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Sire profile

Desert Sun (GB)

Best progeny: The Fonze (IRE), Salford City (IRE), Dunelight (IRE)

Avg winning distance: Flat 8.7f · NH 2m2f
Damsire avg winning distance: Flat 8.0f · NH 2m2f
Race record: 12 runs, 2 wins
By: Green Desert (USA)
As damsire: 48 winners from 97 runners
Country: GB

Winners (GB & IRE): 71 of 159 runners (45%)
Wins (GB & IRE): 261 from 2,935 runs
Black-type winners (GB & IRE): 5 (2 Group/Grade)
Progeny prize money (GB & IRE): £1,570,326 GB · €985,891 IRE
Best progeny: The Fonze (IRE), Salford City (IRE), Dunelight (IRE)

Progeny

Progeny record by season


2015	Flat	1	0	4	0	0.0%	£649	-
2014	Flat	1	1	7	1	14.3%	£2,422	-
2014/15	NH	1	0	3	0	0.0%	-	-
2013	Flat	5	2	25	3	12.0%	£13,365	-
2013/14	NH	3	0	6	0	0.0%	-	-
2012	Flat	7	1	61	2	3.3%	£32,958	€770
2012/13	NH	5	1	19	1	5.3%	£3,937	-
2011	Flat	21	5	134	6	4.5%	£61,421	€2,030
2011/12	NH	10	1	29	1	3.4%	£496	€16,290
2010	Flat	27	13	155	20	12.9%	£131,415	€20,063
2010/11	NH	13	1	41	3	7.3%	£114	€37,733
2009	Flat	36	10	193	18	9.3%	£111,154	€80,342
2009/10	NH	19	6	69	10	14.5%	£9,581	€118,771
2008	Flat	44	19	280	31	11.1%	£128,644	€58,752
2008/09	NH	24	6	85	9	10.6%	£25,322	€74,092
2007	Flat	49	22	397	31	7.8%	£219,829	€109,148
2007/08	NH	31	2	95	4	4.2%	£9,514	€108,118
2006	Flat	61	22	343	42	12.2%	£340,879	€76,305
2006/07	NH	27	2	73	2	2.7%	£9,367	€19,340
2005	Flat	67	16	344	22	6.4%	£109,345	€84,583
2005/06	NH	21	3	73	5	6.8%	£14,069	€19,820
2004	Flat	63	21	354	39	11.0%	£298,394	€36,791
2004/05	NH	7	0	17	0	0.0%	-	€1,366
2003	Flat	35	10	128	11	8.6%	£47,451	€121,580

Flat seasons are calendar years; NH seasons follow the official British and Irish dates.

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Best offspring: top 50 progeny


