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Desert Lightning
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Trained by P & D Williams at Byerley Pk Karaka, Desert Lightning is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Pride Of Dubai, out of the dam Isstoora.

He has won a total of 5 races from 17 starts for a win percentage of 29%. His career earnings are $1.2M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ellerslie on January 27th in 2024 when he won $444,950 in the Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (a set weight race over 1,600 metres).

Desert Lightning is a top level performer, having started 9 times at group race level, with 2 wins, including 1 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $5180.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $88k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$1.2M
Starts
17
Wins
5
Second
3
Third
3
Win %
29
Place %
65
Profit
+51.8
Conditions
Good
9
3-2-1
$88k
Soft
7
2-1-0
$27k
Heavy
1
0-0-1
$5k
Race Standard
All
9
2-2-0
Group 1
4
1-1-0
Group 2
3
1-0-0
Group 3
2
0-1-0
Race Distance
1600m
5
2-1-2
+23.7
1400m
4
0-0-1
-4
1200m
3
1-0-0
+0.5
2000m
1
0-1-0
-1
2400m
1
0-0-0
-1
2100m
1
1-0-0
+2.9
1300m
1
0-1-0
-1
1100m
1
1-0-0
+31.7
Race Track
Ellerslie
2
1-0-0
+12.4
Trentham
1
1-0-0
+13.3
Tauranga
1
0-0-1
-1
Pukekohe Park
4
2-0-1
+3.4
Awapuni
1
0-1-0
-1
Te Rapa
2
0-0-0
-2
Riccarton Park
1
0-1-0
-1
Matamata
2
0-0-0
-2
Ruakaka
2
1-1-0
+30.7
Otaki
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
17
5-3-3
+52.8

Race History

Feb-24 24
3/10
0.0
2.3
Otaki
5
1600
Trackside Otaki-Maori Classic  
$32k
$400k
59
0.00
-
Jan-27 24
1/13
1.8
$14.4
Ellerslie
4
1600
Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic
$500k
$1M
V Colgan
57½
92.53
-
2
2,1
Dec-9 23
1/17
1.0
$14.3
Trentham
4
1600
TAB Classic 
$230k
$400k
V Colgan
59
95.05
-
3
2,1
Nov-18 23
3/9
3.6
$3.2
Tauranga
9
1400
Booth's Logistics Hcp
$5k
$50k
V Colgan
58
89.42
-
4
6,7
+4
Oct-28 23
1/6
1.3
$3.5
Pukekohe Park
4
1200
Dunstan Horsefeeds Hcp
$37k
$65k
V Colgan
54
71.34
-
2
2,2
+1
Spell of 210 Days
Apr-1 23
2/14
0.8
$2.1
Awapuni
5
2000
Manawatu Classic 
$19k
$100k
V Colgan
57
123.14
-
3
4,4,2
Mar-4 23
8/18
3.4
$12
Te Rapa
4
2400
New Zealand Derby 
$10k
$1M
V Colgan
57
149.47
-
6
6,8,10
+2
Feb-18 23
1/13
0.2
$3.9
Pukekohe Park
6
2100
Avondale Guineas 
$81k
$140k
V Colgan
57
131.41
-
5
5,7,6
+5
Jan-21 23
3/12
1.3
$30.6
Pukekohe Park
4
1600
Karaka Million 3yo Classic
$62k
$1M
V Colgan
57
95.34
-
9
9,7,7
+4
Dec-26 22
5/11
4.1
$10.2
Pukekohe Park
3
1400
Shaw's Wire Ropes Uncle Remus
$3k
$100k
V Colgan
57
81.58
33.02
10
10,10
+5
Nov-5 22
2/14
0.1
$9.5
Riccarton Park
3
1600
New Zealand 2000 Guineas 
$102k
$550k
V Colgan
57
96.72
32.64
10
10,10,9
+7
Oct-22 22
4/10
1.1
$8.7
Te Rapa
3
1400
James & Annie Sarten Memorial 
$6k
$120k
V Colgan
57
82.62
34.96
6
6,6
+2
Oct-8 22
5/10
5.1
$11.6
Matamata
5
1400
Hawke's Bay Guineas 
$4k
$140k
V Colgan
57
84.42
34.73
6
6,6
+1
Sep-24 22
2/12
1.0
$5
Ruakaka
4
1300
Tree Wise Northland 3yo
$6k
$30k
V Colgan
57
76.34
35.58
6
6,3
+1
Spell of 195 Days
Mar-13 22
4/7
0.7
$30.3
Ellerslie
4
1200
Sistema Stakes 
$12k
$240k
C Grylls
56½
70.44
34.88
7
7,7
+3
Feb-26 22
4/8
5.3
$7.5
Matamata
4
1200
Fairview Matamata Slipper 
$4k
$80k
M Hashizume
56½
70.46
-
5
5,5
+1
Feb-9 22
1/8
0.3
$32.7
Ruakaka
5
1100
Alibaba's Flying Carpets 2yo
$7k
$12k
M Hashizume
55
64.71
34.32
8
8,6
+5