 3.00 1st Opening Bid ( C Pritchard 169 , Cd 174 ) 2nd Somespring Special ( M G Nolan 168 ) 6.00L See full resultsC Pritchard 76.7kg, Cd 78.9kg1 (4)
Uttoxeter 04-May-25 4200m GOOD R2 CL4 HcpCh $4,466 (of $9,846), Winning Time: 05:18.610, SP: 8.00 Led, length ahead 4 out, soon ridden and headed, chased winner before 2 out where mistake, briefly threatened run-in, always held near finish 1st Salley Gardens ( S Bowen 161 ) 2nd Opening Bid ( B Carver 166 ) 1.00L 3rd High Moon ( C Maggs 156 ) 32.00L See full resultsB Carver 75.3kg 1.00L2 (5)
Warwick 21-Nov-24 4020m SOFT R4 CL4 HcpCh $1,219 (of $10,593), Winning Time: 05:15.700, SP: 13.00 Led until not fluent 4 out, no extra 2 out 1st Heard That ( S Bowen 150 ) 2nd Pearly Island ( T Cannon 160 ) 1.00L 3rd Ballycamus ( S Twiston-davies 168 ) 1.00L 4th Opening Bid ( H Cobden 169 ) 11.00L See full resultsH Cobden 76.7kg 11.00L4 (6)
Chepstow 30-Oct-24 3910m SOFT R5 CL3 HcpCh (of $12,123), Winning Time: 05:00.670, SP: 21.00 Led, headed 9th, soon prominent, hampered by faller 5 out, soon pushed along and no extra 1st Nocte Volatus ( N Fox 162 ) 2nd Hititi ( H Kimber 165 ) 1.00L 3rd Sageburg County ( P O'brien 159 ) 4.50L 9th Opening Bid ( B Carver 160 ) 34.20L See full resultsB Carver 72.6kg 34.20L9 (14)
Exeter 10-Oct-24 3870m GOOD R4 CL3 HcpCh $16,947 (of $17,190), Winning Time: 04:43.590, SP: 2.20 Wore hood and went to post early, keen start, made all, jumped fluently throughout, asserted 3 out, went clear after last, comfortably 1st Opening Bid ( B Carver 164 ) 2nd Kauto The King ( B Powell 157 ) 4.25L 3rd Hystery Bere ( D A Jacob 165 ) 1.25L See full resultsB Carver 74.4kg1 (5)