Horse profile
Desert Romance (IRE)
6yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2012) · Last trainer David O'Meara · Last owner Walkerfelleveritt Omeara
by Green Desert (USA) out of Springtime Romance (USA) (Kris S)
41 runs · 24 courses · from Jul 2008
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Sep 2012 — 5,145 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2012 · 9th of 9
4 wins · 4 courses
Beaten favourite LTO
Last raced off OR 73
KTB Profile
Desert Romance (IRE) is 4 from 41. Hasn't won since Apr 2011. Last raced off 73, 19lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 41 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 19lb off peak
- 4–41Wins / Runs
- 9.8%Strike rate
- 11 (26.8%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=41 at SP
- 1.13Fair A/E n=41 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 38dAvg 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.
Official rating73↓ 19lb off peak
73
62–92
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
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
Green Desert (USA)
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,324 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 46 | 7 | 15.2% | +4.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Firm | 812 | 89 | 11% | 0 | 2 from 15 |
| Good | 667 | 69 | 10.3% | −0.7 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 269 | 21 | 7.8% | −3.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 256 | 23 | 9% | −2 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 51 | 4 | 7.8% | −3.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,223 | 152 | 12.4% | +1.4 | 1 from 6 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 346 | 44 | 12.7% | +1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,394 | 160 | 11.5% | +0.5 | 0 from 10 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 816 | 83 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 3 from 23 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 551 | 67 | 12.2% | +1.2 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 147 | 8 | 5.4% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 44 | 2 | 4.5% | −6.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | −6.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Springtime Romance (USA) (Kris S)
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.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 15 | 2 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | +3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 6 | 1 | 17% | +5.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −0.50 |
| Class 2 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Ripon | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Beverley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Nottingham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.50 |
| Laytown (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 23 | 3 | 13% | +6.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | +0.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carroll | 16 | 3 | 19% | +13.50 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Rory Cleary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Bergin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ashley Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dane O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seb Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Julie Burke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P Shanahan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 26 | 1 | 4% | −17.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 11 | 3 | 27% | +18.50 |
| Visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2011 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.50 |
| 2010 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +17.50 |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 · 11 runs | |||||||||
| 25 Sep 12+5d | Beverley | George Kilburn Memorial Handicap | 9/9 | 57 | 9-5 | 73 | 54C | Daniel Tudhope | 3/1F |
| 20 Sep 12+3d | Pontefract | Book Your 22nd October totesport Package Handicap | 3/13 | hd | 9-6 | 76 | 88A | Silvestre De Sousa | 5/2F |
| 17 Sep 12+8d | Musselburgh | St Andrews Timber And Building Supplies Claiming Stakes | 3/10 | hd | 9-8 | 76 | 96A | Daniel Tudhope | 5/1 |
| 09 Sep 12+12d | York | Coopers Marquees Handicap | 11/18 | shd | 9-8 | 76 | 69C | Daniel Tudhope | 14/1 |
| 28 Aug 12+20d | Ripon | City Of Ripon Handicap | 5/10 | 5 | 9-1 | 77 | 77A | Daniel Tudhope | 10/1 |
| 08 Aug 12+8d | Pontefract | Matty Bown Veterans Handicap | 6/10 | ¾ | 9-7 | 80 | 84A | Daniel Tudhope | 3/1F |
| 31 Jul 12+34d | Beverley | Wilford Watts Memorial Handicap | 5/10 | hd | 9-12 | 80 | 84A | Daniel Tudhope | 9/2J |
| 27 Jun 12+7d | Carlisle | Lloyd Motor Group Carlisle Bell Handicap | 11/15 | ¾ | 8-12 | 82 | 60A | David Bergin | 14/1 |
| 20 Jun 12+18d | Ripon | Ripon-races.co.uk Handicap | 4/9 | 2½ | 9-6 | 82 | 85A | Daniel Tudhope | 11/4F |
