How many races has Desert Cross (GB) won?

Desert Cross (GB) won 5 of 25 archived starts between 2015 and 2018, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 11 times in total (44% of starts).

Who trained Desert Cross (GB)?

Desert Cross (GB) was trained by Jonjo O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 18 August 2018.

Who is Desert Cross (GB)'s sire?

Desert Cross (GB) is by Arcano (IRE) out of Secret Happiness (GB), whose sire is Cape Cross.

What going does Desert Cross (GB) prefer?

Desert Cross (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Desert Cross (GB)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 18 August 2018. That is also the highest on record.

What is Desert Cross (GB)'s sire's record?

Arcano (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 4,646 runs since Jan 2008 (262 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 146.

Who are Desert Cross (GB)'s siblings?

Out of Secret Happiness (GB), Desert Cross (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Desert Cross (GB)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2018) · Last trainer Jonjo O'Neill · Last owner P Hickey

by Arcano (IRE) out of Secret Happiness (GB) (Cape Cross)

25 runs · 14 courses · from Sep 2015

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 18 Aug 2018 — 2,985 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Aug 2018 · 6th of 12 5 wins · Salisbury, Bath & Windsor Last raced off OR 75

KTB Profile

Desert Cross (GB) is 5 from 25. Hasn't won since Jun 2018. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 11 on softer). Last raced off a career-high mark of 75.

Based on 25 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR at career high

5–25Wins / Runs
20%Strike rate
11 (44%)Placed
+2.50£1 level staken=25 at SP
1.52Fair A/E n=25 · 1.33 incl. margin
75Highest OR
44dAvg between runs

Official rating75At career-high mark

75 54–75

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 96 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Salisbury, 12 Jun 2018

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Flat 14 figures · best 105^A · median 83

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	3	105^A	86	—
Good to Firm	3	102^A	96	—
Good to Soft	3	102^C	87	—
Firm	2	80^C	79.5	—
Soft	2	79^C	70.5	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	9	102^C	87	—
1m5f – 2m	5	105^A	79	—

Jumps 3 figures · best 90^B · median 64

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	2	90^B	77	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	2	64^C	43	—
2m1f – 2m4f	1	—	—	—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 88^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Salisbury, 12 Jun 2018 Official rating 75 at the last flat run, 18 Aug 2018

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 101^B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fontwell, 30 Sep 2016

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 22 figures · best 88^A · median 72

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Soft	6	63^A	57	—
Good	4	85^A	77	—
Good to Firm	4	88^A	76	—
Good to Soft	4	78^A	70.5	—
Firm	3	79^B	76	—
Standard (AW)	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f	13	88^A	73	—
1m5f – 2m	5	85^A	76	—
6f – 7f	3	58^A	57	—
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—

Jumps 3 figures · best 101^B · median 91

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	2	101^B	94.5	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	2	91^C	89.5	—
2m1f – 2m4f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 25 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

Arcano (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 4,646 runs since Jan 2008 (262 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 146.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	18	2	11.1%	+0.5	1 from 3
Good to Firm	745	100	13.4%	+2.8	3 from 4
Good	1,006	92	9.1%	−1.5	1 from 6
Good to Soft	516	47	9.1%	−1.5	0 from 5
Soft	660	54	8.2%	−2.4	0 from 6
Heavy	208	28	13.5%	+2.9	—
Standard (AW)	1,492	171	11.5%	+0.9	0 from 1

