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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)

Stats

By distance


Flat career	Flat	5f to 6f	490	43	71	8.8%	21/83	£260,484	€117,272
Flat career	Flat	7f to 1m	889	77	143	8.7%	39/122	£659,598	€268,153
Flat career	Flat	9f to 11f	662	68	113	10.3%	29/102	£251,827	€170,770
Flat career	Flat	12f to 13f	288	26	54	9.0%	10/60	£173,522	€23,549
Flat career	Flat	14f and over	96	12	18	12.5%	4/27	£152,495	€10,620

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Flat career	Flat	Good to firm or firmer	677	55	106	8.1%	34/126	£469,175	€188,713
Flat career	Flat	Good	425	32	57	7.5%	24/113	£325,631	€207,649
Flat career	Flat	Good to soft or yielding	199	10	26	5.0%	10/83	£90,081	€22,706
Flat career	Flat	Soft	172	10	18	5.8%	9/70	£40,194	€95,339
Flat career	Flat	Heavy	45	2	2	4.4%	2/29	£407	€22,737

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By age


Flat career	Flat	2	382	31	48	8.1%	23/97	£154,842	€148,047
Flat career	Flat	3	678	75	115	11.1%	43/113	£610,492	€171,039
Flat career	Flat	4	554	53	97	9.6%	30/85	£304,263	€67,462
Flat career	Flat	5	356	31	60	8.7%	21/52	£192,802	€73,938
Flat career	Flat	6	172	12	25	7.0%	9/29	£87,594	€24,610

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By race type


Flat career	Flat	Turf handicap	962	71	141	7.4%	39/102	£535,345	€320,231
Flat career	Flat	AW handicap	606	70	115	11.6%	27/74	£323,725	€45,496
Flat career	Flat	Turf maiden/novice	364	19	40	5.2%	19/132	£93,848	€80,512
Flat career	Flat	AW conditions/stakes	198	32	54	16.2%	18/56	£186,937	€7,725
Flat career	Flat	Turf conditions/stakes	192	19	28	9.9%	16/68	£296,295	€136,400

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By surface


Flat career	Flat	Turf	1,518	109	209	7.2%	54/141	£925,488	€537,142
Flat career	Flat	All-Weather	907	117	190	12.9%	42/95	£572,437	€53,221
NH career	NH	Turf	510	35	72	6.9%	11/65	£72,401	€395,528

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By class


Flat career	Flat	Group 1	6	0	0	0.0%	0/4	£38,475	-
Flat career	Flat	Group 2	8	0	2	0.0%	0/2	£42,344	-
Flat career	Flat	Group 3	11	1	2	9.1%	1/7	£48,261	-
Flat career	Flat	Listed	56	7	10	12.5%	3/14	£223,696	€8,725
Flat career	Flat	Class 2	71	9	11	12.7%	6/17	£273,873	-

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Debutants and first-time out


Flat career	Flat	Debut	137	7	12	5.1%	7/137	£34,796	€16,608
Flat career	Flat	2nd career run	133	9	20	6.8%	9/133	£70,606	€37,802
Flat career	Flat	3rd career run	128	5	17	3.9%	5/128	£45,504	€62,226
NH career	NH	Debut	22	1	0	4.5%	1/22	£1,301	€328
NH career	NH	2nd career run	15	0	0	0.0%	0/15	-	-

Debut = first run in GB/IRE results.

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By course (top 15)


Flat career	Flat	Wolverhampton (AW)	325	46	73	14.2%	19/59	£217,384	-
Flat career	Flat	Lingfield (AW)	258	38	63	14.7%	18/54	£230,847	-
Flat career	Flat	Kempton (AW)	166	16	29	9.6%	7/40	£88,156	-
Flat career	Flat	Southwell (AW)	92	10	17	10.9%	7/34	£32,692	-
Flat career	Flat	Curragh (IRE)	72	2	8	2.8%	1/27	-	€154,983

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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.

Updated 2015-04-30

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