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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 62 Racing Post Rating
    Official rating 51 Current handicap mark
    Top speed 113 Best speed figure recorded

    Next Entries

    Date
    Course
    Race
    Class/Dist
    Going
    Best odds
    Date 15:36 Thu 8 Oct 2026
    Course Thurles
    Race Welcome Back To Thurles Handicap
    Class/Dist 1m4f132y
    Going Good

    Recent Form

    Date
    Course
    Class
    Dist
    Going
    Jockey
    SP
    Pos
    RPR
    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
    Date 19:27 Fri 18 Jul 2025
    Course Down Royal
    Class —
    Dist 1m5f
    Going Good
    Jockey Patrick McGettigan
    SP 9/2
    Pos 6th/8
    RPR 72
    Date 16:05 Sat 28 Jun 2025
    Course Curragh
    Class —
    Dist 1m2f
    Going Good
    Jockey Ms Hannah Smullen
    SP 16/1
    Pos 10th/14
    RPR 89

    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 Ballinrobe
    Runs 5
    Wins 1
    Win % 20%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 1-1-0-2
    Place % 80%
    Course Navan
    Runs 5
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-1-0
    Place % 20%
    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 Tramore
    Runs 1
    Wins 0
    Win % 0%
    Places (1-2-3-4) 0-0-1-0
    Place % 100%