The Fonze (IRE)	Eoin Doyle	2004-2012	63	16	12	25.4%	2	Grade 2	£6,836	€171,471
Salford City (IRE)	Gordon Elliott	2003-2011	32	8	8	25.0%	2	Grade 2	£87,203	€132,696
Dunelight (IRE)	Clive Cox	2005-2011	34	7	14	20.6%	4	Listed	£260,921	€5,005
Sunny King (IRE)	John Best	2005-2006	13	5	4	38.5%	2	Listed	£99,243	-
Desert Sea (IRE)	David Arbuthnot	2005-2011	32	7	4	21.9%	1	Listed	£116,706	-
Kames Park (IRE)	Richard Guest	2004-2013	120	15	34	12.5%	0	-	£108,467	-
Hucking Heat (IRE)	Reg Hollinshead	2006-2009	55	8	11	14.5%	0	-	£27,339	-
Speagle (IRE)	Adrian Chamberlain	2004-2009	52	7	3	13.5%	0	-	£16,839	€11,402
Desert Light (IRE)	Derek Shaw	2003-2009	89	7	13	7.9%	0	-	£23,925	-
Summer Magic (IRE)	Timothy Doyle	2003-2008	41	6	3	14.6%	0	-	£7,479	€51,260
Sharadi (IRE)	F Flood	2003-2011	40	6	7	15.0%	0	-	£20,189	€29,767
Young Dottie (GB)	Pat Phelan	2008-2015	51	6	12	11.8%	0	-	£33,808	-
Richtee (IRE)	Ian McInnes	2003-2007	42	6	5	14.3%	0	-	£33,741	-
Kildare Sun (IRE)	John Mackie	2005-2011	50	6	11	12.0%	0	-	£29,561	-
Sir Bond (IRE)	Geoff Oldroyd	2003-2008	45	6	9	13.3%	0	-	£19,885	-
Larad (IRE)	J. S. Moore	2003-2007	59	6	12	10.2%	0	-	£17,180	-
Marias Dream (IRE)	J G Coogan	2005-2010	43	5	10	11.6%	0	-	£1,496	€109,811
Bright Sun (IRE)	Nigel Tinkler	2003-2008	62	5	10	8.1%	0	-	£33,234	-
Mr Willis (GB)	Terry Clement	2008-2012	29	5	7	17.2%	0	-	£28,457	-
Mull On The Run (IRE)	Michael McElhone	2006-2012	41	4	9	9.8%	0	-	-	€56,396
Princess Cocoa (IRE)	Richard Fahey	2005-2009	32	4	14	12.5%	0	-	£36,941	-
Eborarry (IRE)	Tim Easterby	2004-2009	53	4	18	7.5%	0	-	£34,445	-
Chilli Green (GB)	Julia Feilden	2010-2013	31	4	8	12.9%	0	-	£32,845	-
Prize Fighter I (IRE)	Lynn Siddall	2004-2013	52	4	12	7.7%	0	-	£32,383	-
Full Title (IRE)	Reginald Roberts	2005-2011	35	4	5	11.4%	0	-	-	€32,306
Lady Lily (IRE)	Sir Henry Cecil	2006-2007	16	4	2	25.0%	0	-	£27,087	-
Torquemada (IRE)	Michael Attwater	2003-2010	64	4	16	6.3%	0	-	£25,919	-
Otago (IRE)	Charlie Mann	2004-2006	29	4	4	13.8%	0	-	£20,864	-
Kingsgate Bay (IRE)	John Best	2004	7	4	0	57.1%	0	-	£19,123	-
Atacama Sunrise (GB)	John Butler	2009-2013	42	4	10	9.5%	0	-	£13,050	-
Oasis Sun (IRE)	John Best	2005-2008	34	4	4	11.8%	0	-	£8,884	-
Delphie Queen (IRE)	M Halford	2003-2006	25	3	2	12.0%	0	-	£45,639	€35,280
Fuerta Ventura (IRE)	K J Condon	2004-2006	18	3	1	16.7%	0	-	£3,100	€46,234
Bohemian Melody (GB)	Marco Botti	2010-2011	13	3	5	23.1%	0	-	£32,430	-
Buachaill On Eirne (IRE)	Gordon Elliott	2007-2009	15	3	4	20.0%	0	-	£5,584	€18,989
Inis Ceithleann (IRE)	Peter Casey	2006-2012	44	3	7	6.8%	0	-	-	€24,277
Little Perisher (GB)	Mark Brisbourne	2009-2012	59	3	11	5.1%	0	-	£19,872	-
Symbol Of Peace (IRE)	James Unett	2006-2007	23	3	4	13.0%	0	-	£12,332	€2,957
Sir Douglas (GB)	Maurice Barnes	2006-2009	35	3	6	8.6%	0	-	£13,163	-
Saviour Sand (IRE)	Olivia Maylam	2006-2011	37	3	8	8.1%	0	-	£11,837	-
Saros (IRE)	William Amos	2003-2006	26	3	5	11.5%	0	-	£10,847	-
Johnston's Glory (IRE)	Eric Alston	2007-2009	25	3	3	12.0%	0	-	£8,991	-
Tiffany Gardens (IRE)	Damien Maher	2004-2008	36	2	2	5.6%	0	-	-	€25,651
Ringned (IRE)	Thomas Foley	2007-2014	30	2	4	6.7%	0	-	-	€23,831
Luzdeluna (IRE)	Patrick J Flynn	2006-2009	25	2	3	8.0%	0	-	-	€19,031
Twin Sun's (IRE)	Miss Clodagh Beegan	2006-2010	24	2	0	8.3%	0	-	-	€18,376
Chasing The Dream (IRE)	J F O'Shea	2004-2007	28	2	5	7.1%	0	-	£7,021	€7,826
Berkhamsted (IRE)	Evan Williams	2004-2007	27	2	5	7.4%	0	-	£14,664	-
Rock Lobster I (GB)	James Given	2003-2005	18	2	3	11.1%	0	-	£10,877	-
Red Sahara (IRE)	William Haggas	2003-2004	10	2	1	20.0%	0	-	£10,823	-

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 Sun sired?: Desert Sun (GB) has sired 71 winners from 159 runners in Britain and Ireland since 2003 (45%), with 261 wins from 2,935 runs. Progeny runs abroad are not included.
How many black-type winners has Desert Sun sired?: Desert Sun (GB) has sired 5 black-type winners in Britain and Ireland since 2003, 2 of them at Group or Grade level.
Who is the best offspring of Desert Sun?: Ranked by level of win and black-type wins, the leading runner by Desert Sun (GB) in Britain and Ireland is The Fonze (IRE), a Grade 2 winner with 2 black-type wins from 63 runs.
Who is Desert Sun's sire?: Desert Sun (GB) is by Green Desert (USA), and won 2 of 12 races in Britain and Ireland as a racehorse.
What is the average winning distance of Desert Sun's progeny?: The average winning distance of Desert Sun (GB)'s progeny in Britain and Ireland is 8.7 furlongs on the Flat and 2m2f over jumps.
How much prize money have Desert Sun's progeny won?: Desert Sun (GB)'s progeny have earned £1,570,326 in Britain and €985,891 in Ireland since 2003.
How has Desert Sun done as a broodmare sire?: Runners out of Desert Sun (GB)'s daughters include 48 winners from 97 runners in Britain and Ireland, 6 of them black-type winners.

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