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Desire De Joie (FR)

10yo gelding (at last run, May 2023) · Last trainer N R W Wright · Last owner Nick Wright And Luly Wright
by Alberto Giacometti (IRE) out of Promesse De Joie (FR) (Fado)
23 runs · 13 courses · from Dec 2017
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 May 2023 — 1,261 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2023 · 3rd of 7 Won at Sligo Last raced off OR 115
KTB Profile

Desire De Joie won one of 23 starts on turf, that success coming at Sligo in Oct 2020 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground off an official rating of 118. The gelding, who reached a highest ever mark of 123, was last seen finishing third of seven in a Class 5 novices’ hunters’ chase at Huntingdon in May 2023 when racing off 115, 8 lb below his career-high mark. He had five placed efforts in total.

Based on 23 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating115↓ 8lb off peak
115 112–123

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 94 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kilbeggan, 20 Aug 2021

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 15 figures · best 133B · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft8123B91.5—
Heavy5133B72—
Good279C60.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Over 3m4102C86.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4133B76—
2m5f – 3m475C71.5—
1m5f – 2m3123B107—

Of 23 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (5) · did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 118C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Doncaster, 23 Feb 2022 Official rating 115 at the last run, 23 May 2023

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 19 figures · best 127A · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft8124A118—
Heavy7127A101—
Good4112A102.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m6120A98.5—
2m1f – 2m4f5127A110—
Over 3m4118C106.5—
1m5f – 2m4124A107—

Of 23 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 23 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
Alberto Giacometti (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 578 runs since Apr 2009 (79 horses).

Strongest on good going: 18.8% from 101. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.2% from 112. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 115.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm5240%+28.2—
Good1011918.8%+70 from 5
Good to Soft76810.5%−1.30 from 1
Soft257259.7%−2.11 from 10
Heavy1221411.5%−0.30 from 7
Standard (AW)1700%−11.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−11.8—
6f – 7f1200%−11.8—
1m – 1m1f1715.9%−5.9—
1m2f – 1m4f33721.2%+9.4—
1m5f – 2m1121715.2%+3.40 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f2733412.5%+0.70 from 7
2m5f – 3m11597.8%−41 from 6
Over 3m1500%−11.80 from 5

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Promesse De Joie (FR) (Fado)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Kado De Joie (FR) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Kado De Joie (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Kado De Joie (FR)1342m½f–2m4fClass 4
Fleur De Joie (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 1 10% −5.80
Heavy 7 0 0% −7.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kilbeggan 5 0 0% −5.00
Clonmel 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 1 100% +3.20
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 6 1 17% −1.80
Over 3m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jack Kennedy 6 0 0% −6.00
Mr Archie Wright 3 0 0% −3.00
L P Dempsey 2 0 0% −2.00
Jordan Gainford 2 0 0% −2.00
Davy Russell 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Alex Chadwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Jody McGarvey 1 0 0% −1.00
Hugh McOwan 1 0 0% −1.00
Keith Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00
Gavin Brouder 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Walsh 1 1 100% +3.20
Kevin Brogan 1 0 0% −1.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 1 10% −5.80
Cheekpieces 7 0 0% −7.00
Blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 9 0 0% −9.00
2020 8 1 13% −3.80
2019 1 0 0% −1.00
2017 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 13 0 0% −13.00
Hurdle 10 1 10% −5.80

