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Horse profile

Desert Retreat (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2021) · Last trainer Lawney Hill · Last owner Graham Henderson
by Sandmason (GB) out of Suny House (GB) (Carroll House)
17 runs · 11 courses · from Sep 2015
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 Mar 2021 — 2,068 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2021 Last raced off OR 105
KTB Profile

Desert Retreat (IRE) is yet to win from 17 starts, though has placed 7 times. Best effort: 2nd of 8 at Uttoxeter (Jul 2018). Last raced off 105, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 17 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating105↓ 10lb off peak
105 105–115

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Market Rasen, 5 Aug 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 →

Jumps 9 figures · best 145A · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good6109A82.5—
Soft3145A90—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m3109A63—
Over 3m3145A90—
2m1f – 2m4f3102B86—

Of 13 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 112B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fontwell, 30 Aug 2018 Official rating 105 at the last run, 7 Mar 2021

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 14 figures · best 139A · median 113.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good9139A112—
Soft4130A121—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m4117A105.5—
1m5f – 2m4139A122.5—
Over 3m3122A120—
2m1f – 2m4f3116A104—

Of 17 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 17 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
Sandmason (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 493 runs since Sep 2010 (66 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.3% from 131.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm500%−11.4—
Good186168.6%−2.80 from 10
Good to Soft821113.4%+20 from 1
Soft1481812.2%+0.80 from 5
Heavy711115.5%+4.10 from 1
Standard (AW)100%−11.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m1312015.3%+3.90 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1701710%−1.40 from 4
2m5f – 3m135128.9%−2.50 from 5
Over 3m57712.3%+0.90 from 4

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2010 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Suny House (GB) (Carroll House)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Summerville Boy (IRE) (7 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m7f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Summerville Boy (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Summerville Boy (IRE)2972m–2m7fGrade 1
Locallink (IRE)1112m3½fClass 5
Mr Snow Way (IRE)100——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 10 0 0% −10.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 4 0 0% −4.00
Market Rasen 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richard Johnson 4 0 0% −4.00
Tom O'Brien 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr James King 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean Houlihan 2 0 0% −2.00
Brian Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00
Aidan Coleman 1 0 0% −1.00
Nick Scholfield 1 0 0% −1.00
James Best 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Cheesman 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Conor Smith 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 0 0% −9.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 5 0 0% −5.00
Blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 1 0 0% −1.00
2018 4 0 0% −4.00
2017 3 0 0% −3.00
2016 7 0 0% −7.00
2015 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 0 0% −10.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 1 run
07 Mar 21+873d Sedgefield Paxtons Have JCB Fastracs In Stock Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m3f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 11-12 105—— Brian Hughes 66/1
2018 · 4 runs
16 Oct 18+47d Huntingdon Brampton Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m7½f · Good · 12 ran 7/12 1½ 11-9 10746B104A Mr James King 8/1
30 Aug 18+25d Fontwell Avantis Wealth - A F.R.E.S.H Approach To Investments Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m2f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 6 11-2 10879A112B Aidan Coleman 6/1
05 Aug 18+26d Market Rasen Cranswick Country Foods Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7f · Good · 8 ran 5/8 1¾ 11-7 114109A107A Mr James King 14/1
10 Jul 18+458d Uttoxeter Betfred 'follow Us On Twitter' Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 2m6f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 1¼ 11-0 111—117A Nick Scholfield 7/1
2017 · 3 runs
08 Apr 17+36d Chepstow toteWIN Beat SP Last 5 Nationals Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap) Class 3 · 2m7½f · Good · 5 ran 4/5 33 10-11 11463C88C James Best 8/1
03 Mar 17+36d Newbury Rickety Bridge Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-7 115—— Tom O'Brien 6/1
26 Jan 17+26d Warwick Premier League Betting At 188Bet Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 3m2f · Soft · 12 ran 2/12 2¼ 10-7 111145A122A Richard Johnson 9/2
2016 · 7 runs
31 Dec 16+24d Warwick Lps Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m2f · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 2½ 11-0 11190A120A Tom Cheesman 8/1
07 Dec 16+19d Leicester Racing Excellence Training Series Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 4 10-9 —102B116A Mr Conor Smith 9/4
18 Nov 16+21d Ffos Las totepool Live Info Download The App Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 2m4f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 1¾ 11-0 —40A104A Tom O'Brien 7/1
28 Oct 16+13d Uttoxeter Sun Bets Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 7 10-12 —86C102B Richard Johnson 14/1
15 Oct 16+203d Market Rasen Spire Brewing Company - Chesterfield, Whiter Shade Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good · 4 ran RO/4 — 10-5 ——— Sean Houlihan 5/2
26 Mar 16+50d Haydock ApolloBet Bet Through Your Mobile Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 1½ 11-2 ——139A Tom O'Brien 4/1
05 Feb 16+93d Chepstow 32RedSport.com Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Heavy · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 11-3 ——109A Richard Johnson 10/11F
2015 · 2 runs
04 Nov 15+35d Chepstow Riding For The Disabled Intermediate Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 2m · Soft · 14 ran 2/14 2 11-0 ——130A Richard Johnson 4/1
30 Sep 15 Chepstow Paul's Place Standard NH Flat Race (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders) Class 6 · 2m · Good · 7 ran 2/7 1½ 10-9 ——115A Sean Houlihan 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Desert Retreat won?
Desert Retreat (IRE) has yet to win, from 17 archived starts between 2015 and 2021. Placed 7 times in total (41.2% of starts).
Who trained Desert Retreat?
Desert Retreat (IRE) was trained by Lawney Hill on the most recent run on record, at Sedgefield on 7 March 2021.
Who is Desert Retreat's sire?
Desert Retreat (IRE) is by Sandmason (GB) out of Suny House (GB), whose sire is Carroll House.
What is Desert Retreat's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 7 March 2021. The highest on record is 115.
What is Desert Retreat's sire's record?
Sandmason (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 493 runs since Sep 2010 (66 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.3% from 131.
Who are Desert Retreat's siblings?
Out of Suny House (GB), Desert Retreat (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Summerville Boy (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Summerville Boy (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m7f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2015. 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.