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	533	63	11.8%	+1.2	—
6f – 7f	1,729	173	10%	−0.6	0 from 3
1m – 1m1f	913	102	11.2%	+0.6	0 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f	834	101	12.1%	+1.5	3 from 13
1m5f – 2m	425	39	9.2%	−1.4	2 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f	146	10	6.8%	−3.8	0 from 1
2m5f – 3m	58	6	10.3%	−0.3	—
Over 3m	8	0	0%	−10.6	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Secret Happiness (GB) (Cape Cross)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Freesia Gold (IRE)	8	0	—	—
Whatalove (GB)	13	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	6	1	17%	−2.25
Soft	6	0	0%	−6.00
Good to Soft	5	0	0%	−5.00
Good to Firm	4	3	75%	+16.50
Firm	3	1	33%	+0.25
Standard (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 5	12	3	25%	+0.00
Class 6	8	2	25%	+7.50
Class 4	3	0	0%	−3.00
Class 3	1	0	0%	−1.00
Class 2	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Bath	7	3	43%	+12.00
Chepstow	2	0	0%	−2.00
Yarmouth	2	0	0%	−2.00
Nottingham	2	0	0%	−2.00
Newbury	2	0	0%	−2.00
Windsor	2	1	50%	+1.50
Salisbury	1	1	100%	+4.00
Doncaster	1	0	0%	−1.00
Sandown	1	0	0%	−1.00
Catterick	1	0	0%	−1.00
Leicester	1	0	0%	−1.00
Kempton (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Fontwell	1	0	0%	−1.00
Haydock	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m2f – 1m4f	13	3	23%	+7.50
1m5f – 2m	7	2	29%	+0.00
6f – 7f	3	0	0%	−3.00
2m1f – 2m4f	1	0	0%	−1.00
1m – 1m1f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Fran Berry	10	5	50%	+17.50
Jonjo O'Neill Jr	2	0	0%	−2.00
Aidan Coleman	2	0	0%	−2.00
Graham Lee	2	0	0%	−2.00
Trevor Whelan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Joe Fanning	1	0	0%	−1.00
Ryan Moore	1	0	0%	−1.00
Shane Kelly	1	0	0%	−1.00
Steve Drowne	1	0	0%	−1.00
Martin Harley	1	0	0%	−1.00
William Carson	1	0	0%	−1.00
Liam Keniry	1	0	0%	−1.00
Richard Kingscote	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2018	4	2	50%	+4.25
2017	11	2	18%	−3.75
2016	7	1	14%	+5.00
2015	3	0	0%	−3.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Flat	22	5	23%	+5.50
Hurdle	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

