Optical Bijou (USA)
About
Optical Bijou is a 4yo dark bay/brown horse bred in the United States and trained by Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. The colt is by Shaman Ghost out of Amanda's Antik. He has recorded three wins in his career, with his most notable triumph occurring on September 15, 2025 at Delaware Park, where he captured Race 9 and collected $72,000.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware Park 15-Sep-25 1207m R9 Race 9 $45,360 (of $72,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:11.540, SP: 7.00 settled off the pace along the outside, advanced through the turn to find a prominent position behind leader, dueled in the final furlong and inched clear late. | J A Hernandez 56.7kg | 1 (9) |
| Monmouth Park 25-Aug-25 1207m R7 Race 7 $43,312 (of $68,749) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:10.930, SP: 4.00 chased four wide early, bid three wide on the turn, dueled, led into the stretch, drew clear and widened under urging. | M Iorio 54.4kg | 1 (9) |
| Monmouth Park 15-Jun-25 1207m FIRM R6 Race 6 $687 (of $68,749) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.840, SP: 8.00 chased between rivals, chased on the turn and weakened. | F Pennington 54.4kg 8.80L | 5 (8) |
| Monmouth Park 19-May-25 1709m GOOD R8 Race 8 $625 (of $62,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:44.140, SP: 9.00 raced three wide off the pace, steadied midway on the far turn and failed threaten. | M Sanchez 54.4kg 14.70L | 6 (8) |
| Laurel Park 26-Apr-25 1207m FIRM R9 Race 9 $3,430 (of $49,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:11.360, SP: 20.00 came in bumping the winner at the start, raced along the inner rail on the turn, swung out in upper stretch and weakened. | M Sanchez 55.8kg 7.75L | 4 (6) |
| Laurel Park 11-Nov-24 1207m FIRM R9 Race 9 $300 (of $49,001) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:10.850, SP: 26.00 , no factor, swung to the five path at the head of the stretch, drifted in near the eighth pole and showed some late interest. | E Robles 54.9kg, Cd 57.2kg 6.10L | 7 (9) |
| Delaware Park 05-Oct-24 1673m FIRM R7 Race 7 $2,870 (of $41,001) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:45.810 Duel,svd gnd,wkn | E Robles 53.1kg, Cd 55.3kg 6.50L | 4 (7) |
| Monmouth Park 09-Sep-24 1207m FIRM R8 Race 8 $6,875 (of $68,749) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:12.480 3w turn, evenly late | S Marin 52.2kg 1.25L | 3 (9) |
| Monmouth Park 26-Aug-24 1207m FIRM R8 Race 8 $6,875 (of $68,749) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:11.280 Bump st, rallied 4w | S Marin 52.2kg 0.50L | 3 (9) |
| Monmouth Park 21-Jul-24 1207m FIRM R4 Race 4 $13,750 (of $68,749) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:11.490 Off slowly, ducked in | S Marin 52.2kg 0.50L | 2 (7) |
| Monmouth Park 28-Aug-23 1106m FIRM R2 CLMd $45,281 (of $71,875) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:06.450 chased between rivals, then inside on the turn, rallied between horses in the three path in the stretch run, then was bumped at the sixteenth pole and continued gamely to the finish. | S Marin 53.1kg | 1 (10) |
| Monmouth Park 24-Jul-23 1005m FIRM R5 CLMd $718 (of $71,875) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:59.380 dueled three wide for the early lead, was floated out wide on the turn, continued to duel and weakened in the final furlong. | A A Rodriguez 53.1kg 14.25L | 7 (8) |