Desert Sands (IRE)
Desert Sands is a filly by Gleneagles out of a daughter of Excelebration who is yet to win from five starts. She showed her best effort when third of five at Lingfield on the all-weather in Aug 2026. The filly last ran at York in Aug 2026, finishing 16th of 17 in the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes, a Class 1 race, having been held up off her career-high official rating of 79. She has raced on good to firm, good to soft and standard going.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 79Highest OR
- 20dAvg 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 64
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 64B | 57 | 3 runs · 64 / 57 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 64B | 56.5 | 4 runs · 64 / 56.5 |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 from 5 analysed runs since Jun 2026
- Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (20%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,555 runs since Jan 2008 (445 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 17.1% from 280.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +6.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 497 | 63 | 12.7% | +1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 1,162 | 139 | 12% | +0.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 557 | 57 | 10.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 745 | 88 | 11.8% | +0.4 | — |
| Heavy | 280 | 48 | 17.1% | +5.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,303 | 122 | 9.4% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 140 | 14 | 10% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 952 | 107 | 11.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,205 | 149 | 12.4% | +1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,296 | 151 | 11.7% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 591 | 64 | 10.8% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 239 | 22 | 9.2% | −2.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 96 | 6 | 6.3% | −5.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 36 | 6 | 16.7% | +5.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 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 Callisto Dream (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Callisto Dream (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callisto Dream (IRE) | 10 | 3 | 6f–1m | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit de la Sayette | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Aug 26+9d | York | Sky Bet Lowther Stakes (Group 2) Held up at the back - dropped away with 2f left - never on terms - well beaten in 16th | 16/17 | 2½ | 9-2 | 79 | 32C | 71C | Silvestre De Sousa | 300/1 |
| 11 Aug 26+32d | Lingfield (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 British EBF Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands B, C And D) (EBF Restricted Race Qualifier) (GBB Race) Sat fourth early - driven approaching final furlong and edged into third close home - always held finishing 3rd | 3/5 | 1½ | 9-2 | 79 | 87C | 64B | Benoit de la Sayette | 6/4 |
| 10 Jul 26+21d | Newmarket | Weatherbys Banking Group British EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) went straight to the front - driven and drifted left with a furlong left - overtaken inside the final 110 yards and faded quickly | 9/11 | nse | 9-2 | — | 57A | 68A | Benoit de la Sayette | 11/2 |
| 19 Jun 26+18d | Ascot | Albany Stakes (Fillies' Group 3) Fought for control early - settled mid-pack - pressed for effort inside final two furlongs and stayed on at one speed to finish 12th | 12/25 | nk | 9-2 | — | 56C | 89A | Hector Crouch | 250/1 |
| 01 Jun 26 | Newbury | Get 100-1 On England At BetVictor EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Handy in the pack early - pushed along and into it approaching 2f out then briefly closed with the leading group inside the final furlong - lost momentum in the closing stages to finish sixth | 6/12 | 3 | 9-2 | — | 64B | 75A | Kieran Shoemark | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Desert Sands won?
- Desert Sands (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2026.
- Who trains Desert Sands?
- Desert Sands (IRE) is trained by Ismail Mohammed & Jose Santos, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 August 2026.
- Who is Desert Sands's sire?
- Desert Sands (IRE) is by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Starlight Romance (IRE), whose sire is Excelebration.
- What is Desert Sands's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 20 August 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Desert Sands's sire's record?
- Gleneagles (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,555 runs since Jan 2008 (445 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17.1% from 280.
- Who are Desert Sands's siblings?
- Out of Starlight Romance (IRE), Desert Sands (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Callisto Dream (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Callisto Dream (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.