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Desperate Hero

6-year-old gelding with 8 wins from 36 runs who runs best on good ground.
Quick facts
Age
6 years old
Sex
Gelding
Trainer
Salem bin Ghadayer
Official rating
94

📊 Key numbers

Career totals for this horse
36
Career races
8
Wins
22.2%
Win rate
avg ~10%
36.1%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
246 days
Since last race

⚡ Strengths and risks

What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 4 wins from 11 starts (36%)
✔ Excellent record on heavy ground: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on fast ground: 0 wins from 4 starts
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts

🎯 Where this horse runs best

Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Heavy (very wet)
Loves
Good to soft (some give)
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Ok
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Fast (all-weather)
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
5F – 6½F
🏅 Race level
Class 1 (elite)
Unknown
Class 2 (high-level)
Loves
Class 3 (mid-level)
Loves
Class 4 (standard)
Avoids
Class 5 (entry-level)
Loves
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Long straights
Ok
Right-handed, hilly
Ok
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, hilly
Unknown

📅 Recent runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
6 Mar
🏆 Won
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 15 runners
20 Feb
8th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 14 runners
6 Feb
🏆 Won
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 14 runners
31 Jan
7th
jebel_ali
5f – 6½f · Fast · 7 runners
16 Jan
7th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 14 runners
9 Jan
4th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Good · 18 runners
19 Dec
4th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 11 runners
12 Dec
6th
meydan
5f – 6½f · Fast · 12 runners
15 Nov
4th
jebel_ali
5f – 6½f · Fast · 9 runners
16 Mar
5th
jebel_ali
5f – 6½f · 11 runners

🏇 Jockeys

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
Bernardo Pinheiro Current jockey
16.7%
Win rate
2/12
Wins / rides
Rose Dawes
0%
Win rate
0/4
Wins / rides
66.7%
Win rate
2/3
Wins / rides
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/3
Wins / rides
50%
Win rate
1/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
100%
Win rate
1/1
Wins / rides
100%
Win rate
1/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
Xavier Ziani
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast runWin rate
meydan 10 2 wins, 8 other 6 Mar 20%
Goodwood
Undulating
6 1 win, 1 second, 4 other 2 Aug 16.7%
jebel_ali 3 3 other 31 Jan 0%
Newbury
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 19 Aug 50%
Windsor
Sharp
2 1 win, 1 second 12 Jun 50%
Nottingham
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 18 Oct 50%
Chepstow
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 third 22 Jul 50%
Hamilton Park
Sharp
1 1 win 2 Jun 100%
Bath
Undulating
1 1 other 7 Apr 0%
Great Yarmouth
Galloping
1 1 second 27 Jul 0%
Salisbury
Undulating
1 1 other 4 May 0%
Haydock Park
Galloping
1 1 other 8 Jul 0%
Doncaster
Galloping
1 1 other 28 Oct 0%
York
Galloping
1 1 other 23 Sep 0%
Sandown Park
Galloping
1 1 third 6 Jul 0%
The Curragh
Galloping
1 1 other 15 Sep 0%