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    Desert Friend

    Age
    10 (Chestnut Gelding)
    Sire
    Universal
    Dam
    Assabiyya
    Trainer
    P J F Murphy
    Owner
    Mrs Margaret Ahern
    Run to form 25% Over the last 12 runs
    RPR 60 Racing Post Rating
    Official rating 49 Current handicap mark
    Top speed 113 Best speed figure recorded

    Recent Form

    Date
    Course
    Class
    Dist
    Going
    Jockey
    SP
    Pos
    RPR
    Date 17:04 Wed 21 Oct 2026
    Course Navan
    Class —
    Dist 1m6f
    Going Yielding
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 33/1
    Pos 11th/23
    RPR 60
    Date 15:36 Thu 8 Oct 2026
    Course Thurles
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f154y
    Going Good To Yielding
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 12/1
    Pos 5th/14
    RPR 61
    Date 17:24 Thu 27 Aug 2026
    Course Navan
    Class —
    Dist 1m6f
    Going Good
    Jockey Chris Hayes
    SP 33/1
    Pos 16th/22
    RPR 63
    Date 17:40 Mon 27 Jul 2026
    Course Galway
    Class —
    Dist 2m130y
    Going Good
    Jockey J J Slevin
    SP 33/1
    Pos 20th/20
    RPR 113
    Date 19:40 Mon 20 Jul 2026
    Course Ballinrobe
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f179y
    Going Good To Yielding
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 16/1
    Pos 4th/11
    RPR 64
    Date 19:51 Thu 2 Jul 2026
    Course Bellewstown
    Class —
    Dist 1m6f109y
    Going Good
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 28/1
    Pos 4th/12
    RPR 63
    Date 16:37 Sun 7 Jun 2026
    Course Navan
    Class —
    Dist 1m5f
    Going Good Changing To Good
    Jockey Chris Hayes
    SP 11/1
    Pos 12th/16
    RPR 66
    Date 16:50 Sun 31 May 2026
    Course Listowel
    Class —
    Dist 2m40y
    Going Good
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 12/1
    Pos 9th/11
    RPR 77
    Date 15:22 Sun 3 May 2026
    Course Sligo
    Class —
    Dist 1m5f190y
    Going Yielding To Soft
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 15/2
    Pos 1st/14
    RPR 67
    Date 19:00 Sat 11 Apr 2026
    Course Bellewstown
    Class —
    Dist 1m3f90y
    Going Soft
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 7/2
    Pos 9th/12
    RPR 75
    Date 19:50 Fri 10 Apr 2026
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f
    Going Standard
    Jockey Chris Hayes
    SP 4/1
    Pos 3rd/12
    RPR 62
    Date 18:45 Fri 27 Mar 2026
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 2m
    Going Standard
    Jockey Chris Hayes
    SP 13/2
    Pos 1st/10
    RPR 66
    Date 18:45 Fri 6 Mar 2026
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f
    Going Standard
    Jockey Wayne Hassett
    SP 14/1
    Pos 11th/14
    RPR 64
    Date 16:38 Wed 11 Feb 2026
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f
    Going Standard
    Jockey Chris Hayes
    SP 9/1
    Pos 9th/14
    RPR 63
    Date 19:15 Fri 16 Jan 2026
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f
    Going Standard
    Jockey Killian Leonard
    SP 9/1
    Pos 6th/13
    RPR 64
    Date 19:30 Fri 19 Dec 2025
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f
    Going Standard
    Jockey Luke McAteer
    SP 10/1
    Pos 6th/13
    RPR 58
    Date 16:18 Wed 26 Nov 2025
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 2m
    Going Standard
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 8/1
    Pos 5th/11
    RPR 63
    Date 18:15 Fri 7 Nov 2025
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f
    Going Standard
    Jockey Conor Cusack
    SP 50/1
    Pos 6th/14
    RPR 73
    Date 17:40 Wed 29 Oct 2025
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f
    Going Standard
    Jockey Ben Coen
    SP 40/1
    Pos 12th/14
    RPR 71
    Date 17:30 Sun 31 Aug 2025
    Course Tipperary
    Class —
    Dist 1m4f110y
    Going Good To Yielding Changing To Yielding After Race 1
    Jockey Ben Coen
    SP 18/1
    Pos 9th/14
    RPR 73

