Desert Hero (GB)
Desert Hero won four of ten starts on turf, including the Group 3 John Pearce Racing Gordon Stakes at Goodwood in Aug 2023. He also took the King George V Stakes at Ascot in Jun 2023 and two novice events. All wins came over trips from 6f to 1m4f, with two on soft ground and one on heavy. The gelding, aged 4 at his last run in Jun 2024, finished eighth of nine in the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot off a mark of 113.
- 4–10Wins / Runs
- 40%Strike rate
- 6 (60%)Placed
- +23.14£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 1.67Fair A/E n=10 · 1.45 incl. margin
- 113Highest OR
- 80dAvg 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 121
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 108C | 68.5 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 121A | 88 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 120A | 84 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 76A | 73.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 15.7% of 9,938 runs since Jan 2008 (1,110 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 453. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | +1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,503 | 284 | 18.9% | +3.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 2,646 | 421 | 15.9% | +0.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 1,238 | 205 | 16.6% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,524 | 186 | 12.2% | −3.5 | 2 from 3 |
| Heavy | 453 | 42 | 9.3% | −6.4 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,555 | 422 | 16.5% | +0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | −0.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 772 | 113 | 14.6% | −1.1 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,095 | 335 | 16% | +0.3 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4,411 | 757 | 17.2% | +1.5 | 2 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,889 | 262 | 13.9% | −1.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 584 | 73 | 12.5% | −3.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 139 | 16 | 11.5% | −4.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 21 | 3 | 14.3% | −1.4 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Aeolian (GB) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m3f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Aeolian (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeolian (GB) | 7 | 2 | 1m2f–1m3f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 2 | 67% | +10.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.14 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +17.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.14 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot | 2 | 1 | 50% | +17.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.14 |
| Haydock | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 2 | 33% | +21.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.14 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Marquand | 8 | 3 | 38% | +24.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.86 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +23.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.14 |
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 Hero (GB) won?
- Desert Hero (GB) won 4 of 10 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 40%. Placed 6 times in total (60% of starts).
- Who trained Desert Hero (GB)?
- Desert Hero (GB) was trained by William Haggas on the most recent run on record, at Ascot on 22 June 2024.
- Who is Desert Hero (GB)'s sire?
- Desert Hero (GB) is by Sea The Stars (IRE) out of Desert Breeze (GB), whose sire is Dubawi.
- What going does Desert Hero (GB) prefer?
- Desert Hero (GB) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Desert Hero (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 22 June 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Desert Hero (GB)'s sire's record?
- Sea The Stars (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 15.7% of 9,938 runs since Jan 2008 (1,110 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on heavy going: 9.3% from 453. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
- Who are Desert Hero (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Desert Breeze (GB), Desert Hero (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Aeolian (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Aeolian (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–1m3f. As at Oct 2026.