Desert Encounter (IRE)
Desert Encounter (IRE) is 10 from 42 in our archive, including 4 wins at Group 3 level. The biggest win we hold: the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate Glorious Stakes at Goodwood (Aug 2019). Hasn't won since Sep 2019. 3 of 6 starts at Windsor have ended in wins. 8 of 26 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 2 from 16 on softer. Last raced off 102, 25lb below the career-high mark.
- 10–42Wins / Runs
- 23.8%Strike rate
- 19 (45.2%)Placed
- +12.19£1 level staken=42 at SP
- 1.77Fair A/E n=42 · 1.60 incl. margin
- 127Highest OR
- 70dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 123
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 17 | 130C | 94 | — |
| Soft | 8 | 104C | 90 | — |
| Good | 6 | 107C | 86.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 118C | 107.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 33 | 130C | 94 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 33 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,095 runs since Jan 2008 (409 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.8% from 187.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 8 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,151 | 146 | 12.7% | +1.7 | 5 from 18 |
| Good | 1,606 | 179 | 11.1% | +0.1 | 3 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 751 | 83 | 11.1% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 789 | 89 | 11.3% | +0.3 | 2 from 12 |
| Heavy | 256 | 28 | 10.9% | −0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,470 | 136 | 9.3% | −1.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 36 | 3 | 8.3% | −2.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 578 | 48 | 8.3% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 979 | 93 | 9.5% | −1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,079 | 247 | 11.9% | +0.9 | 9 from 39 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,592 | 196 | 12.3% | +1.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 614 | 68 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 187 | 9 | 4.8% | −6.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | +5.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Desert Land (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Shaheen (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Land (IRE) | 43 | 7 | 6f–1m | Class 5 |
| Shaheen (IRE) | 17 | 5 | 5f–6f | Class 3 |
| Fast Enough (IRE) | 6 | 2 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Mexican Song (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 18 | 5 | 28% | +10.75 |
| Soft | 12 | 2 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Good | 8 | 3 | 38% | +7.44 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 34 | 6 | 18% | +5.75 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.50 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Windsor | 6 | 3 | 50% | +12.00 |
| Newbury | 6 | 2 | 33% | +4.75 |
| Newmarket | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Goodwood | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.50 |
| Sandown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 39 | 9 | 23% | +12.19 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Spencer | 9 | 4 | 44% | +10.75 |
| Sean Levey | 8 | 2 | 25% | +8.50 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Martin Harley | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Harry Bentley | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Dougie Costello | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| George Buckell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 34 | 7 | 21% | +12.25 |
| None | 8 | 3 | 38% | −0.06 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +11.75 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +10.50 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +8.00 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.56 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Desert Encounter (IRE) won?
- Desert Encounter (IRE) won 10 of 42 archived starts between 2014 and 2022, a strike rate of 23.8%. Placed 19 times in total (45.2% of starts).
- Who trained Desert Encounter (IRE)?
- Desert Encounter (IRE) was trained by David Simcock on the most recent run on record, at Windsor on 27 August 2022.
- Who is Desert Encounter (IRE)'s sire?
- Desert Encounter (IRE) is by Halling (USA) out of La Chicana (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What going does Desert Encounter (IRE) prefer?
- Desert Encounter (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 8 starts (37.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Desert Encounter (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 102, from the run on 27 August 2022. The highest on record is 127.
- What is Desert Encounter (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Halling (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 6,095 runs since Jan 2008 (409 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.8% from 187.
- Who are Desert Encounter (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of La Chicana (IRE), Desert Encounter (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Desert Land (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Shaheen (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.