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Horse profile

Antarctic Desert (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2010) · Last trainer Kevin Ryan · Last owner Rievaulx Racing Syndicate 1
by Green Desert (USA) out of Arctic Silk (GB) (Selkirk)
8 runs · 4 courses · from Sep 2009
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Jun 2010 — 5,971 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2010 Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile

Antarctic Desert (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts, though has placed 4 times. Best effort: 2nd of 9 at Hamilton (May 2010).

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating72At career-high mark
72 72–72

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 83A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hamilton, 7 May 2010 Official rating 72 at the last run, 29 Jun 2010

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 7 figures · best 83A · median 67
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm380A78—
Good283A70—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f683A72.5—
1m – 1m1f1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 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
Green Desert (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,324 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm46715.2%+4.2—
Good to Firm8128911%00 from 4
Good6676910.3%−0.70 from 2
Good to Soft269217.8%−3.20 from 1
Soft256239%−20 from 1
Heavy5147.8%−3.2—
Standard (AW)1,22315212.4%+1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3464412.7%+1.7—
6f – 7f1,39416011.5%+0.50 from 7
1m – 1m1f8168310.2%−0.80 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f5516712.2%+1.2—
1m5f – 2m14785.4%−5.6—
2m1f – 2m4f4424.5%−6.5—
2m5f – 3m2414.2%−6.8—
Over 3m200%−11—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Arctic Silk (GB) (Selkirk)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Silken Sands (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Thirsk 4 0 0% −4.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Phillip Makin 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom Eaves 2 0 0% −2.00
P J McDonald 1 0 0% −1.00
Alan Munro 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 5 0 0% −5.00
2009 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2010 · 5 runs
29 Jun 10+11d Thirsk White Swan Ampleforth Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 6 ran UR/6 — 9-7 72— Tom Eaves 5/1
18 Jun 10+25d Ayr Glasgow Gala Casinos Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3/8 nk 9-3 7267A P J McDonald 3/1
24 May 10+17d Thirsk Turftv Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 3/15 shd 9-2 7280A Alan Munro 11/2
07 May 10+21d Hamilton Braveheart Night Next Week Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 5 9-0 7283A Kieren Fallon 4/1
16 Apr 10+204d Thirsk Hambleton Inn Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good · 13 ran 10/13 1 9-1 7257C Tom Eaves 10/1
2009 · 3 runs
24 Sep 09+7d Pontefract E.B.F. Poppin Lane Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 6f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2/6 5 9-3 7278B Phillip Makin 66/1
17 Sep 09+12d Ayr Millar Callaghan 10th Anniversary Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 14/19 shd 8-11 —46A Phillip Makin 17/2
05 Sep 09 Thirsk E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 13 ran 4/13 7 9-3 —66A Phillip Makin 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Antarctic Desert won?
Antarctic Desert (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2009 and 2010. Placed 4 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Antarctic Desert?
Antarctic Desert (IRE) was trained by Kevin Ryan on the most recent run on record, at Thirsk on 29 June 2010.
Who is Antarctic Desert's sire?
Antarctic Desert (IRE) is by Green Desert (USA) out of Arctic Silk (GB), whose sire is Selkirk.
What is Antarctic Desert's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 29 June 2010. That is also the highest on record.
What is Antarctic Desert's sire's record?
Green Desert (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,324 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.
Who are Antarctic Desert's siblings?
Out of Arctic Silk (GB), Antarctic Desert (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2009. 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.