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Horse profile

Cultural Desert (GB)

3yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2011) · Last trainer Ralph Beckett · Last owner The Quick Fill Partnership
by Footstepsinthesand (GB) out of Border Minstral (IRE) (Sri Pekan)
9 runs · 6 courses · from Aug 2010
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Aug 2011 — 5,548 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2011 · 7th of 8 Won at Salisbury Last raced off OR 75
KTB Profile

Cultural Desert (GB) is 1 from 9, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jul 2011. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 5 on softer).

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster Win at Class 5
Official rating75↓ 1lb off peak
75 70–76

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 98A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Salisbury, 23 Jul 2011 Official rating 75 at the last run, 27 Aug 2011

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 9 figures · best 98A · median 74
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Soft592A74—
Good385A67—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f498A65—
6f – 7f492A76—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,804 runs since Apr 2009 (937 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm721622.2%+12—
Good to Firm1,91122011.5%+1.31 from 1
Good2,9462689.1%−1.10 from 3
Good to Soft1,2401088.7%−1.50 from 5
Soft1,7781458.2%−2—
Heavy5456211.4%+1.2—
Standard (AW)4,31148611.3%+1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,12714212.6%+2.4—
6f – 7f5,04652910.5%+0.30 from 4
1m – 1m1f3,33533610.1%−0.11 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f2,1031969.3%−0.90 from 1
1m5f – 2m839809.5%−0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f320226.9%−3.3—
2m5f – 3m3113.2%−7—
Over 3m300%−10.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Border Minstral (IRE) (Sri Pekan)

8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Oldjoesaid (GB) (10 wins).

The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Oldjoesaid (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Oldjoesaid (GB)101105fClass 2
Royal Normandy (GB)3936f–7fClass 5
Felsham (GB)925fClass 4
Israfel (GB)1117fClass 6
Peppermint Truffle (GB)70——
Cuchonnact Maguire (GB)50——
Twilight Minstrel (GB)20——
Northern Force (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +8.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 1 20% +4.00
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sandown 2 0 0% −2.00
Salisbury 2 1 50% +7.00
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Ripon 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 1 25% +5.00
6f – 7f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jim Crowley 5 0 0% −5.00
Martin Lane 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Charlie Duckworth 1 1 100% +8.00
William Buick 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Mitchell 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 6 1 17% +3.00
2010 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
2011 · 6 runs
27 Aug 11+23d Windsor Toteswinger Handicap Class 4 · 1m · Good To Soft · 8 ran 7/8 8 8-10 7546C Martin Lane 5/1
04 Aug 11+12d Sandown Esher Rugby Club Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 1½ 9-7 7578A Jim Crowley 3/1F
23 Jul 11+43d Salisbury Ferndene Farm 'Carnarvon' Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Riders) Class 5 · 1m · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1/13 10-11 7098A Mr Charlie Duckworth 8/1
10 Jun 11+17d Sandown Beck Interiors Founders Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 6/13 2 9-6 7274A William Buick 22/1
24 May 11+51d Ripon SIS Live Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 1m · Good · 12 ran 7/12 2¾ 9-3 7652C Jim Crowley 9/2
03 Apr 11+156d Doncaster crownhotel-bawtry.com Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 7f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 ½ 9-3 7667A Jim Crowley 4/1
2010 · 3 runs
29 Oct 10+42d Newmarket ukunpublished.co.uk E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 3/15 1¾ 9-3 —92A Jim Crowley 9/2
17 Sep 10+28d Newmarket Express Coffee Cars Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 4 · 6f · Good · 17 ran 3/17 1¼ 9-3 —85A Jim Crowley 6/1
20 Aug 10 Salisbury Margaret Mills Retirement Maiden Auction Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 6/13 3 9-2 —65A Jack Mitchell 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cultural Desert won?
Cultural Desert (GB) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2010 and 2011, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 3 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Cultural Desert?
Cultural Desert (GB) was trained by Ralph Beckett on the most recent run on record, at Windsor on 27 August 2011.
Who is Cultural Desert's sire?
Cultural Desert (GB) is by Footstepsinthesand (GB) out of Border Minstral (IRE), whose sire is Sri Pekan.
What is Cultural Desert's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 27 August 2011. The highest on record is 76.
What is Cultural Desert's sire's record?
Footstepsinthesand (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,804 runs since Apr 2009 (937 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Who are Cultural Desert's siblings?
Out of Border Minstral (IRE), Cultural Desert (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Oldjoesaid (GB) (10). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Oldjoesaid (GB)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2010. 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.