OPTICAL ILLUSION Harness



Optical Illusion is a standardbred horse born in New Zealand in 2016. Optical Illusion is by Hes Watching (USA) out of Pure Octane (NZ) , trained by Paul Stafford. Optical Illusion form is available here. Owned by LISA M ZABIELSKI, KIMBERLEY M ZABIELSKI.


Pedigree :
Sire HES WATCHING (USA) 2011
Dam PURE OCTANE (NZ) 2010
Dam Sire CHRISTIAN CULLEN (NZ) 1994

About the horse :
Foal Date 15 Oct 2016
Description 8yo BR Gelding
Trainer Paul Stafford
Owner Lisa M Zabielski, Kimberley M Zabielski
Career 26 Wins (19%) - 46 Placings (53%) - 136 starts
Wins 1609m (22), 2200m (4)
PM New Zealand : NZD $31,168
United States of America : USD $331,507



Starts:

136

Win Rate:

19%

Place Rate:

53%










Optical Illusion Past Races

5 of 7, 15 Jul 2025, R4 RACE 4 1m | USD $ 16,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr7 | 1:53.00 | Winner: DONTLIKEITLEAVE
4 of 7, 07 Jul 2025, R2 RACE 2 1m | USD $ 19,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr4 | 1:52.00 | Winner: SOHO DOW JONES
7 of 8, 30 Jun 2025, R2 RACE 2 1m | USD $ 21,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr2 | 1:52.10 | Winner: MULLINAX
7 of 8, 02 Jun 2025, R6 RACE 6 1m | USD $ 25,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr7 | 1:53.10 | Winner: BLUE LOU
4 of 7, 26 May 2025, R2 RACE 2 1m | USD $ 25,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr4 | 1:52.30 | Winner: HICKFROMFRENCHLICK
2 of 8, 19 May 2025, R8 RACE 8 1m | USD $ 25,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr5 | 1:52.40 | Winner: STREET HAWK
4 of 7, 12 May 2025, R9 RACE 9 1m | USD $ 25,000 | -kg | J: Y GINGRAS | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr6 | 1:52.20 | Winner: DIEGO
4 of 7, 22 Apr 2025, R2 RACE 2 1m | USD $ 21,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr2 | 1:53.00 | Winner: WHATS STANLEY GOT
1 of 8, 15 Apr 2025, R9 RACE 9 1m | USD $ 19,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr1 | 1:55.30 | 2nd: TRENDY TEEN
2 of 8, 08 Apr 2025, R1 RACE 1 1m | USD $ 16,000 | -kg | J: B HOLLAND | T: P STAFFORD | | Fr3 | 1:55.30 | Winner: TRENDY TEEN
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Horse Stat
Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
CHRIS LONG 8 27% 13 43% 30 $146,356 -18 68
JAY RANDALL 3 50% 1 17% 6 $40,868 -9 36
MATT KAKALEY 3 17% 5 28% 18 $86,152 -60 50
M W WHITE 2 12% 5 31% 16 $17,921 -34 66
LEON BAILEY 2 33% 2 33% 6 $22,333 -30 16
JIM DEVAUX 2 33% 0 0% 6 $20,016 -30 17
L J WHITTAKER 1 100% 0 0% 1 $4,384 12 120
A L HARRISON 1 33% 1 33% 3 $5,845 8 93
AARON MERRIMAN 1 25% 1 25% 4 $16,369 15 112
JAMES MCNEIGHT (JNR) 1 8% 8 62% 13 $49,625 -103 13
DANIEL DUBE 1 17% 3 50% 6 $36,480 -28 37
BRENT HOLLAND 1 8% 2 15% 13 $47,130 -83 28
K I BUBLITZ 0 0% 0 0% 2 $317 -20 0
A G HERLIHY MNZM 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,085 -10 0
BILLY DOBSON 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,787 -10 0
MITCHELL CUSHING 0 0% 1 33% 3 $6,879 -30 0
AARON BYRON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
LUKE EBERSOLE 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,047 -10 0
DAN CHARLINO 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,171 -10 0
BILLY DAVIS (JNR) 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,642 -10 0
GEORGE BRENNAN 0 0% 1 100% 1 $5,665 -10 0
JIM MAROHN (JNR) 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,342 -10 0
YANNICK GINGRAS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $3,125 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
SARATOGA 13 27% 17 35% 48 $206,609 -124 47
YONKERS RACEWAY 5 12% 11 28% 40 $180,894 -201 37
CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY 4 31% 4 31% 13 $24,439 56 112
PLAINRIDGE PARK 2 50% 1 25% 4 $32,630 -3 42
BATAVIA DOWNS 1 11% 6 67% 9 $39,945 -63 19
NORTHFIELD PARK 1 17% 2 33% 6 $21,058 -5 75
Manawatu 0 0% 2 100% 2 $1,988 -20 0
BUFFALO RACEWAY 0 0% 2 50% 4 $9,680 -40 0
ALEXANDRA PARK 0 0% 1 12% 8 $3,125 -80 0
TIOGA DOWNS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
THE MEADOWS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,171 -10 0


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