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Horse profile

Desert Wind (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2024) · Last trainer Luke Comer · Last owner Luke Comer
by Worthadd (IRE) out of Matula (IRE) (Halling)
29 runs · 16 courses · from Nov 2017
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Jul 2024 — 831 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2024 · 9th of 16 4 wins · Kempton (AW), Wolverhampton (AW) & Lingfield (AW) Last raced off OR 66
KTB Profile

Desert Wind won four of 29 starts between Jan 2018 and Jun 2019, all on the all-weather. He recorded two wins at Wolverhampton, one at Kempton and one at Lingfield, over trips from 1m to 1m4f on standard going. The gelding, who was aged 9 at his last run in Jul 2024, finished 9 of 16 at Leopardstown off an official rating of 66, 32lb below his highest ever mark. He never won on turf in 17 starts.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on AW OR ↓ 32lb off peak
Official rating66↓ 32lb off peak
66 66–98

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Galway, 5 Aug 2023

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 →

Flat 29 figures · best 121B · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)12121B92—
Good586C68—
Soft597C80—
Good to Firm596C92—
Heavy298B78—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f16110B80.5—
1m2f – 1m4f10121B94—
1m5f – 2m292C90.5—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 29 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 76A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown, 20 Jul 2023 Official rating 66 at the last run, 11 Jul 2024

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 29 figures · best 102A · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)12101A83.5—
Good584A71—
Soft579B70—
Good to Firm5102A93—
Heavy263A62—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f16102A73—
1m2f – 1m4f10101A83.5—
1m5f – 2m281A78.5—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 29 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
Worthadd (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 5.1% of 351 runs since Jan 2008 (30 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm25312%+6.90 from 5
Good5112%−3.10 from 5
Good to Soft2613.8%−1.3—
Soft7434.1%−10 from 5
Heavy2827.1%+20 from 2
Standard (AW)14685.5%+0.44 from 12
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3239.4%+4.3—
6f – 7f9933%−2.10 from 1
1m – 1m1f10044%−1.12 from 16
1m2f – 1m4f4936.1%+12 from 10
1m5f – 2m47510.6%+5.50 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f2100%−5.1—
2m5f – 3m300%−5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Matula (IRE) (Halling)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Plantation (IRE)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 12 4 33% +9.25
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 4 2 50% +8.75
Class 3 1 1 100% +4.50
Class 6 1 1 100% +2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 5 0 0% −5.00
Dundalk (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Newmarket 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton (AW) 2 1 50% +3.50
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 2 100% +10.75
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 1 100% +2.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nottingham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 16 2 13% −3.25
1m2f – 1m4f 10 2 20% −1.50
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Stevie Donohoe 12 4 33% +9.25
Nathan Crosse 7 0 0% −7.00
Chris Hayes 3 0 0% −3.00
Wayne Lordan 2 0 0% −2.00
Robbie Colgan 1 0 0% −1.00
Paddy Harnett 1 0 0% −1.00
Declan McDonogh 1 0 0% −1.00
Rory Cleary 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 18 4 22% +3.25
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 6 0 0% −6.00
2022 5 0 0% −5.00
2021 1 0 0% −1.00
2020 3 0 0% −3.00
2019 5 1 20% +0.50
2018 6 3 50% +9.75
2017 2 0 0% −2.00

