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Horse profile

Desert Orphan (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2008) · Last trainer John O Clifford · Last owner Michael Andrew Byrne
by Desert Knight (GB) out of Templemartin Lady (IRE) (Political Merger)
1 run · 1 course · from Nov 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Nov 2008 — 6,572 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2008 · 10th of 18
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Nov 2008 as a 4yo gelding. Finished 10 of 18 at Thurles last time.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 97C the best of the last 1 rated run · Thurles, 6 Nov 2008

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Desert Knight (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 2 runs since Nov 2008 (2 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Soft200%00 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m100%00 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f100%0—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Nov 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Templemartin Lady (IRE) (Political Merger)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2008 · 1 run
06 Nov 08 Thurles Toboradora INH Flat Race 2m · Soft · 18 ran 10/18 ½ 11-0 97C Mr B O Walsh 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Desert Orphan won?
Desert Orphan (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2008.
Who trained Desert Orphan?
Desert Orphan (IRE) was trained by John O Clifford on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 6 November 2008.
Who is Desert Orphan's sire?
Desert Orphan (IRE) is by Desert Knight (GB) out of Templemartin Lady (IRE), whose sire is Political Merger.
What is Desert Orphan's sire's record?
Desert Knight (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 2 runs since Nov 2008 (2 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.

Record shown from November 2008. 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.