Desert Swirl (IRE)
Desert Swirl is a filly by Cracksman out of a daughter of Exceed And Excel who won one of nine starts. The win came at Class 6 level in a Chelmsford City classified stakes over under 6f on standard going in Feb 2024 when she beat five rivals off an official rating of 45. All seven of her all-weather runs have been on standard surfaces and she has never won on turf. Aged 4 at her last run in Feb 2024 she won last time out.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 2 (22.2%)Placed
- −2.50£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 2.01Fair A/E n=9 · 1.75 incl. margin
- 50Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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 88
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 88A | 79 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 73C | 65.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 79A | 63 | — |
| Under 6f | 2 | 88A | 87.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 80A | 77 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 11.5% of 1,801 runs since Jan 2008 (234 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 105. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.1% from 267.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 230 | 26 | 11.3% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 415 | 48 | 11.6% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 216 | 32 | 14.8% | +3.3 | — |
| Soft | 256 | 28 | 10.9% | −0.6 | — |
| Heavy | 105 | 17 | 16.2% | +4.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 579 | 57 | 9.8% | −1.7 | 1 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 47 | 6 | 12.8% | +1.3 | 1 from 2 |
| 6f – 7f | 381 | 33 | 8.7% | −2.8 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 431 | 41 | 9.5% | −2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 614 | 73 | 11.9% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 43 | 16.1% | +4.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 54 | 9 | 16.7% | +5.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | +31.4 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Action Point (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Listed (Action Point (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Point (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 5f–6f | Listed |
| Dreadfort (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Black Tango (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Throne Power (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Jimmy You Mushroom (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | −0.50 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.50 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wood | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.50 |
| Luke Morris | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Christian Howarth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gina Mangan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taylor Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Emily Ivory | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joshua Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −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
Quick answers
- How many races has Desert Swirl won?
- Desert Swirl (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 2 times in total (22.2% of starts).
- Who trained Desert Swirl?
- Desert Swirl (IRE) was trained by Alex French on the most recent run on record, at Chelmsford City (AW) on 15 February 2024.
- Who is Desert Swirl's sire?
- Desert Swirl (IRE) is by Cracksman (GB) out of Khaleesi Wind (IRE), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
- What going does Desert Swirl prefer?
- Desert Swirl (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Desert Swirl's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 15 February 2024. The highest on record is 50.
- What is Desert Swirl's sire's record?
- Cracksman (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 1,801 runs since Jan 2008 (234 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 105. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.1% from 267.
- Who are Desert Swirl's siblings?
- Out of Khaleesi Wind (IRE), Desert Swirl (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Action Point (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Action Point (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.