    Career Wins

    Date
    Course
    Class
    Dist
    Going
    Prize
    Date 15:22 Sun 3 May 2026
    Course Sligo
    Class —
    Dist 1m5f190y
    Going Yielding To Soft
    Prize €5,900
    Date 18:45 Fri 27 Mar 2026
    Course Dundalk
    Class —
    Dist 2m
    Going Standard
    Prize €5,900
    Date 19:50 Mon 24 Jun 2024
    Course Ballinrobe
    Class —
    Dist 1m5f
    Going Good
    Prize €8,850
    Date 17:40 Fri 9 Jun 2023
    Course Clonmel
    Class —
    Dist 2m67y
    Going Good
    Prize €6,605
    Date 14:35 Mon 6 Jun 2022
    Course Listowel
    Class —
    Dist 2m
    Going Soft
    Prize €7,127
    Date 20:45 Sat 5 Jun 2021
    Course Lingfield
    Class Class 5
    Dist 2m68y
    Going Standard To Slow
    Prize £2,862
    Date 20:15 Sat 10 Apr 2021
    Course Wolverhampton
    Class Class 5
    Dist 2m120y
    Going Standard
    Prize £2,862
    Date 19:15 Mon 15 Oct 2018
    Course Kempton
    Class Class 5
    Dist 1m
    Going Standard / Slow
    Prize £3,881
    Date 16:50 Tue 11 Sep 2018
    Course Leicester
    Class Class 4
    Dist 1m53y
    Going Good To Firm
    Prize £6,469

    Course Record

    Course
    Runs
    Wins
    Win %
    Places (1-2-3-4)
    Place %
    Course Dundalk
    Runs 12
    Wins 1
    Win % 8%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-0-1-0
    Place % 17%
    Course Navan
    Runs 6
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-1-0
    Place % 17%
    Course Ballinrobe
    Runs 5
    Wins 1
    Win % 20%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-1-0-2
    Place % 80%
    Course Limerick
    Runs 4
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-1-0
    Place % 25%
    Course Listowel
    Runs 4
    Wins 1
    Win % 25%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-1-0-0
    Place % 50%
    Course Tipperary
    Runs 4
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Bellewstown
    Runs 3
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-1
    Place % 33%
    Course Curragh
    Runs 3
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Galway
    Runs 3
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Kempton
    Runs 3
    Wins 1
    Win % 33%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-0-0-1
    Place % 67%
    Course Sligo
    Runs 3
    Wins 1
    Win % 33%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-0-1-0
    Place % 67%
    Course Wolverhampton
    Runs 3
    Wins 1
    Win % 33%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-0-0-0
    Place % 33%
    Course Chelmsford
    Runs 2
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-2
    Place % 100%
    Course Cheltenham
    Runs 2
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Cork
    Runs 2
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-1
    Place % 50%
    Course Leopardstown
    Runs 2
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-1
    Place % 50%
    Course Roscommon
    Runs 2
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-1-0
    Place % 50%
    Course Chester
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Clonmel
    Runs 1
    Wins 1
    Win % 100%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-0-0-0
    Place % 100%
    Course Down Royal
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Leicester
    Runs 1
    Wins 1
    Win % 100%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-0-0-0
    Place % 100%
    Course Lingfield
    Runs 1
    Wins 1
    Win % 100%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-0-0-0
    Place % 100%
    Course Naas
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-1-0
    Place % 100%
    Course Pontefract
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-1
    Place % 100%
    Course Punchestown
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Sedgefield
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Thurles
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-0-0
    Place % 0%
    Course Tramore
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-1-0
    Place % 100%