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Horse profile

African Sahara (USA)

7yo horse (at last run, Jul 2006) · Last trainer Debbie Mountain · Last owner Miss Debbie Mountain
by El Gran Senor (USA) out of Able Money (USA) (Distinctive)
32 runs · 14 courses · from Apr 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Jul 2006 — 7,402 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2006 · 12th of 12 2 wins · Wolverhampton (AW) & Nottingham Last raced off OR 64
KTB Profile

African Sahara (USA) is 2 from 32, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Oct 2005. Last raced off 64, 20lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 32 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5 OR ↓ 20lb off peak
Official rating64↓ 20lb off peak
64 64–84

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 66C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sandown, 29 May 2006 Official rating 64 at the last run, 29 Jul 2006

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 31 figures · best 89C · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)1483C55—
Good to Firm784C68—
Good688C59.5—
Soft289C77.5—
Good to Soft245C45—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f2189C59—
1m2f – 1m4f1066C52—

Of 32 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no runner of known ability in the race — the level cannot be solved (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 31 figures from 32 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
El Gran Senor (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 54 runs since Jan 2005 (5 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm16212.5%+1.40 from 8
Good12216.7%+5.60 from 6
Good to Soft300%−11.10 from 2
Soft2150%+38.91 from 2
Heavy100%−11.1—
Standard (AW)2015%−6.11 from 14
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f2229.1%−22 from 22
1m2f – 1m4f2229.1%−20 from 10
1m5f – 2m6116.7%+5.6—
2m1f – 2m4f4125%+13.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2005 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Able Money (USA) (Distinctive)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 14 1 7% −8.00
Good to Firm 8 0 0% −8.00
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 2 1 50% +7.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 16 2 13% −1.00
Class 4 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 1 25% +2.00
Newmarket 4 0 0% −4.00
Doncaster 3 0 0% −3.00
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 2 1 50% +7.00
Redcar 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 22 2 9% −7.00
1m2f – 1m4f 10 0 0% −10.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Chris Cavanagh 12 2 17% +3.00
Phillip Makin 4 0 0% −4.00
Adam Kirby 3 0 0% −3.00
Chris Catlin 2 0 0% −2.00
Saleem Golam 2 0 0% −2.00
Oscar Urbina 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Eddery 1 0 0% −1.00
Kirsty Milczarek 1 0 0% −1.00
Frankie Dettori 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Reilly 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Spencer 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam Jones 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 28 2 7% −13.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + visor 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2006 8 0 0% −8.00
2005 24 2 8% −9.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2006 · 8 runs
29 Jul 06+31d Lingfield (AW) Bob Coomber Memorial Handicap (AW) Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 12 ran 12/12 1 9-12 6442C Paul Eddery 20/1
28 Jun 06+30d Kempton (AW) Sunrise Radio Handicap Class 4 · 1m4f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 4 8-3 6540C Kirsty Milczarek 16/1
29 May 06+103d Sandown wbx.com World Bet Exchange Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Soft · 13 ran 6/13 3½ 8-10 7466C Chris Cavanagh 25/1
15 Feb 06+4d Lingfield (AW) Littlewoodspoker.com Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 shd 8-11 7039C Chris Cavanagh 14/1
11 Feb 06+12d Lingfield (AW) Betdirect.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 ½ 8-6 7059C Chris Cavanagh 20/1
30 Jan 06+18d Wolverhampton (AW) First Past The Post At Betdirect Handicap Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 1½ 8-8 7157C Chris Cavanagh 9/1
12 Jan 06+8d Southwell (AW) Text 'Betdirect' To 88600 Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 14 ran 5/14 ¾ 8-11 7353C Chris Cavanagh 18/1
04 Jan 06+23d Lingfield (AW) No 5p Rule 4s At Betdirect Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 nk 8-9 7357C Chris Cavanagh 12/1
2005 · 24 runs
