Western Opera (2020) Horse

Foal Date
01-Jan-20
Colour
bay
Sire
Westerner
Dam
Miss Opera
Prize Money
4953
Owners
Anthony Kearns
About

Western Opera is a 5yo b unknown from trained by G O'loughlin, who is based at Wexford. It is sired by the stallion Westerner out of the dam Miss Opera. Western Opera is yet to break its maiden status, having not won a race yet from 8 attempts. During its most recent race at Ballinrobe on 26th Aug 2025, Western Opera was ridden by Aidan Kelly and finished 6th, behind the winner Damoso.

Raced At
Ballinrobe • Sligo • Listowel • Clonmel • Navan • Punchestown • Down Royal
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ballinrobe 26-Aug-25 4480m GOOD R4 HcpH $200 (of $9,999), Winning Time: 05:37.200, SP: 7.00 1st Damoso ( S D Torrens 142 ) 2nd Georginas Jet ( J Townend 146 ) 2.50L 3rd Kilashee ( D King 163 ) 9.00L 6th Western Opera ( A Kelly 148 , Cd 151 ) 29.50L See full resultsA Kelly 67.1kg, Cd 68.5kg 29.50L6 (11)
Ballinrobe 23-Jul-25 4460m GOOD R7 HcpH $2,000 (of $9,999), Winning Time: 05:36.800, SP: 41.00 1st Mister Vic ( D Mcgill 159 , Cd 152 ) 2nd Western Opera ( R A Doyle 149 ) 8.50L 3rd Moonshine Girl ( J C Gainford 147 ) 8.70L See full resultsR A Doyle 67.6kg 8.50L2 (16)
Sligo 11-Jun-25 5180m GOOD R5 HcpH (of $11,499), Winning Time: 06:28.900, SP: 51.00 Mid-division, 6th halfway, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, soon no extra and eased after 2 out, tailed off 1st Boston Rajj ( H C Swan 167 ) 2nd Tropical Image ( A Burke-ott 148 , Cd 141 ) 9.50L 3rd Mags Nelson ( L P Shanahan 164 , Cd 157 ) 11.00L 12th Western Opera ( S Cotter 147 , Cd 154 ) 64.25L See full resultsS Cotter 66.7kg, Cd 69.9kg 64.2kgL12 (15)
Listowel 02-Jun-25 3220m GOOD R3 HcpH (of $11,499), Winning Time: 03:56.400, SP: 26.00 Always towards rear, never a factor, no threat after 3 out, weakened 1st Patty O'Farrell ( S F O'keeffe 146 ) 2nd Katherine ( S Ewing 158 ) 3.00L 3rd Diamond Approach ( J P Shinnick 146 , Cd 143 ) 5.00L 12th Western Opera ( A Kelly 146 , Cd 151 ) 52.95L See full resultsA Kelly 66.2kg, Cd 68.5kg 53kgL12 (12)
Clonmel 28-Mar-25 3760m GOOD R7 HcpH (of $9,999), SP: 50.00 Towards rear, jumped left 1st, not fluent after, ridden and weakened 4 out, pulled up before 2 out 1st Tingarran Express ( S D Torrens 163 ) 2nd Sharetheknowledge ( D J O'keeffe 166 ) 5.50L 3rd Old Kenmare ( K A Murphy 155 ) 11.00L UPL Western Opera ( R Doyle 160 ) 0.00L See full resultsR Doyle 72.6kg 0.00LUPD (13)
Navan 02-Mar-25 3220m HEAVY R2 MdH $600 (of $12,000), Winning Time: 07:01.000, SP: 201.00 Mid-division, ridden in 6th and no impression 2 out, soon no extra, left moderate 4th last 1st Swing Davis ( S Ewing 161 ) 2nd Dee's Lady ( K M Donoghue 161 ) 8.50L 3rd Magic Day ( D J O'keeffe 161 ) 21.50L 4th Western Opera ( R Doyle 161 ) 35.50L See full resultsR Doyle 73kg 35.50L4 (9)
Punchestown 21-Feb-25 3850m SOFT R6 MdH (of $12,000), SP: 251.00 Mid-division, ridden in 8th 2 out, no impression 1st Cardcounter ( S Ewing 166 ) 2nd Dr Eggman ( P Townend 166 ) 5.50L 3rd Champagne Kid ( P M O'brien 166 , Cd 159 ) 6.00L 9th Western Opera ( R Doyle 159 ) 52.00L See full resultsR Doyle 72.1kg 52kgL9 (21)
Down Royal 21-Jan-25 3450m SOFT R1 MdH (of $10,000), Winning Time: 04:09.070, SP: 126.00 Towards rear for most, jumped right 3rd, never a factor, weakened 4 out 1st Putapoundinthejar ( M J M O'sullivan 158 ) 2nd Pour Les Filles ( D J Gilligan 166 ) 0.30L 3rd Milo Miller ( P Byrnes 158 ) 10.30L 11th Western Opera ( R Doyle 151 ) 68.85L See full resultsR Doyle 68.5kg 68.8kgL11 (15)