Horse Profile

Desperado
Stable

Trained by Ciaron Maher at Ballarat, Desperado is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Ghibellines, out of the dam Carefree.

He has won a total of 4 races from 15 starts for a win percentage of 27%. His career earnings are $156k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Caulfield on April 6th in 2024 when he won $71,500 in the Robert Taranto (a handicap race over 2,000 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1830.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $18k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$156k
Starts
15
Wins
4
Second
3
Third
0
Win %
27
Place %
47
Profit
+18.3
Conditions
Good
8
2-1-0
$7k
Soft
7
2-1-0
$18k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
2000m
4
2-1-0
+13.5
2040m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
4
0-2-0
-4
1400m
2
1-0-0
+9
1950m
1
1-0-0
+3.8
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
2147m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Caulfield
1
1-0-0
+14
Moonee Valley
1
0-0-0
-1
Colac
1
0-0-0
-1
Camperdown
1
0-1-0
-1
Flemington
2
0-0-0
-2
Yarra Glen
1
1-0-0
+3.8
Moe
1
0-0-0
-1
Warrnambool
1
1-0-0
+10
Riverton
1
0-0-0
-1
Gore
1
1-0-0
+1.5
Ascot Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Wingatui
2
0-1-0
-2
Mornington
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
VIC
10
3-2-0
+21.8
5
1-1-0
-2.5

Race History

Apr-20 24
2/15
2.8
9
Mornington
5
2000
No Fuss Event Hire (Bm78)
$23k
$130k
Ben Allen
58½
127.10
-
14
7,13,14
+12
Apr-6 24
1/9
0.2
$15
Caulfield
5
2000
Robert Taranto (Bm70)
$72k
$130k
B Allen
60
124.09
36.07
7
7,7,6
+5
Mar-8 24
6/11
3.6
$21
Moonee Valley
4
2040
3yo+ (Bm70)
$3k
$125k
J Allen
60
129.01
34.72
5
6,7,5
-1
Feb-9 24
4/10
0.9
$6
Colac
3
2000
Australian Lamb Company Colac Gold Cup
$4k
$70k
M Cartwright
54
122.07
34.32
2
3,3,2
-2
Jan-20 24
2/8
5.5
$14
Camperdown
3
1600
Sungold Milk Camperdown Cup (Bm84)
$9k
$50k
N Farley
56
96.16
34.19
4
4,4,4
+2
Jan-1 24
9/9
11.1
$16
Flemington
3
1400
George Watson (Bm70)
$1k
$65k
B Shinn
60
81.79
35.06
7
7,9
Spell of 288 Days
Mar-19 23
1/9
2.8
$4.8
Yarra Glen
4
1950
United Petroleum (Bm64)
$21k
$38k
B Mertens
61
120.72
35.92
5
5,5,3
+2
Feb-8 23
5/6
7.5
$2.6
Moe
4
1600
Ladbroke It (Bm64)
$1k
$38k
B Allen
61½
97.83
36.89
6
6,6,5
Dec-17 22
7/12
3.3
$5.5
Flemington
3
1800
The Kennedy Jewel (Bm70)
$3k
$130k
E Brown
58½
109.76
33.94
1
1,2,2
-5
Nov-27 22
1/14
0.8
$11
Warrnambool
4
1400
Matko Hire Goodbye Albany-Bm64
$23k
$40k
J Allen
59
82.84
35.53
9
9,8
+7
Spell of 330 Days
Jan-1 22
8/11
11.1
$4.2
Riverton
5
2147
Doug Horrell Contracting-Bm65
$0k
$15k
J Lowry
59
139.70
-
4
4,5,7
-1
Dec-19 21
1/12
2.3
$2.5
Gore
4
2000
Heriot Hotel / A B Lime Maiden
$7k
$12k
J Lowry
58½
127.45
-
3
5,4,4
+3
Nov-17 21
4/14
1.5
$4.2
Ascot Park
7
1600
McCallums Group Maiden
$1k
$12k
J Lowry
58½
101.93
-
6
6,5,3
-1
Nov-2 21
2/14
1.8
$37.8
Wingatui
4
1600
Speights Maiden
$3k
$15k
C Campbell
58½
99.41
-
2
0,4,3
+1
Oct-21 21
9/12
7.2
$26.2
Wingatui
6
1200
Be My Guest Maiden
$0k
$12k
L Callaway
58½
73.66
-
9
0,9,10
+1