12 Dec 05+6d Wolverhampton (AW) Betdirect.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 1m1½f · Standard · 11 ran 7/11 ¾ 8-9 7359C Chris Cavanagh 10/3F
06 Dec 05+24d Southwell (AW) Betdirect.co.uk Handicap Class 5 · 1m3f · Standard · 13 ran 8/13 ½ 8-9 7347C Chris Cavanagh 16/1
12 Nov 05+2d Lingfield (AW) Betdirect On At The Races Interactive Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Standard · 12 ran 2/12 2 8-9 7366C Chris Cavanagh 10/1
10 Nov 05+10d Lingfield (AW) Betdirect Freephone 0800 211 222 Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 12 ran 9/12 1½ 8-13 7759C Chris Cavanagh 8/1
31 Oct 05+12d Wolverhampton (AW) Betfredpoker.com Handicap Class 5 · 1m½f · Standard · 13 ran 1/13 8-0 7151C Chris Cavanagh 5/1
19 Oct 05+7d Nottingham Racing UK Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Soft · 13 ran 1/13 9-1 7089C Chris Cavanagh 8/1
12 Oct 05+11d Lingfield (AW) Sun Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 11 ran 6/11 hd 8-13 7083C Chris Catlin 12/1
01 Oct 05+61d Redcar Straight-Mile Championship Handicap Class 2 · 1m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 13/15 5 8-1 7441C Chris Catlin 20/1
01 Aug 05+3d Windsor Dan Squires Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good To Soft · 13 ran 9/13 4 8-13 7645C Saleem Golam 8/1
29 Jul 05+7d Newmarket CFX Commercial Foreign Currency Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good · 17 ran 10/17 1½ 9-6 7856C Saleem Golam 14/1
22 Jul 05+5d Wolverhampton (AW) Portman Building Society Handicap Class 5 · 1m½f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 nk 9-6 7253C Adam Kirby 8/1
17 Jul 05+3d Redcar Carlsberg Redcar Straight-Mile Championship Handicap (Qualifier) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3/7 3 9-4 7668C Phillip Makin 9/4F
14 Jul 05+9d Doncaster Carling Handicap (Straight) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 10 ran 2/10 ½ 9-7 7682C Phillip Makin 10/1
05 Jul 05+3d Newmarket RBS Handicap Class 3 · 1m · Good · 19 ran 8/19 nk 8-13 7963C Phillip Makin 25/1
02 Jul 05+5d Nottingham Midlands Racing - 9 Great Venues - Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good · 12 ran 7/12 hd 9-11 7976C Adam Kirby 7/1
27 Jun 05+5d Pontefract Gerrard Financial Planning Services Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 12 ran 3/12 ½ 9-13 7584C Frankie Dettori 11/4F
22 Jun 05+5d Carlisle Carling Carlisle Bell Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 15 ran 3/15 nk 9-6 7871C Phillip Makin 40/1
17 Jun 05+5d Goodwood Charlie Crocker Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good · 10 ran 4/10 7 9-6 7888C Tom Queally 16/1
12 Jun 05+8d Doncaster Fox Security Systems Handicap (Str) Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 10 ran 5/10 2 9-4 7863C Adam Kirby 12/1
04 Jun 05+6d Haydock 888.com Pacific Poker Handicap Class 3 · 1m · Good · 17 ran 16/17 1¾ 9-1 8029C Brian Reilly 20/1
29 May 05+27d Newmarket Winnersbingo.co.uk Classified Stakes Class 4 · 1m · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4/6 5 9-4 8054C Jamie Spencer 11/4F
02 May 05+9d Doncaster William Hill Long Service Handicap Class 3 · 1m2f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 12/19 1½ 8-7 8445C Liam Jones 40/1
23 Apr 05+10d Sandown Betfred.com Mile (Group 2) Class 1 · 1m · Good · 8 ran 7/8 9 9-0 8443C Oscar Urbina 100/1
13 Apr 05 Newmarket Earl Of Sefton Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 1m1f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 10/10 6 8-10 84— Oscar Urbina 150/1

Quick answers

How many races has African Sahara won?
African Sahara (USA) won 2 of 32 archived starts between 2005 and 2006, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 6 times in total (18.8% of starts).
Who trained African Sahara?
African Sahara (USA) was trained by Debbie Mountain on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 29 July 2006.
Who is African Sahara's sire?
African Sahara (USA) is by El Gran Senor (USA) out of Able Money (USA), whose sire is Distinctive.
What going does African Sahara prefer?
African Sahara (USA) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 14 starts (7.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is African Sahara's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 29 July 2006. The highest on record is 84.
What is African Sahara's sire's record?
El Gran Senor (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 54 runs since Jan 2005 (5 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from April 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.