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Desert Of The Sea: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Desert Of The Sea is a 5-year-old gelding by Footstepsinthesand, trained by T G McCourt. He has won 0 of 20 starts and placed in 4 more, for £1,197 in prize money. He runs next in the 6:20 at Laytown on 10 September. His best performance rating is 62, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 20
  • Wins 0
  • Placed 4
  • Strike rate 0%
  • Prize money £1,197
  • Best rating 62
  • Official rating 38

Where Desert Of The Sea runs next

Time Course Race Best price
6:20 Laytown Pride Of Place Maiden —

Desert Of The Sea form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
6 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Carnival de Leop Handicap 7f Good 8 3.5 33/1 James Ryan 38
2 Jul 26 Bellewstown Ploughman Bar And Grill Handicap (0-60) 1m Good 15 20 11/1 Robert Whearty 40
18 Jun 26 Leopardstown 1878 At 3Arena Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) 1m 1f Good To Firm 7 6.25 22/1 Sadhbh Tormey 40
20 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap (0-60) 7f Standard 7 5 8/1 Sadhbh Tormey 42
6 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap (0-60) 1m Standard 2 1.25 7/2F Wesley Joyce 42
6 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Dundalkstadium.com Apprentice Handicap (0-60) 1m Standard 3 3.25 12/1 Sadhbh Tormey 42
28 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) 7f Standard 2 1.75 18/1 Wesley Joyce 40
17 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap (0-60) 7f Standard 4 3 22/1 James Ryan 43
5 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) 1m Standard 8 4.75 25/1 James Ryan 45
20 Oct 25 Gowran Park Racing Club Membership Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 1m 0.5f Heavy 10 17 11/1 Sadhbh Tormey 45
8 Oct 25 Navan Racing Again 22nd October Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) 1m 2f Yielding 9 11.5 40/1 James Ryan 49
1 Oct 25 Bellewstown BOYLE Sports Home Of The Early Payout Handicap (0-60) 1m Soft 10 6.75 100/1 James Ryan 50
16 Sep 25 Punchestown See You On The 14th & 15th October Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) 1m 1.5f Good To Yielding 13 41.75 50/1 Mikey Sheehy 55
28 Aug 25 Navan Racing Next At Navan On Saturday September 6th Handicap (0-60) 1m 6f Yielding 15 105.25 33/1 Sadhbh Tormey 56
5 Jul 25 Nottingham Derek Shaw Racing Handicap Class 6 1m 2f Good To Firm 4 11.25 8/1 Edward Greatrex 59
18 Jun 25 Hamilton Scottish Racing Supporting RacingWithPride Handicap Class 6 1m 3f Good 11 24 6/1 Kevin Stott 60
9 Jun 25 Pontefract Bill Carrigill Memorial Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 1m 2f Good 3 2.5 9/2 Callum Rodriguez 60
12 Apr 25 Thirsk George Sewell 70th Birthday Celebration Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 7f Good 11 18.75 11/1 P J McDonald –
28 Oct 24 Galway Corrib Food Products Maiden 7f Heavy 8 13.25 150/1 Donagh O'Connor –
12 Oct 24 Naas Punctual Print Maiden 1m Good To Yielding 6 18.75 25/1 Donagh O'Connor –

Last time out

Finished 8 in the Carnival de Leop Handicap at Leopardstown (IRE) on 6 August 2026. Up with the pace before taking command after a furlong and a half - urged on straightening up then lost the advantage inside the last two furlongs - unable to find more late and finished eighth.

Desert Of The Sea by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 6 0 0%
8f 6 0 0%
10f 3 0 0%
9f 1 0 0%
8.5f 1 0 0%
9.5f 1 0 0%
14f 1 0 0%
11f 1 0 0%

Desert Of The Sea by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 6 0 0%
Good 5 0 0%
Good To Firm 2 0 0%
Heavy 2 0 0%
Yielding 2 0 0%
Good To Yielding 2 0 0%
Soft 1 0 0%

Desert Of The Sea by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Dundalk (AW) 6 0 0%
Bellewstown 2 0 0%
Navan 2 0 0%
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 0 0%
Leopardstown 1 0 0%
Gowran Park 1 0 0%
Punchestown 1 0 0%
Nottingham 1 0 0%
Hamilton 1 0 0%
Pontefract 1 0 0%

Desert Of The Sea breeding

  • Sire Footstepsinthesand (GB)
  • Dam Dame D'Honneur (IRE)
  • Damsire Teofilo (IRE)
  • Breeder Eimear Mulhern
  • Foaled 4 April 2021

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