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Darkdeserthighway: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Darkdeserthighway is an 8-year-old mare by Hallowed Crown, trained by M D O'Callaghan. She has won 5 of 48 starts and placed in 8 more, for £3,740 in prize money. Her best trip is 6f, where 1 win from 7 is a 14% strike rate against 10% at every other distance. She runs next in the 4:40 at Punchestown on 15 September. Her best performance rating is 80, which is the figure to judge her against in this grade.

  • Runs 48
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 13
  • Strike rate 10%
  • Prize money £3,740
  • Best rating 80
  • Official rating 68

Where Darkdeserthighway runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:40 Punchestown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap —

Darkdeserthighway form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
4 Sep 26 Down Royal (IRE) Children's Heartbeat Trust Apprentice Handicap 1m 2.5f Good 7 11 18/1 Mel Sheridan 68
18 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) QuinnBet Apprentice Optional Claiming Race 1m 2.5f Good 4 3 11/1 Paddy Harnett 68
6 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Renault Ireland Handicap 1m 1f Good 2 0.2 9/2F Dylan Browne McMonagle 62
3 Aug 26 Naas (IRE) Bet 20 Get 40 With Matchbook Handicap 7f Good 6 2 33/1 Jamie Powell 62
15 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) O'Donoghue Ring Collection Optional Claiming Race 1m Good 8 7.5 22/1 Jamie Powell 64
3 Jul 26 Bellewstown Smiths Of Drogheda Ford Classic Handicap 1m Good 10 14 14/1 Colin Keane 66
13 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap 1m Standard 3 1.5 4/1 Colin Keane 72
16 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) BAR 1 Betting Download Our New App Handicap 1m Standard 3 1.5 8/1 Leigh Roche 73
19 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Champion Trainer & Jockey Awards 2025 Handicap 7f Standard 5 4 25/1 Patrick McGettigan 74
5 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 1m Standard 7 10.75 17/2 Nicola Burns 74
24 Oct 25 Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap 7f Standard 1 — 15/2 Nicola Burns 68
2 Sep 25 Gowran Park Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap 1m Good To Yielding 5 3.75 12/1 Jamie Powell 66
22 Aug 25 Killarney GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap 1m Good 13 10.75 10/1 Leigh Roche 67
20 Jul 25 Curragh Mongey Communications Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap 1m Good To Yielding 8 9.75 18/1 Leigh Roche 70
9 Jul 25 Fairyhouse Farewell To Peter Roe Handicap 7f Good 5 4 20/1 Leigh Roche 70
3 Feb 25 Punchestown Up The Yard Challenge Race 2m Heavy 16 220 28/1 Lauryn Faulkner 72
20 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Champion Trainer & Jockey Awards 2024 Handicap (47-75) 7f Standard 5 2.5 7/1 Leigh Roche 72
20 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-70) 1m Standard 1 — 11/2 Leigh Roche 66
17 Sep 24 Punchestown William Hill Extra Place Races Daily Irish EBF Fillies Handicap 1m 1f Good 3 4.75 16/1 Seamie Heffernan 67
31 Aug 24 Curragh Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Ireland Charity Race 1m 4f Good 9 7.5 12/1 Cara Archbold 67
22 Aug 24 Leopardstown Dublin To Bahrain Fillies Handicap 1m Good 8 5.25 9/1 Jamie Powell 67
27 Jul 24 Gowran Park Gowran Park Handicap 1m Good 4 1 6/1 Seamie Heffernan 69
21 Jul 24 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap 1m Good 8 9.75 20/1 Seamie Heffernan 71
6 Jun 24 Leopardstown BoyleSports Best Odds From 8am Handicap (50-80) 1m Good 5 3.25 14/1 Colin Keane 71
6 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap (47-75) 1m Standard 3 4 4/1J Colin Keane 72
3 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Parkview Provisions Handicap (50-80) 1m Standard 5 1.75 10/1 Siobhan Rutledge 72
29 Sep 23 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) 1m Standard 1 — 10/3J Colin Keane 62
13 Sep 23 Punchestown Punchestown Flat Is Back Handicap (50-75) 1m Good To Yielding 3 2 8/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 62
26 May 23 Curragh Novibet Blog Handicap (50-80) 1m Good 8 3.5 28/1 Siobhan Rutledge 67
17 May 23 Cork Buy Tickets Online At www.corkracecourse.ie Handicap 7f Good 19 4.75 11/1 Colin Keane 67
14 Dec 22 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 1m Standard 2 2.75 9/2 Leigh Roche 62
18 Nov 22 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-70) 1m 2.5f Standard 10 8.5 5/1 Colin Keane 62
2 Nov 22 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-70) 1m Standard 2 .5 10/3F Colin Keane 60
30 Sep 22 Dundalk (AW) William Hill Bet Boost Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 1m Standard 5 2.75 11/4F Leigh Roche 60
16 Sep 22 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 1m Standard 1 — 7/2F Dylan Browne McMonagle 52
29 Aug 22 Roscommon Fuerty Handicap (47-65) 7f Good 6 5 13/2 Leigh Roche 55
1 Jun 22 Curragh Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Handicap 6.5f Good 11 6.5 33/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 56
2 May 22 Curragh Keadeen Hotel Handicap (47-75) 6f Yielding 17 14.25 22/1 Leigh Roche 58
10 Apr 22 Curragh Hollywoodbets Proudly Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (47-65) 6f Yielding 6 2.75 22/1 Leigh Roche 58
29 Oct 21 Dundalk (AW) Extra Places Everyday At BetVictor Handicap (45-65) 5f Standard 8 5 25/1 Jake Coen 59
13 Aug 21 Curragh TRI Equestrian Handicap (45-65) 6f Good 18 12.75 12/1 Leigh Roche 61
3 Jul 21 Naas Summer Racing At Naas Apprentice Handicap (45-65) 6f Good 6 6 5/1F Jamie Powell 61
23 Jun 21 Naas Naas Racecourse Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 6f Good 1 — 66/1 Leigh Roche 51
11 Jun 21 Fairyhouse Summer Evenings At Fairyhouse Handicap (45-70) 6f Good To Firm 14 11 20/1 Leigh Roche 54
12 May 21 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (45-65) 1m Standard 8 3.75 20/1 Leigh Roche 56
20 Apr 21 Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 5f Yielding 15 17 40/1 Leigh Roche –
28 Mar 21 Naas Kuroshio At Compas Stallions Maiden (Plus 10) 6f Soft 16 13.75 25/1 Leigh Roche –
4 Dec 20 Dundalk (AW) Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden (Plus 10) 7f Standard 8 8.25 40/1 Danny Sheehy –

