Desert History (GB)
Desert History (GB) is 1 from 11, the win coming at Class 4 level. Hasn't won since Aug 2020. Last raced off 65, 13lb below the career-high mark.
- 1–11Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 2 (18.2%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 0.80Fair A/E n=11 · 0.72 incl. margin
- 78Highest OR
- 41dBetween runs (median)longest 148 d
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 87
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 87C | 85 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 55C | 40.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 75A | 59 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 79A | 65.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 87A | 55 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 87C | 85 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses).
Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,085 | 166 | 15.3% | +2.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 1,630 | 200 | 12.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 799 | 110 | 13.8% | +1.2 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 958 | 107 | 11.2% | −1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 283 | 28 | 9.9% | −2.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,010 | 241 | 12% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 98 | 9 | 9.2% | −3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,207 | 156 | 12.9% | +0.3 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,665 | 234 | 14.1% | +1.5 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,324 | 303 | 13% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,066 | 113 | 10.6% | −2 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 320 | 33 | 10.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 101 | 8 | 7.9% | −4.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2012 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Affable (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Wait To Excel (GB)).
Family form: Aventino (FR) finished 2nd of 12 at Longchamp (FR), 13 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affable (GB) | 35 | 4 | 6f–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Arpenteur (IRE) | 7 | 3 | 1m–1m1½f | — |
| Wait To Excel (GB) | 7 | 2 | 1m1f–1m2f | Class 4 |
| Aventino (FR) | 14 | 1 | 7½f | — |
| Enchanting Man (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Exceed The Stars (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +6.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydock | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
| Redcar | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 1 | 17% | +4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P J McDonald | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| David Allan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +8.00 |
| Connor Murtagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alan Persse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 8 | 1 | 13% | +2.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Nov 21+47d | Redcar | Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal Selling Stakes | 7/7 | 15 | 8-9 | 65 | 55C | 33C | Connor Murtagh | 9/1 |
| 16 Sep 21+90d | Pontefract | Like Racing Tv On Facebook Apprentice Handicap | 7/8 | 10 | 9-7 | 68 | 64A | 37A | Alan Persse | 33/1 |
| 18 Jun 21+17d | Redcar | Racing TV Free For A Month Handicap | 5/5 | ¾ | 8-13 | 72 | 87C | 56B | P J McDonald | 11/1 |
| 01 Jun 21+38d | Leicester | Book Tickets Now At leicester-racecourse.com Handicap | 5/8 | 1 | 9-5 | 73 | 83A | 69A | Adam Kirby | 11/1 |
| 24 Apr 21+42d | Haydock | Casumo Horseracing And Sports Betting Handicap | 3/6 | 1½ | 9-7 | 75 | 87A | 72B | Daniel Tudhope | 5/1 |
| 13 Mar 21+148d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Handicap | 9/9 | nk | 8-13 | 77 | 79A | 66A | Tom Eaves | 16/1 |
| 2020 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Oct 20+41d | Haydock | Bet At racingtv.com Nursery | 3/5 | 5 | 9-6 | 78 | 52C | 74B | P J McDonald | 16/5 |
| 05 Sep 20+25d | Haydock | Betfair Exchange Ascendant Stakes (Listed) | 6/6 | 20 | 9-2 | 78 | 26C | 53C | David Allan | 20/1 |
| 11 Aug 20+43d | Haydock | BetVictor Casino Nursery | 1/9 | 9-1 | 74 | 75A | 82A | David Allan | 9/1 | |
| 29 Jun 20+20d | Thirsk | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes | 2/6 | 2¾ | 9-5 | — | 43A | 74B | P J McDonald | 11/8 |
| 09 Jun 20 | Haydock | Read Andrew Balding On Betway Insider EBF Maiden Stakes | 5/8 | 1¾ | 9-5 | — | 67A | 70A | P J McDonald | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Desert History won?
- Desert History (GB) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2020 and 2021, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 2 times in total (18.2% of starts).
- Who trained Desert History?
- Desert History (GB) was trained by Adrian Nicholls on the most recent run on record, at Redcar on 2 November 2021.
- Who is Desert History's sire?
- Desert History (GB) is by New Approach (IRE) out of Al Baidaa (GB), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
- What is Desert History's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 2 November 2021. The highest on record is 78.
- What is Desert History's sire's record?
- New Approach (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since Mar 2012 (685 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
- Who are Desert History's siblings?
- Out of Al Baidaa (GB), Desert History (GB) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Affable (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Wait To Excel (GB)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.