Horse: Woodland Opera

Foaled: 2010

Breeder: Mrs Valerie Cooper

Sire: Robin Des Champs

Dam: Opera Hat

Trainer: Mrs Jessica Harrington

Racing career: Woodland Opera ran 30 times under rules and earned over £150,000 including nine wins. Two highlights were winning a Grade 2 novice chase at Punchestown in 2017 and the Grade 2 Champion Chase in Gowran Park in 2018, ridden by Robbie Power on both occasions.

Second career: Woodland Opera finished his racing career in 2019 and two years later he joined Jamie Buckley’s yard for his second career. Together they have had multiple successes in the showing and working hunter arenas, but their most notable successes have been winning the Racehorse to Riding Horse Class in Balmoral in 2021 and taking Reserve Champion in the same class at the Dublin Horse Show in 2023.

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