Horse
Optimal Courage
8-year-old dark bay/brown gelding · By Optimizer out of Elated (by Kitten's Joy)
Entered today: Churchill Downs Race 7
Tier B Form ▲▲ Big jump +12 · career best
Pick-sheet marks: notes from the past performances, not proven to beat the odds. How to read them is on the race page.
Model win chance is the card model shown on the race page. The morning-line favourite wins more races than our top-ranked horse (see the record), so read it as a second opinion.
Last three races
| Date | Trk | Dist | Class | Finish | Speed fig | Odds | Eq | Trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/1 | BTP | 5½f D | Clm 5k b | Won/5 | 79 | 1.0-1 | b L | Bump st;duel;drew away |
| 9/15 | IND | 6f D | Clm 5k b | 7th/8 -6L | 60 | 8.7-1 | b L | Press;chck1/4;gave way |
| 8/24 | IND | 6f D | OC 10k | 5th/6 -10L | 64 | 27-1 | b L | Trailed;no late bid |
Finish shows position, field size and beaten lengths. Odds are final odds; * = favourite. Trip notes are the chart caller's.
Show full historyHide full history (25 races)
25 starts in our records: 10 won, 5 2nd, 5 3rd.
| Date | Race | Distance | Type | Field | Post | Finish | Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/1/26 | Belterra Park R1 | 5 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $5,000 | 5 | 3 | Won | 5-2 ML | Guillermo Rodriguez | Heribert Martinez |
| 9/15/26 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R8 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $5,000 | 8 | 7 | 7th | 7-2 ML | William Antongeorgi Iii | Heribert Martinez |
| 8/24/26 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R2 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 6 | 7 | 5th | 15-1 ML | William Antongeorgi Iii | Heribert Martinez |
| 7/11/26 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R2 | 5 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $5,000 | 8 | 9 | 2nd | 10-1 ML | Alex Achard | Miguel Silva |
| 4/29/26 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R4 | 5 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $12,500 | 8 | 7 | 6th | 20-1 ML | Guillermo Rodriguez | Miguel Silva |
| 4/8/26 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R7 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $12,500 | 11 | 2 | 7th | 12-1 ML | Emmanuel Esquivel | Miguel Silva |
| 3/20/26 | Oaklawn Park R10 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $10,000 | 9 | 1 | 8th | 10-1 ML | Israel Hernandez | Miguel Silva |
| 2/19/26 | Oaklawn Park R2 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Claiming $10,000 | 9 | 5 | 3rd | 20-1 ML | Israel Hernandez | Miguel Silva |
| 3/28/25 | Sam Houston R8 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Allowance optional claiming $50,000 | 6 | 1 | 2nd | 20-1 ML | Santos Rivera | Miguel Silva |
| 3/21/25 | Sam Houston R2 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Allowance | 8 | 3 | 3rd | 9-2 ML | Santos Rivera | Miguel Silva |
| 2/16/25 | Sam Houston R6 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Allowance | 8 | 6 | 3rd | 8-1 ML | Santos Rivera | Miguel Silva |
| 9/3/24 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R4 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Starter optional claiming $12,500 | 8 | 2 | 2nd | 3-1 ML | Emmanuel Esquivel | Miguel Silva |
| 8/7/24 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R3 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Starter optional claiming $12,500 | 5 | 6 | 2nd | 4-1 ML | Emmanuel Esquivel | Miguel Silva |
| 6/20/24 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R1 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 2 | 3 | Won | 2-1 ML | Emmanuel Esquivel | Miguel Silva |
| 5/20/24 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R6 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 5 | 7 | Won | 9-2 ML | Emmanuel Esquivel | Miguel Silva |
| 3/7/24 | Oaklawn Park R5 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Starter allowance | 8 | 8 | Won | 2-1 ML | Cristian Torres | Miguel Silva |
| 2/13/24 | Fair Grounds R4 | 7 1/2 Furlongs Turf | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 12 | 3 | 3rd | 9-2 ML | Jaime Torres | Miguel Silva |
| 1/25/24 | Fair Grounds R10 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 11 | 11 | Won | 8-1 ML | Jose Guerrero | Miguel Silva |
| 11/2/23 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R3 | 5 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 5 | 1 | Won | 1.3-1 | Miguel Perez | Miguel Silva |
| 10/16/23 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R6 | 6 Furlongs Dirt | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 9 | 8 | Won | 4.0-1 | Miguel Perez | Miguel Silva |
| 9/20/23 | Horseshoe Indianapolis R7 | 5 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 6 | 1 | Won | 3.7-1 | Miguel Perez | Miguel Silva |
| 9/4/23 | Canterbury Park R2 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 5 | 3 | Won | 0.4-1 | Alfredo Barajas | Miguel Silva |
| 8/26/23 | Canterbury Park R5 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Allowance optional claiming $16,000 | 8 | 4 | 3rd, 0.6L | 2.2-1 | Alfredo Barajas | Miguel Silva |
| 8/2/23 | Canterbury Park R5 | 5 Furlongs Turf | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 6 | 6 | Won | 0.4-1 | Alfredo Barajas | Miguel Silva |
| 7/3/23 | Canterbury Park R8 | 6 1/2 Furlongs Dirt | Starter optional claiming $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2nd, 4.5L | 2.0-1 | Alfredo Barajas | Miguel Silva |
From TBredIQ's own results records; may be incomplete before Jul 3, 2023. Matched on name, sire and dam. Finish shows lengths behind the winner where we have the chart; odds are final odds where we have the chart, otherwise the morning line (ML). Past race pages aren't kept on the site, so there's no result link for these races. 9 other entries in our records have no result (usually a scratch, or a race we have no chart for) and are not listed.
Speed figures
| Best speed figure | |
|---|---|
| Dirt, fast track | 79 |
| Wet track | 76 |
| Today's distance on today's surface (last 7 tries in the data) | 75 |
Last figures, newest first: 79 · 60 · 64 · 76 — big jump +12 · career best against the three before
Recent works
| Date | Trk | Dist | Time | How | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/21 | HPT | 3f | :36.80 | breezing | 2 of 2 | |
| 8/1 | HPT | 4f | :49.20 | breezing | 1 of 11 | fastest of the day at the distance |
| 7/7 | IND | 4f | :48.80 | breezing | 12 of 23 | |
| 6/30 | IND | 4f | :53.20 | breezing | 37 of 37 | |
| 6/11 | IND | 4f | :51.00 | breezing | 20 of 26 |
Rank = where the time placed among horses working the same distance at that track that day.
Record
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Career | 63 starts: 21 won, 8 2nd, 11 3rd · $323,093 |
| This year | 9 starts: 1 won, 1 2nd, 1 3rd · $12,461 |
| Last year | 5 starts: 0 won, 1 2nd, 2 3rd · $17,394 |
| At today's distance | 24 starts: 7 won, 0 2nd, 5 3rd · $108,544 |
| Turf | 17 starts: 6 won, 2 2nd, 5 3rd · $102,781 |
| Wet track | 12 starts: 5 won, 2 2nd, 0 3rd · $81,858 |
Owner: Heribert Martinez And Jasmin Walters