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Sire profile

Desert King (IRE)

Best progeny: Chelsea Rose (IRE), Mr Dinos (IRE), United (GER)

Avg winning distance: Flat 9.7f · NH 2m2f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 8.5f · NH 2m3½f
Race record: 12 runs, 5 wins
By: Danehill (USA)
As damsire: 135 winners from 291 runners
Country: IRE

Winners (GB & IRE): 121 of 246 runners (49%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 314 from 3,412 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 13 (7 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £2,480,424 GB · €1,907,919 IRE
Best progeny: Chelsea Rose (IRE), Mr Dinos (IRE), United (GER)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2022/23	NH	1	0	3	0	0.0%	£700	-
2021/22	NH	2	0	5	0	0.0%	£1,178	-
2020	Flat	1	0	4	0	0.0%	-	-
2020/21	NH	5	2	17	2	11.8%	£17,740	-
2019	Flat	1	0	7	0	0.0%	-	€399
2019/20	NH	8	4	34	7	20.6%	£37,913	€12,151
2018	Flat	3	2	15	2	13.3%	£616	€20,165
2018/19	NH	11	3	64	10	15.6%	£64,452	€50,753
2017	Flat	2	1	10	1	10.0%	£3,881	€1,687
2017/18	NH	19	7	69	12	17.4%	£53,191	€76,542
2016	Flat	1	0	1	0	0.0%	-	-
2016/17	NH	26	7	111	11	9.9%	£81,802	€64,142
2015	Flat	1	0	2	0	0.0%	-	-
2015/16	NH	37	9	133	11	8.3%	£32,674	€69,148
2014	Flat	2	0	3	0	0.0%	-	-
2014/15	NH	38	8	137	10	7.3%	£28,938	€60,415
2013	Flat	4	1	15	1	6.7%	£4,566	-
2013/14	NH	30	5	96	7	7.3%	£27,905	€19,799
2012	Flat	3	0	6	0	0.0%	£168	-
2012/13	NH	20	4	50	4	8.0%	£9,709	€4,620
2011	Flat	5	1	15	1	6.7%	£2,218	€1,120
2011/12	NH	10	1	25	2	8.0%	£5,493	-
2010	Flat	2	0	15	0	0.0%	£507	€1,800
2010/11	NH	12	1	47	1	2.1%	£4,460	€4,877
2009	Flat	7	1	21	2	9.5%	£8,209	€308
2009/10	NH	14	3	46	3	6.5%	£12,940	€820
2008	Flat	11	2	42	2	4.8%	£16,889	€11,536
2008/09	NH	23	6	82	9	11.0%	£106,549	€32,358
2007	Flat	20	7	105	10	9.5%	£80,924	€139,826
2007/08	NH	31	6	118	7	5.9%	£20,622	€57,332
2006	Flat	36	10	196	17	8.7%	£157,204	€123,547
2006/07	NH	38	11	137	14	10.2%	£125,206	€61,921
2005	Flat	60	19	310	29	9.4%	£262,371	€155,412
2005/06	NH	45	10	163	15	9.2%	£150,161	€86,372
2004	Flat	82	25	388	38	9.8%	£321,494	€321,844
2004/05	NH	33	8	123	12	9.8%	£72,930	€83,497
2003	Flat	75	20	327	29	8.9%	£370,085	€271,780
2003/04	NH	14	3	42	3	7.1%	£9,410	€36,030
2002	Flat	67	21	292	31	10.6%	£290,508	€133,005
2002/03	NH	5	2	18	2	11.1%	£11,837	-
2001	Flat	37	7	118	9	7.6%	£84,975	€4,719