Date	Course	Race	Pos	Btn	Wgt	OR	Spd	KTB	Jockey	SP
18 Aug 18+32d	Chepstow	188Bet Mobile Bet10 Get20 Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good · 12 ran	6/12	¾	9-7	75	86^A	79^A	Trevor Whelan	6/1
17 Jul 18+35d	Bath	Rainbow Casinos Cardiff Handicap Class 5 · 13f · Firm · 4 ran	3/4	2½	9-12	74	80^C	76^B	Fran Berry	13/8F
12 Jun 18+27d	Salisbury	ROA/Racing Post Owners' Jackpot Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 7 ran	1/7		9-10	71	96^A	88^A	Fran Berry	4/1
16 May 18+151d	Bath	Pimms Handicap Class 5 · 13f · Firm · 4 ran	1/4		9-3	67	79^C	79^B	Fran Berry	9/4
16 Dec 17+34d	Doncaster	Bet365 Novices' Hurdle Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran	8/10	1¼	10-5	—	64^C	88^C	Jonjo O'Neill Jr	33/1
12 Nov 17+19d	Sandown	Download The App At 188bet Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 9 ran	9/9	29	11-0	—	22^C	91^C	Aidan Coleman	12/1
24 Oct 17+14d	Yarmouth	Phillip Southgate Socks & Sandals Handicap Class 5 · 11.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran	3/13	¾	9-2	67	102^C	73^A	Fran Berry	20/1
10 Oct 17+19d	Catterick	Wise Betting At racinguk.com Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 12f · Good To Soft · 9 ran	2/9	4½	9-5	67	87^A	78^A	Joe Fanning	6/1
21 Sep 17+57d	Yarmouth	Bath Summer Staying Series Final Handicap Class 2 · 14f · Good To Soft · 12 ran	10/12	1	9-5	67	51^A	68^A	Ryan Moore	6/1
26 Jul 17+18d	Bath	Rainbow Casino Aberdeen Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Good · 7 ran	1/7		9-6	64	72^A	85^A	Fran Berry	11/4
08 Jul 17+21d	Nottingham	Genting Casino At The Cornerhouse Handicap Class 5 · 14f · Good · 8 ran	3/8	3¼	9-2	65	105^A	75^A	Fran Berry	5/1
17 Jun 17+29d	Leicester	Harby Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Good To Firm · 6 ran	3/6	2¼	9-0	66	102^A	71^B	Fran Berry	7/1
19 May 17+25d	Newbury	Starlight Wishes Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Soft · 14 ran	12/14	shd	9-4	67	79^C	63^A	Shane Kelly	7/1
24 Apr 17+19d	Windsor	Windsor Racecourse Royal Run Loyalty Card Handicap Class 6 · 11.5f · Good To Firm · 10 ran	1/10		9-2	60	79^A	81^A	Fran Berry	5/2F
05 Apr 17+170d	Kempton (AW)	racinguk.com/hd Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 13 ran	2/13	1¼	9-3	57	99^B	79^A	Fran Berry	6/1
17 Oct 16+17d	Windsor	RJ Clyde Builders Amateur Handicap (Gentleman Amateur Riders) Class 6 · 11.5f · Soft · 11 ran	6/11	3½	10-10	58	62^A	47^A	Jonjo O'Neill Jr	5/1
30 Sep 16+22d	Fontwell	Performance Foundations Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 17.5f · Good · 7 ran	3/7	1¼	10-12	—	90^B	101^B	Aidan Coleman	11/4
08 Sep 16+50d	Chepstow	Istadia Big Outdoor Led Screens Handicap Class 6 · 12f · Good To Soft · 8 ran	3/8	¾	8-13	58	—	62^A	Steve Drowne	3/1
20 Jul 16+14d	Bath	Design Works Group Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Firm · 8 ran	2/8	2½	9-3	56	—	73^A	Martin Harley	5/1
06 Jul 16+33d	Bath	Ies 25th Anniversary Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good · 15 ran	4/15	1¾	8-13	56	—	65^A	William Carson	7/1
03 Jun 16+23d	Bath	Bath Ales Barnsey Handicap Class 6 · 10f · Good To Firm · 10 ran	1/10		9-3	54	—	63^A	Fran Berry	11/1
11 May 16+217d	Bath	David Brown Memorial Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Soft · 10 ran	5/10	3¼	9-2	55	—	57^A	Liam Keniry	14/1
07 Oct 15+12d	Nottingham	EBF 32Red.com Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran	7/9	5	9-5	—	—	47^C	Graham Lee	50/1
25 Sep 15+7d	Haydock	British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Soft · 11 ran	7/11	1	9-0	—	—	58^A	Graham Lee	100/1
18 Sep 15	Newbury	Al Basti Equiworld EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran	7/9	¾	9-5	—	—	57^A	Richard Kingscote	66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Desert Cross (GB) won?: Desert Cross (GB) won 5 of 25 archived starts between 2015 and 2018, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 11 times in total (44% of starts).
Who trained Desert Cross (GB)?: Desert Cross (GB) was trained by Jonjo O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Chepstow on 18 August 2018.
Who is Desert Cross (GB)'s sire?: Desert Cross (GB) is by Arcano (IRE) out of Secret Happiness (GB), whose sire is Cape Cross.
What going does Desert Cross (GB) prefer?: Desert Cross (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 3 wins from 4 starts (75%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Desert Cross (GB)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 18 August 2018. That is also the highest on record.
What is Desert Cross (GB)'s sire's record?: Arcano (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 4,646 runs since Jan 2008 (262 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 146.
Who are Desert Cross (GB)'s siblings?: Out of Secret Happiness (GB), Desert Cross (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

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