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
11 Jul 24+341d Leopardstown Hermitage Green At Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap (50-80) 8f · Good · 16 ran 9/16 ½ 9-2 6681C63A Robbie Colgan 66/1
05 Aug 23+16d Galway McDonogh Capital Investments Handicap (50-80) 12f · Heavy · 11 ran 8/11 1 9-6 7098B63A Nathan Crosse 40/1
20 Jul 23+20d Leopardstown Mongey Communications Handicap 13f · Soft · 16 ran 5/16 1¾ 9-7 7089C76A Paddy Harnett 40/1
30 Jun 23+69d Curragh O'Doole's Restaurant Handicap (50-75) 9f · Good · 22 ran 16/22 1 10-0 7368C71A Nathan Crosse 33/1
22 Apr 23+57d Limerick Ard Erin Stud Handicap 8f · Soft · 16 ran 15/16 1 9-11 7780C65A Declan McDonogh 25/1
24 Feb 23+14d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Dundalk Race & Stay Package Handicap 8f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 4¾ 8-13 8083A55A Chris Hayes 18/1
10 Feb 23+98d Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 8f · Standard · 12 ran 8/12 1 9-11 8294A75A Nathan Crosse 16/1
04 Nov 22+28d Dundalk (AW) William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap 8f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 ¾ 9-0 86110B81A Chris Hayes 33/1
07 Oct 22+26d Dundalk (AW) Haughain Solicitors Handicap 8f · Standard · 13 ran 13/13 2 9-12 9182B71A Nathan Crosse 33/1
11 Sep 22+24d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) 10f · Yielding · 22 ran 15/22 nk 8-8 8397C70A Nathan Crosse 100/1
18 Aug 22+138d Killarney Bordeaux Racecourse Rated Race 8f · Yielding · 4 ran 2/4 ½ 9-3 8372C79B Nathan Crosse 16/1
02 Apr 22+120d Leopardstown Treo Eile Retraining Ireland's Racehorses Handicap (50-85) 8f · Good · 17 ran 8/17 ¾ 10-1 8467C84A Wayne Lordan 66/1
03 Dec 21+446d Dundalk (AW) BetVictor Loyalty Club Handicap 8f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 nk 10-0 9391B66A Wayne Lordan 25/1
13 Sep 20+16d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) 10f · Good · 22 ran 11/22 1 8-10 9267C74C Nathan Crosse 125/1
28 Aug 20+77d Curragh Paddy Power Irish Cambridgeshire (Premier Handicap) 8f · Heavy · 20 ran 20/20 7½ 9-5 9558C61C Chris Hayes 50/1
12 Jun 20+274d Curragh Paddy Power Irish Lincolnshire (Premier Handicap) 8f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 9/17 nse 9-5 9596C93A Rory Cleary 100/1
12 Sep 19+62d Doncaster Magners Rose Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 6/7 nk 9-13 9844A81A Stevie Donohoe 15/2
12 Jul 19+37d Newmarket bet365 Trophy (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 14f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 11/17 hd 9-1 9892C81A Stevie Donohoe 10/1
05 Jun 19+42d Kempton (AW) 32Red Handicap Class 3 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 1/12 9-7 93109A101A Stevie Donohoe 9/2J
24 Apr 19+25d Epsom Downs Investec City And Suburban Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 10/11 8 8-9 9386C60C Stevie Donohoe 11/2
30 Mar 19+260d Kempton (AW) Matchbook Betting Podcast Rosebery Handicap Class 2 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 16 ran 3/16 hd 9-1 93121B97A Stevie Donohoe 5/1
13 Jul 18+22d Newmarket Bet365 Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4/9 ½ 8-10 9395A93A Stevie Donohoe 12/1
21 Jun 18+42d Ascot Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (Str) Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 30 ran 4/30 hd 8-11 9276C102A Stevie Donohoe 66/1
10 May 18+79d Chelmsford City (AW) Bet Trifecta At Totesport.com Handicap Class 2 · 10f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 1 8-10 8993A92A Luke Morris 8/1
20 Feb 18+25d Wolverhampton (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-10 8798A96A Stevie Donohoe 7/4
26 Jan 18+23d Lingfield (AW) 32RedSport.com Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 6 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-9 8571A86A Stevie Donohoe 2/1
03 Jan 18+36d Wolverhampton (AW) 32Red.com Novice Median Auction Stakes Class 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 10 ran 1/10 9-2 —80A94A Stevie Donohoe 9/1
28 Nov 17+20d Southwell (AW) 32Red Casino Novice Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 3/9 1½ 9-2 —90A79A Stevie Donohoe 25/1
08 Nov 17 Nottingham B&M Installations Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 8.5f · Soft · 14 ran 10/14 3¾ 9-5 —54C59C Stevie Donohoe 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Desert Wind (IRE) won?
Desert Wind (IRE) won 4 of 29 archived starts between 2017 and 2024, a strike rate of 13.8%. Placed 8 times in total (27.6% of starts).
Who trained Desert Wind (IRE)?
Desert Wind (IRE) was trained by Luke Comer on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 11 July 2024.
Who is Desert Wind (IRE)'s sire?
Desert Wind (IRE) is by Worthadd (IRE) out of Matula (IRE), whose sire is Halling.
What going does Desert Wind (IRE) prefer?
Desert Wind (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 4 wins from 12 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Desert Wind (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 11 July 2024. The highest on record is 98.
What is Desert Wind (IRE)'s sire's record?
Worthadd (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.1% of 351 runs since Jan 2008 (30 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Desert Wind (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Matula (IRE), Desert Wind (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2017. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.