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


Chelsea Rose (IRE)	-	-	C Collins	2004-2006	14	5	4	35.7%	4	Group 1	£10,740	€383,326
Mr Dinos (IRE)	-	-	Paul Cole	2001-2005	14	4	5	28.6%	2	Group 1	£308,129	-
United (GER)	-	-	Lucy Wadham	2005-2009	17	8	4	47.1%	1	Grade 1	£177,455	€86,200
Mango Mischief (IRE)	-	-	Mick Channon	2003-2007	26	5	6	19.2%	3	Group 3	£129,931	-
Bygone Days (GB)	-	-	Saeed bin Suroor	2003-2007	19	6	5	31.6%	1	Group 3	£108,689	-
Gaspar (IRE)	-	-	James McAuley	2004-2011	37	3	8	8.1%	1	Grade 3	-	€49,586
Place Rouge (IRE)	-	-	John Gosden	2003	4	1	1	25.0%	1	Group 3	£36,300	€20,900
Desert Queen (GB)	mare	Priscilla (GB)	Harry Fry	2015-2018	17	5	5	29.4%	2	Listed	£77,847	-
Manorson (IRE)	-	-	Jonjo O'Neill	2001-2009	24	6	4	25.0%	1	Listed	£50,466	€6,208
Desert Air (JPN)	-	-	David Pipe	2001-2007	40	5	11	12.5%	1	Listed	£106,874	-
Desert Fantasy (IRE)	-	-	Martyn Meade	2002-2006	19	3	3	15.8%	1	Listed	£3,080	€117,955
Bowmore I (IRE)	-	-	Michael Cunningham	2002-2006	23	3	3	13.0%	1	Listed	-	€73,979
Sundrenched I (IRE)	-	-	William Haggas	2001-2002	6	1	2	16.7%	1	Listed	£16,190	-
Nevada Desert (IRE)	-	-	Richard Whitaker	2002-2011	123	13	27	10.6%	0	-	£123,166	-
Eight Till Late (IRE)	gelding	Princess Lek (IRE)	Francis Casey	2013-2018	63	10	20	15.9%	0	-	-	€154,283
Masafi (IRE)	-	-	Elliott Cooper	2003-2009	35	10	7	28.6%	0	-	£57,521	€10,365
King Alfonso (GB)	gelding	Satire (GB)	Rebecca Curtis	2013-2021	52	9	13	17.3%	0	-	£60,425	€320
Kinger Rocks (IRE)	-	-	D K Weld	2005-2006	15	6	6	40.0%	0	-	-	€77,322
Ontopoftheworld (IRE)	gelding	Zaffre (IRE)	Peter Bowen	2014-2020	35	6	9	17.1%	0	-	£44,249	€20,015
Chitu (IRE)	gelding	Polly's Joy (IRE)	Patrick Griffin	2014-2017	19	6	6	31.6%	0	-	£29,283	€15,940
Desert Tommy (GB)	-	-	Lucinda Egerton	2003-2014	41	5	9	12.2%	0	-	£40,622	-
Kirov King (IRE)	-	-	Raymond York	2002-2006	30	5	1	16.7%	0	-	£12,763	€16,300
Maxed Out King (IRE)	gelding	Lady Max (IRE)	Sue Smith	2014-2020	25	5	8	20.0%	0	-	£27,446	-
Feed The Meter (IRE)	-	-	John Ryan	2002-2006	20	5	6	25.0%	0	-	£26,381	-
Rainbow Rising (IRE)	-	-	Adrian McGuinness	2004-2007	19	4	5	21.1%	0	-	£24,664	€130,843
Come On Jonny (IRE)	-	-	David Pipe	2004-2009	28	4	5	14.3%	0	-	£75,942	-
Quai Du Roi (IRE)	-	-	T G McCourt	2006-2012	70	4	11	5.7%	0	-	£1,348	€57,079
I'm An Izz Wizz (IRE)	gelding	Lovely Native (IRE)	Liam Lennon	2016-2019	37	4	9	10.8%	0	-	£7,780	€43,921
Oasis Star (IRE)	-	-	Adrian McGuinness	2003-2006	16	4	1	25.0%	0	-	£47,049	-
Sahara Prince (IRE)	-	-	Richard A Thomas	2002-2012	63	4	11	6.3%	0	-	£17,991	€25,984
Howwoulduno (IRE)	gelding	Whadouno (IRE)	Liam Lennon	2012-2018	35	4	6	11.4%	0	-	£13,122	€22,148
Burnley Al (IRE)	-	-	Peter Grayson	2004-2007	45	4	13	8.9%	0	-	£22,878	-
Princess Kiotto (GB)	-	-	Mark Brisbourne	2003-2007	20	4	5	20.0%	0	-	£19,963	-
Fulgora (GB)	-	-	Brendan Powell	2011-2013	18	4	4	22.2%	0	-	£12,931	-
Gemini Diamond (IRE)	-	-	M J Grassick	2002-2004	17	3	6	17.6%	0	-	-	€49,190
Connemara Rose (IRE)	-	-	Gordon Elliott	2004-2008	38	3	7	7.9%	0	-	£2,031	€33,572
Sandy Lady (IRE)	-	-	Richard Hannon Snr	2001-2003	29	3	9	10.3%	0	-	£34,510	-
Desert Cristal (IRE)	-	-	Jim Boyle	2003-2006	27	3	8	11.1%	0	-	£32,946	-
Myles Ahead (IRE)	gelding	La Belle (GB)	Joseph Patrick O'Brien	2013-2017	26	3	8	11.5%	0	-	-	€32,663
Hilites (IRE)	-	-	J. S. Moore	2003-2005	32	3	5	9.4%	0	-	£18,902	€5,200
Hufflepuff (IRE)	-	-	John Dunlop	2001-2003	19	3	2	15.8%	0	-	£23,105	-
Chill In The Wood (GB)	mare	Zaffaranni (IRE)	Dominic Ffrench Davis	2014-2020	22	3	5	13.6%	0	-	£17,915	-
Genuine Pearl (IRE)	-	-	Lawney Hill	2007-2011	8	3	0	37.5%	0	-	£2,398	€13,967
Dadeland (IRE)	-	-	Michael Easterby	2001-2002	14	3	4	21.4%	0	-	£15,597	-
Share The Feeling (IRE)	-	-	James Unett	2006-2007	19	3	6	15.8%	0	-	£10,447	€2,336
King Of Strings (IRE)	-	-	Mark Walford	2013-2015	14	3	4	21.4%	0	-	£12,290	-
Dune (GB)	-	-	Roger Charlton	2001-2002	12	2	5	16.7%	0	-	£56,651	-
Prince Nureyev (IRE)	-	-	Rod Millman	2002-2007	34	2	6	5.9%	0	-	£44,319	-
Harnour (GB)	-	-	Mick Channon	2001-2002	22	2	11	9.1%	0	-	£32,286	-
Mr Andrea (IRE)	-	-	D K Weld	2002	6	2	3	33.3%	0	-	-	€31,025