Last time out

Finished 7 in the Children's Heartbeat Trust Apprentice Handicap at Down Royal (IRE) on 4 September 2026. Held up towards the back - improved into midfield over 2f out then found little from a furlong out - stayed on same gait to finish 7th.

Darkdeserthighway by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
8f 23 3 13% —
7f 8 1 13% —
6f 7 1 14% —
10.5f 3 0 0% —
9f 2 0 0% —
5f 2 0 0% —
16f 1 0 0% —
12f 1 0 0% —
6.5f 1 0 0% —

Darkdeserthighway by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 21 1 5% —
Standard 18 4 22% —
Good To Yielding 3 0 0% —
Yielding 3 0 0% —
Heavy 1 0 0% —
Good To Firm 1 0 0% —
Soft 1 0 0% —

Darkdeserthighway by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Dundalk (AW) 18 4 22% —
Curragh 8 0 0% —
Punchestown 3 0 0% —
Naas 3 1 33% —
Gowran Park 2 0 0% —
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% —
Leopardstown 2 0 0% —
Down Royal (IRE) 1 0 0% —
Roscommon (IRE) 1 0 0% —
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 0 0% —

Darkdeserthighway breeding

  • Sire Hallowed Crown (AUS)
  • Dam Redstaroverchina (IRE)
  • Damsire Starspangledbanner (AUS)
  • Breeder Mighty Universe Ltd
  • Foaled 25 February 2018

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