| 02 Jun 12+9d | Musselburgh | Queen's Jubilee Totequickpick Handicap | 5/9 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 82 | 81A | Graham Gibbons | 11/2 |
| 24 May 12+211d | Haydock | Hattons Solicitors Gold Membership Handicap | 3/13 | nse | 9-0 | 82 | 93A | Daniel Tudhope | 4/1 |
| 2011 · 10 runs | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 11+14d | Nottingham | Nottingham Racecourse Hospitality Handicap | 4/15 | 6 | 9-1 | 84 | 83A | Ashley Morgan | 10/1 |
| 12 Oct 11+18d | Nottingham | Denman - Building For You - Handicap | 8/14 | ½ | 9-0 | 86 | 80A | Daniel Tudhope | 25/1 |
| 24 Sep 11+26d | Newmarket | Betfred Cambridgeshire (Heritage Handicap) | 27/32 | ½ | 8-10 | 89 | 63A | Dane O'Neill | 33/1 |
| 29 Aug 11+16d | Ripon | Ripon Rowels Handicap | 7/17 | 5 | 9-4 | 89 | 80A | Daniel Tudhope | 16/1 |
| 13 Aug 11+14d | Ripon | VW Van Centre West Yorkshire Handicap | 4/17 | 1 | 10-0 | 90 | 100A | Daniel Tudhope | 25/1 |
| 30 Jul 11+14d | Doncaster | Unison 'Speaking Up For Public Services' Handicap | 12/13 | ¾ | 9-7 | 92 | 73A | Seb Sanders | 14/1 |
| 16 Jul 11+47d | Newmarket | Ukunpublished.co.uk Handicap | 9/14 | 4½ | 9-4 | 92 | 63C | Daniel Tudhope | 14/1 |
| 30 May 11+19d | Redcar | Totepool Zetland Gold Cup Handicap | 3/15 | shd | 8-13 | 89 | 93A | Silvestre De Sousa | 25/1 |
| 11 May 11+21d | York | Infinity Tyres Handicap | 9/20 | shd | 8-11 | 89 | 77A | Daniel Tudhope | 40/1 |
| 20 Apr 11+225d | Newcastle | La Taxis Handicap | 1/6 | 9-7 | 84 | 93B | Silvestre De Sousa | 15/2 | |
| 2010 · 12 runs | |||||||||
| 07 Sep 10+12d | Laytown (AW) | www.angloprinters.ie Claiming Race | 8/10 | 1¼ | 10-11 | 85 | 67A | Gary Carroll | 8/1 |
| 26 Aug 10+15d | Tipperary | Costello Tavern Handicap (60-90) | 7/7 | hd | 9-6 | 85 | 59A | Gary Carroll | 10/1 |
| 11 Aug 10+21d | Gowran Park | Tote Jackpot Races 3 To 6 Handicap | 6/6 | 2½ | 9-7 | 86 | 72B | Gary Carroll | 6/1 |
| 21 Jul 10+21d | Naas | Itba & Gain Horse Feeds Supporting The Irish Racing Industry Handicap (60-90) | 5/10 | shd | 9-11 | 86 | 77A | Gary Carroll | 6/1 |
| 30 Jun 10+7d | Fairyhouse | Pubs Of Trim Handicap (60-90) | 3/11 | hd | 9-6 | 85 | 85A | Gary Carroll | 11/1 |
| 23 Jun 10+24d | Naas | Kill Handicap (60-90) | 1/10 | 9-2 | 81 | 85A | Gary Carroll | 13/2 | |
| 30 May 10+9d | Leopardstown | Grangecon Stud Handicap | 13/13 | 30 | 8-11 | 81 | 45C | Gary Carroll | 8/1 |
| 21 May 10+10d | Wexford | Campile Handicap (50-80) | 2/14 | 1 | 9-10 | 79 | 92A | Gary Carroll | 5/1J |
| 11 May 10+8d | Killarney | Flesk Valley Rowing Club Handicap (50-75) | 1/15 | 9-10 | 73 | 88A | Gary Carroll | 10/1 | |
| 03 May 10+38d | Curragh | P.G.Duffy & Sons Mazda Handicap (50-80) | 29/30 | 1 | 9-5 | 74 | 50C | Gary Carroll | 14/1 |
| 26 Mar 10+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Maiden | 1/12 | 9-4 | 62 | 88A | Gary Carroll | 10/1 | |
| 12 Mar 10+106d | Dundalk (AW) | attheraces.com/cheltenham Handicap (50-80) | 10/14 | nk | 8-10 | 62 | 62A | Gary Carroll | 12/1 |
| 2009 · 7 runs | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 09+55d | Dundalk (AW) | Fairways Race, Stay & Golf Package Maiden | 6/14 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 62 | 64A | Gary Carroll | 12/1 |
| 02 Oct 09+13d | Dundalk (AW) | Www.breederscup360.com Handicap (50-70) | 9/14 | hd | 9-4 | 68 | 64A | Gary Carroll | 16/1 |
| 19 Sep 09+34d | Listowel | Charlie Chute Memorial Handicap (50-70) | 10/15 | 1½ | 9-5 | 70 | 58A | Gary Carroll | 16/1 |
| 16 Aug 09+70d | Curragh | Derek O'Sullivan Memorial Apprentice Handicap (50-80) | 22/23 | 4½ | 8-11 | 72 | 51C | Julie Burke | 16/1 |
| 07 Jun 09+24d | Roscommon | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F (c & G) Maiden | 5/12 | 2½ | 9-0 | 72 | 68A | Rory Cleary | 7/1 |
| 14 May 09+33d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F Maiden | 5/16 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 81A | Rory Cleary | 25/1 |
| 11 Apr 09+272d | Dundalk (AW) | Pelican Marquees Maiden | 5/14 | ¾ | 8-12 | — | 69A | Gary Carroll | 33/1 |
| 2008 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 13 Jul 08 | Curragh | Jebel Ali Stables EBF (C&G) Maiden | 13/18 | ¾ | 9-0 | — | 59A | P Shanahan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Desert Romance won?
- Desert Romance (IRE) won 4 of 41 archived starts between 2008 and 2012, a strike rate of 9.8%. Placed 11 times in total (26.8% of starts).
- Who trained Desert Romance?
- Desert Romance (IRE) was trained by David O'Meara on the most recent run on record, at Beverley on 25 September 2012.
- Who is Desert Romance's sire?
- Desert Romance (IRE) is by Green Desert (USA) out of Springtime Romance (USA), whose sire is Kris S.
- What going does Desert Romance prefer?
- Desert Romance (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Desert Romance's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 73, from the run on 25 September 2012. The highest on record is 92.
- What is Desert Romance's sire's record?
- Green Desert (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,324 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.