Ranked by best win (Group/Grade 1 first), then black-type wins, then wins. GB and IRE races only.

Quick answers

How many winners has Desert King sired?: Desert King (IRE) has sired 121 winners from 246 runners in Britain and Ireland since 2001 (49%), with 314 wins from 3,412 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Desert King sired?: Desert King (IRE) has sired 13 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 2001, 7 of them at Group or Grade level.
How many Group 1 winners has Desert King sired?: Desert King (IRE) has sired 1 Grade 1 winner (1 Grade 1 win) and 2 Group 1 winners (2 Group 1 wins) in Britain and Ireland since 2001.
Who is the best offspring of Desert King?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Desert King (IRE) in Britain and Ireland is Chelsea Rose (IRE), a Group 1 winner with 4 black-type wins from 14 runs.
Who is the latest Group 1 winner by Desert King?: The most recent Grade 1 winner by Desert King (IRE) in Britain and Ireland is United (GER), in the Colm McEvoy Auctioneers Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1) at Punchestown (IRE) on 28 April 2005.
Who is Desert King's sire?: Desert King (IRE) is by Danehill (USA), and won 5 of 12 races in Britain and Ireland as a racehorse.
What is the average winning distance of Desert King's progeny?: The average winning distance of Desert King (IRE)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 9.7 furlongs on the Flat and 2m2f over jumps.
How much prize money have Desert King's progeny won?: Desert King (IRE)'s progeny have earned £2,480,424 in Britain and €1,907,919 in Ireland since 2001.
How has Desert King done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Desert King (IRE)'s daughters include 135 winners from 291 runners in Britain and Ireland, 10 of them black-type winners.

Updated 2023-01-12

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