Saba Desert (GB)
Saba Desert won two of four starts over 6f to 7f on turf, including the Group 2 bet365 Superlative Stakes at Newmarket on good to firm in Jul 2025 and a Class 4 maiden at Sandown on good the previous month. The colt by Dubawi out of a Sea The Stars mare was beaten 9 of 9 in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in Oct 2025 when wearing first-time headgear and last raced off an official rating of 107.
- 2–4Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 2 (50%)Placed
- +4.57£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 107Highest OR
- 40dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 86
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 | 2 | 86A | 81.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 86A | 62.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 3 analysed runs since Jun 2025
- Prominent 3 (100%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,947 runs since Jan 2008 (1,525 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 48 | 11 | 22.9% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,323 | 477 | 20.5% | +2.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 3,166 | 563 | 17.8% | −0.6 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,742 | 310 | 17.8% | −0.6 | — |
| Soft | 1,902 | 327 | 17.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 595 | 103 | 17.3% | −1.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,169 | 585 | 18.5% | +0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 429 | 42 | 9.8% | −8.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,121 | 580 | 18.6% | +0.2 | 2 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,856 | 726 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,832 | 769 | 20.1% | +1.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,206 | 188 | 15.6% | −2.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 333 | 48 | 14.4% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 138 | 19 | 13.8% | −4.6 | — |
| Over 3m | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | +0.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Spinning Wheel (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m2f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Spinning Wheel (GB)).
Family form: Zajal (GB) finished 2nd of 10 at Doncaster, 23 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinning Wheel (GB) | 9 | 4 | 1m2f–1m4f | Class 2 |
| Zajal (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.57 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Buick | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.57 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 3 | 2 | 67% | +5.57 |
| Cheekpieces | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 25+27d | Newmarket | Darley Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1) Sat close behind pace-setters - urged for effort then lost touch inside final 2f - finished 9th | 9/9 | 4¼ | 9-3 | 107 | 77A | 79A | Billy Loughnane | 33/1 |
| 14 Sep 25+64d | Curragh | Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes (Group 1) Up with the front group early - 3rd at halfway before being driven on 3f out - flattened out with no response 2f out | 6/6 | 2½ | 9-5 | 107 | 48A | 76B | William Buick | 6/1 |
| 12 Jul 25+29d | Newmarket | bet365 Superlative Stakes (Group 2) Stood up at the break - settled tucked in around fifth - pushed through to dispute matters approaching the furlong marker - urged on and drifted left to take command inside the last - sprinted away and finished full of running | 1/7 | 9-3 | — | 86A | 102A | William Buick | 6/1 | |
| 13 Jun 25 | Sandown | British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Tracked the front group early - made ground into contention two out - hit the front approaching the furlong pole - driven out to score comfortably | 1/6 | 9-7 | — | 10A | 89B | William Buick | 4/7F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Saba Desert won?
- Saba Desert (GB) won 2 of 4 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Saba Desert?
- Saba Desert (GB) was trained by Charlie Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 11 October 2025.
- Who is Saba Desert's sire?
- Saba Desert (GB) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of Finespun (IRE), whose sire is Sea The Stars.
- What is Saba Desert's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 11 October 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Saba Desert's sire's record?
- Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,947 runs since Jan 2008 (1,525 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
- Who are Saba Desert's siblings?
- Out of Finespun (IRE), Saba Desert (GB) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Spinning Wheel (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Spinning Wheel (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.