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Horse profile

Grey Desert (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2006) · Last trainer Edward Lynam · Last owner Patrick Purcell
by Aljabr (USA) out of Sublime Beauty (USA) (Caerleon)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Mar 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Sep 2006 — 7,364 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2006 · 3rd of 11 Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

Grey Desert (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 11 at Clonmel (Sep 2006).

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 56C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 6 Sep 2006 Official rating 60 at the last run, 6 Sep 2006

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 56C · median 51
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy253C47.5—
Firm1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f249C45.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Aljabr (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 417 runs since Jan 2008 (26 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.8% from 114. Weakest on good going: 8.3% from 108. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.9% from 118.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm700%−12.50 from 1
Good to Firm721419.4%+6.90 from 1
Good10898.3%−4.2—
Good to Soft5347.5%−5—
Soft46510.9%−1.6—
Heavy17211.8%−0.70 from 2
Standard (AW)1141815.8%+3.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1516.7%−5.8—
6f – 7f50612%−0.50 from 2
1m – 1m1f70811.4%−1.10 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f63812.7%+0.20 from 1
1m5f – 2m1182016.9%+4.4—
2m1f – 2m4f6158.2%−4.3—
2m5f – 3m3239.4%−3.1—
Over 3m8112.5%0—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sublime Beauty (USA) (Caerleon)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Confucius Classic (IRE)60——
Doctor Of Music (IRE)100——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Fran Berry 3 0 0% −3.00
Chris Hayes 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2006 · 4 runs
06 Sep 06+136d Clonmel Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Claiming Race 1m2f · Firm · 11 ran 3/11 2½ 9-5 6056C Chris Hayes 6/1
23 Apr 06+10d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11/14 nk 9-5 6049C Fran Berry 16/1
13 Apr 06+18d Tipperary Kop (C&G) Maiden 7½f · Heavy · 11 ran 5/11 3 9-0 —42C Fran Berry 9/2
26 Mar 06 Curragh Mongey Communications E.B.F. Maiden 1m · Soft To Heavy · 23 ran 5/23 6 9-5 —53C Fran Berry 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Grey Desert won?
Grey Desert (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2006. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Grey Desert?
Grey Desert (IRE) was trained by Edward Lynam on the most recent run on record, at Clonmel on 6 September 2006.
Who is Grey Desert's sire?
Grey Desert (IRE) is by Aljabr (USA) out of Sublime Beauty (USA), whose sire is Caerleon.
What is Grey Desert's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 6 September 2006. That is also the highest on record.
What is Grey Desert's sire's record?
Aljabr (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 417 runs since Jan 2008 (26 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 15.8% from 114. Weakest on good going: 8.3% from 108. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.9% from 118.
Who are Grey Desert's siblings?
Out of Sublime Beauty (USA), Grey Desert (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2006. 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.