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Horse profile

Sahara Sunshine (GB)

7yo mare (at last run, Jul 2012) · Last trainer Laura Mongan · Last owner Mrs P J Sheen
by Hernando (FR) out of Sahara Sunrise (USA) (Houston)
19 runs · 11 courses · from Oct 2008
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Jul 2012 — 5,230 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2012 · 11th of 11 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Sahara Sunshine (GB) is yet to win from 19 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 11 at Lingfield (Jul 2009). Last raced off 45, 39lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 39lb off peak

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Sahara Sunshine (GB) has 4 produce in the archive, 1 winner — most wins Sapristi (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sapristi (IRE)1411m2f—
Make Sunshine (IRE)190——
Salla (GB)10——
Metamorphic Rock (IRE)40——
Official rating45↓ 39lb off peak
45 45–84

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 (flat) 51C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield (AW), 4 Apr 2012 Official rating 45 at the last flat run, 11 Jul 2012

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 73C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Lingfield, 5 Jan 2012 Official rating 77 at the last jumps run, 13 May 2012

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 10 figures · best 70A · median 52
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)463A50—
Good to Firm370A55—
Good to Soft258A55.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m563A51—
1m2f – 1m4f570A55—
Jumps 4 figures · best 81C · median 72
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft271C70—
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f373C71—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 18 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 · 14 figures from 18 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
Hernando (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 3,531 runs since Jan 2008 (273 horses).

Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 120.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2229.1%−3—
Good to Firm4826212.9%+0.80 from 3
Good1,01712812.6%+0.5—
Good to Soft5266011.4%−0.70 from 5
Soft6756910.2%−1.90 from 4
Heavy2613714.2%+2.10 from 3
Standard (AW)5487113%+0.90 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f500%−12.1—
6f – 7f12097.5%−4.6—
1m – 1m1f3703910.5%−1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f85410011.7%−0.40 from 6
1m5f – 2m1,05015214.5%+2.40 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f6467812.1%00 from 5
2m5f – 3m4004411%−1.1—
Over 3m8678.1%−40 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sahara Sunrise (USA) (Houston)

4 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sand Dune (FR)10——
Sundancer (GB)10——
Amour Excentrique (GB)10——
Sol Schwarz (GB)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield 5 0 0% −5.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Plumpton 3 0 0% −3.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Folkestone 1 0 0% −1.00
Goodwood 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
1m2f – 1m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ian Mongan 4 0 0% −4.00
Colin Bolger 3 0 0% −3.00
Nathan Adams 3 0 0% −3.00
Liam Keniry 1 0 0% −1.00
Amy Scott 1 0 0% −1.00
Fergus Sweeney 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Johnson 1 0 0% −1.00
Leighton Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00
Rhys Flint 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Atkinson 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Mitchell 1 0 0% −1.00
Stephane Pasquier 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 0 0% −12.00
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + visor 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 8 0 0% −8.00
2011 1 0 0% −1.00
2010 4 0 0% −4.00
2009 5 0 0% −5.00
2008 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 11 0 0% −11.00
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00

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
2012 · 8 runs
11 Jul 12+34d Lingfield Follow Us On Twitter At LingfieldPark Handicap Class 6 · 2m½f · Soft · 11 ran 11/11 2¾ 8-7 4546C Liam Keniry 50/1
07 Jun 12+25d Lingfield (AW) Royal Ascot Live On Virgin 534 Handicap (AWT) Class 6 · 1m4f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 ¾ 8-2 4533C Amy Scott 40/1
13 May 12+16d Plumpton Plumpton Athletic Juniors Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m1f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 10-8 77— Colin Bolger 20/1
27 Apr 12+7d Plumpton J H Builders Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 3m1f · Good To Soft · 6 ran UR/6 — 10-3 80— Nathan Adams 18/1
20 Apr 12+16d Fontwell Hardings Catering Supports Cicra Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 10/13 8 10-1 8069C Nathan Adams 66/1
04 Apr 12+78d Lingfield (AW) Mirror Punters Club Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 4½ 9-0 5051C Fergus Sweeney 66/1
17 Jan 12+12d Folkestone Broadoak BMW Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1½f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4/7 34 10-7 8471C Nathan Adams 28/1
05 Jan 12+367d Lingfield Mirror Punters Club Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 6 ran 6/6 15 10-13 —73C Colin Bolger 66/1
2011 · 1 run
03 Jan 11+85d Lingfield Marsh Green Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Heavy · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-13 —— Richard Johnson 66/1
2010 · 4 runs
10 Oct 10+227d Goodwood Three Musketeers Trophy Handicap (For National Hunt Jockeys) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 11 ran 11/11 12 11-0 5653C Leighton Aspell 20/1
25 Feb 10+34d Huntingdon TurfTV Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 10-12 —— Colin Bolger 100/1
22 Jan 10+19d Lingfield (AW) Lingfield Park Sporting Membership Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Standard · 14 ran 10/14 1¼ 9-8 5963A Ian Mongan 40/1
03 Jan 10+149d Plumpton At The Races Sky 415 Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 11 ran 10/11 13 10-9 —81C Rhys Flint 100/1
2009 · 5 runs
07 Aug 09+16d Lingfield East Grinstead Courier And Observer Handicap Class 5 · 1m3½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 7/12 4 9-8 6158A Ian Mongan 20/1
22 Jul 09+14d Sandown 'Alfie Ran The Marathon' Apprentice Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9/9 7 8-9 6347C Ross Atkinson 8/1
08 Jul 09+23d Lingfield Poppy Support Fillies' Handicap Class 5 · 1m3½f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 3/11 1 9-9 6470A Jack Mitchell 16/1
15 Jun 09+145d Windsor Sportingbet.com Handicap Class 5 · 1m3½f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 14/15 2¼ 9-7 7055C Ian Mongan 40/1
21 Jan 09+82d Kempton (AW) Blue Square Poker Handicap Class 4 · 2m · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 shd 9-2 7349C Ian Mongan 25/1
2008 · 1 run
31 Oct 08 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Feerie (Fillies) (Right-handed) 1m2½f · Heavy · 3 ran 3/3 2 9-2 —— Stephane Pasquier 3/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sahara Sunshine won?
Sahara Sunshine (GB) has yet to win, from 19 archived starts between 2008 and 2012. Placed 1 time in total (5.3% of starts).
Who trained Sahara Sunshine?
Sahara Sunshine (GB) was trained by Laura Mongan on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield on 11 July 2012.
Who is Sahara Sunshine's sire?
Sahara Sunshine (GB) is by Hernando (FR) out of Sahara Sunrise (USA), whose sire is Houston.
What is Sahara Sunshine's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 11 July 2012. The highest on record is 84.
What is Sahara Sunshine's sire's record?
Hernando (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 3,531 runs since Jan 2008 (273 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 120.
Who are Sahara Sunshine's siblings?
Out of Sahara Sunrise (USA), Sahara Sunshine (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.
Has Sahara Sunshine produced winners?
As a dam, Sahara Sunshine (GB) has 4 produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sapristi (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2008. 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.