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
2023 · 2 runs
23 May 23+18d Huntingdon Racing TV Novices' Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 19 11-7 115—87C Mr Alex Chadwick 5/1
05 May 23+413d Cheltenham Remembering Gabe Mahon Open Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 4m½f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 17 11-5 12079C101C Mr Archie Wright 18/1
2022 · 2 runs
18 Mar 22+23d Cheltenham St. James's Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase Class 2 · 3m2½f · Good To Soft · 19 ran PU/19 — 12-0 123—— Mr Archie Wright 66/1
23 Feb 22+173d Doncaster Virgin Bet Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 3m2f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 shd 11-5 120102C118C Mr Archie Wright 20/1
2021 · 9 runs
03 Sep 21+14d Kilbeggan Kilsaran Handicap Chase 2m3½f · Good · 11 ran PU/11 — 10-6 112—— Jody McGarvey 20/1
20 Aug 21+13d Kilbeggan Kilbeggan Handicap Chase 3m1f · Yielding · 13 ran 6/13 ¾ 10-0 11394B96A Hugh McOwan 12/1
07 Aug 21+29d Kilbeggan Kilmurray's Homevalue Hardware Mullingar Handicap Chase 2m4f · Yielding · 12 ran 3/12 3¾ 10-10 11389A118A L P Dempsey 12/1
09 Jul 21+56d Kilbeggan Racing Again July 16th Beginners Chase 3m1f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 6½ 11-9 11342A112A Jordan Gainford 10/1
14 May 21+43d Kilbeggan Follow Kilbeggan On Twitter Beginners Chase 2m4f · Good · 14 ran 6/14 4¾ 11-7 ——104A Jordan Gainford 12/1
01 Apr 21+28d Clonmel Quirke uPVC Windows (Clonmel) Beginners Chase 2m4f · Soft · 12 ran 6/12 3¾ 12-0 —59A110A L P Dempsey 16/1
04 Mar 21+24d Clonmel Clonmel Beginners Chase 2m4f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 5/13 4 12-0 —63B103A Jack Kennedy 7/2
08 Feb 21+27d Fairyhouse Sobac Soil.ie Beginners Chase 2m5½f · Heavy · 9 ran 4/9 6 12-0 —72A120A Keith Donoghue 50/1
12 Jan 21+35d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Supporting Local Business Beginners Chase 2m · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 5½ 12-0 ——96C Jack Kennedy 10/1
2020 · 8 runs
08 Dec 20+10d Punchestown Buy Irish Love Green Handicap Hurdle 3m · Heavy · 18 ran 17/18 5 11-4 117—101C Jack Kennedy 14/1
28 Nov 20+16d Fairyhouse Irish Racing Industry Fundraiser For Children's Health Foundation Crumlin In Memory Of Pat Smullen Handicap Hurdle 2m3½f · Soft · 17 ran BD/17 — 11-4 117—— Jack Kennedy 28/1
12 Nov 20+20d Clonmel Clonmel Oil Service Station Handicap Hurdle 3m · Heavy · 10 ran 6/10 2¾ 10-3 11871A96A Gavin Brouder 7/1
23 Oct 20+234d Sligo Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle 3m · Yielding · 10 ran 1/10 11-6 11861B120A Mark Walsh 16/5
03 Mar 20+13d Navan Navanracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle 2m6f · Heavy · 10 ran 5/10 35 11-5 —75C92C Kevin Brogan 11/2
19 Feb 20+22d Punchestown I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Heavy · 16 ran 3/16 4¼ 11-4 —133B127A Davy Russell 12/1
28 Jan 20+27d Down Royal Molson Coors Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Soft · 19 ran 4/19 1½ 11-4 —107C118A Davy Russell 14/1
01 Jan 20+24d Tramore David Flynn Building Contractors Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 14 ran 3/14 ¾ 11-4 —123B124A Jack Kennedy 25/1
2019 · 1 run
08 Dec 19+712d Cork Charleville Cheese Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 24 ran PU/24 — 11-12 ——— Denis O'Regan 12/1
2017 · 1 run
26 Dec 17 Leopardstown Horse & Jockey Hotel Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding · 24 ran 19/24 9 11-7 —47C94C Jack Kennedy 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Desire De Joie won?
Desire De Joie (FR) won 1 of 23 archived starts between 2017 and 2023, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 5 times in total (21.7% of starts).
Who trained Desire De Joie?
Desire De Joie (FR) was trained by N R W Wright on the most recent run on record, at Huntingdon on 23 May 2023.
Who is Desire De Joie's sire?
Desire De Joie (FR) is by Alberto Giacometti (IRE) out of Promesse De Joie (FR), whose sire is Fado.
What going does Desire De Joie prefer?
Desire De Joie (FR) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 10 starts (10%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Desire De Joie's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 23 May 2023. The highest on record is 123.
What is Desire De Joie's sire's record?
Alberto Giacometti (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 578 runs since Apr 2009 (79 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 18.8% from 101. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.2% from 112. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 115.
Who are Desire De Joie's siblings?
Out of Promesse De Joie (FR), Desire De Joie (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Kado De Joie (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Kado De Joie (FR)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from December 2017. 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.