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Horse profile

Varna Du Desert (FR)

2yo filly (at last run, Oct 2011) · Last trainer Mme Christiane Head · Last owner Mme Bertrand Collomb
by Marchand De Sable (USA) out of Paloma Du Desert (FR) (Kendor)
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2011
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Oct 2011 — 5,509 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2011 · 9th of 10
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Oct 2011 as a 2yo filly. Finished 9 of 10 at Saint-Cloud (FR) last time. By Marchand De Sable (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,093 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 6 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

No KTB Rating figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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
Marchand De Sable (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,093 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 13.2% from 167. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 148.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+39.8—
Good to Firm17211.8%+1.6—
Good260238.8%−1.4—
Good to Soft1672213.2%+30 from 1
Soft289289.7%−0.5—
Heavy146138.9%−1.3—
Standard (AW)2102210.5%+0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f28310.7%+0.5—
6f – 7f1752112%+1.8—
1m – 1m1f2843311.6%+1.40 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f328309.1%−1.1—
1m5f – 2m1101412.7%+2.5—
2m1f – 2m4f148106.8%−3.4—
2m5f – 3m2000%−10.2—

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
Paloma Du Desert (FR) (Kendor)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2011 · 1 run
06 Oct 11 Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Rose Royale (Div 2) (Maiden) (Unraced 2yo Fillies) (Turf) 1m · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 6 9-0 Johan Victoire 27/1

Quick answers

How many races has Varna Du Desert won?
Varna Du Desert (FR) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2011.
Who trained Varna Du Desert?
Varna Du Desert (FR) was trained by Mme Christiane Head on the most recent run on record, at Saint-Cloud (FR) on 6 October 2011.
Who is Varna Du Desert's sire?
Varna Du Desert (FR) is by Marchand De Sable (USA) out of Paloma Du Desert (FR), whose sire is Kendor.
What is Varna Du Desert's sire's record?
Marchand De Sable (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,093 runs since Jan 2008 (128 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 13.2% from 167. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 148.

Record shown from October 2011. 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.