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Desert Grit
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Trained by Trevor & Peter Rowe at Cairns, Desert Grit is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Kobayashi, out of the dam Little Mo.

He has won a total of 6 races from 34 starts for a win percentage of 18%. His career earnings are $99k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Thangool on April 29th in 2024 when he won $10,200 in the Adornato Law Mdn Plate (a set weight race over 1,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1790.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$99k
Starts
34
Wins
6
Second
4
Third
8
Win %
18
Place %
53
Profit
+17.9
Conditions
Good
14
0-2-3
$1k
Soft
10
2-1-2
$3k
Heavy
8
3-1-2
$5k
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
1200m
9
2-2-3
-2.1
900m
2
0-0-1
-2
1250m
5
3-0-2
+28
1210m
2
0-1-0
-2
1100m
1
0-0-1
-1
950m
4
0-1-1
-4
1000m
3
1-0-0
+9
1010m
1
0-0-0
-1
1350m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
2
0-0-0
-2
1600m
2
0-0-0
-2
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
1050m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Oak Park
1
0-0-1
-1
Innisfail
4
1-1-2
+8
Cairns
10
3-1-3
+23
Mareeba
4
0-1-0
-4
Atherton
3
1-1-1
+2
Townsville
1
0-0-0
-1
Mt Garnet
1
0-0-0
-1
Rockhampton
5
0-0-0
-5
Thangool
2
1-0-0
-0.1
Toowoomba
2
0-0-1
-2
Sunshine Coast
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
QLD
34
6-4-8
+17.9

Race History

Jul-3 26
3/6
4.5
$2.6
Oak Park
2
1200
Open Hcp
$2k
$22k
S Pointon
56
69.29
35.01
Jun-20 26
3/9
2.3
$9
Innisfail
10
900
Cooktown Hardware Plate
$1k
$10k
K Swaffer
57½
52.57
35.38
May-29 26
1/9
0.2
$5.5
Cairns
5
1250
Elders Real Estate Tablelands Hcp
$12k
$21k
K Swaffer
54
72.79
35.35
1
1,1
May-23 26
2/6
0.2
$2.5
Mareeba
5
1210
D J Gilmore Electrical 2026 Battle Of The Bush Mareeba Qualifier Plate
$2k
$14k
K Swaffer
56
69.82
34.75
1
1,2
Apr-11 26
3/4
1.2
$2.2
Innisfail
10
1100
George & Matilda Eyecare Hcp
$1k
$10k
K Swaffer
61
66.99
35.34
1
1,1
-2
Mar-12 26
1/9
1.5
$8.5
Cairns
8
1250
Drive Queensland (Bm65)
$12k
$21k
K Swaffer
59½
76.14
-
1
1,1
Feb-16 26
1/8
1.5
$19
Cairns
8
1250
Triple M Cairns (Bm75)
$12k
$21k
K Swaffer
54
75.06
36.19
1
1,1
Jan-17 26
1/11
0.2
$5
Atherton
8
1200
1911 Restaurant (Bm50)
$7k
$10k
K Swaffer
61½
70.13
36.23
1
1,1
Dec-13 25
3/6
3.3
$4
Atherton
4
1200
BJS Plumbing & Civil Contracting (Bm65)
$1k
$10k
S Pointon
53
67.70
34.11
1
1,1
-2
Dec-6 25
2/9
0.5
$6
Innisfail
3
1200
Innisfail Seafoods Hcp (55)
$2k
$10k
K Swaffer
58½
70.07
36.10
2
2,2
Dec-4 25
3/7
3.0
$17
Cairns
7
950
Living Turf Plate (C6)
$2k
$21k
K Swaffer
55½
55.06
34.90
2
2,4
+1
Nov-22 25
2/6
0.4
$5
Atherton
3
1200
Brown & Hurley Agriculture Hcp (C3)
$2k
$10k
L Morrison
56
68.43
33.80
1
1,1
-1
Oct-18 25
1/10
0.2
$12
Innisfail
7
1000
DRM Plumbing & Jason Aquilina Electrical (Bm50)
$7k
$10k
K Swaffer
58
57.96
35.25
5
5,4
+3
Oct-12 25
3/7
3.2
$16
Cairns
4
1250
Red Beret Hotel (Bm60)
$2k
$21k
J Taylor
54
73.36
35.29
5
5,4
+1
Sep-30 25
6/9
3.7
$61
Cairns
4
950
Status Signs Hcp (55)
$0k
$21k
K Swaffer
54
54.00
34.13
8
8,9
+3
Spell of 87 Days
Jul-5 25
7/9
3.2
$9
Mareeba
4
1010
Hcp (50)
$0k
$10k
K Swaffer
58½
57.88
33.98
9
9,9
+2
May-16 25
10/11
3.0
$41
Townsville
4
1200
Hygain Plate (C1)
$0k
$21k
J Murphy
60
70.55
34.52
4
4,5
-5
May-2 25
4/5
2.8
$4
Mt Garnet
4
1350
Hcp (Cl B)
$1k
$13k
A Sewell
58
81.18
37.33
2
4,2,2
-2
Apr-19 25
3/8
3.5
$11
Cairns
6
1250
Ladbrokes Form Genius Hcp (50)
$1k
$14k
J Murphy
58
75.06
36.65
4
4,4
+1
Apr-10 25
5/6
13.0
$8
Cairns
4
1400
3,4yo Open Hcp
$1k
$23k
G Semmens
54
83.83
36.81
6
6,5
Mar-29 25
6/8
5.8
$8
Mareeba
8
1210
Tolga Lions Club (Bm50)
$0k
$10k
W D'Avila
59
72.00
35.98
7
7,5
-1
Mar-15 25
5/5
4.6
$5.5
Mareeba
6
900
(Bm60)
$0k
$10k
W D'Avila
55
50.67
32.92
5
5,5
Mar-3 25
7/11
1.9
$6
Cairns
4
950
Higgins Coatings Hcp (55)
$0k
$23k
G Semmens
57
54.17
34.21
3
3,3
-4
Feb-15 25
2/12
0.1
$10
Cairns
8
950
Vellacorp Painting Services (Bm55)
$4k
$21k
R Downey
55
55.25
35.22
11
11,7
+5
Spell of 218 Days
Jul-12 24
11/16
7.3
$91
Rockhampton
5
1600
(Bm55)
$0k
$30k
J Murphy
55
95.38
36.10
8
8,8,9
-2
Jun-30 24
7/11
7.8
$19
Rockhampton
7
1600
Farm And Garden Products Hcp (C1)
$0k
$21k
K Zechner
54
96.50
36.75
3
4,4,6
-1
Jun-15 24
4/9
4.8
$12
Rockhampton
5
1200
TAB $20,000 Trainers Bonus Hcp (C1)
$1k
$18k
S Cormack
55
70.37
35.62
8
8,5
+1
Jun-3 24
6/10
7.5
$3.1
Thangool
4
1300
Biloela Florist Hcp (C1)
$0k
$15k
W Satherley
58½
74.96
-
9
9,7
+1
May-14 24
8/13
3.4
$41
Rockhampton
4
1400
Grant And Simpson Lawyers (Bm58)
$0k
$21k
L Tilley
56½
83.01
34.90
11
11,11
+3
Apr-29 24
1/10
0.3
$1.9
Thangool
2
1200
Adornato Law Mdn Plate
$10k
$17k
L Tilley
58½
69.47
-
7
7,4
+3
Apr-18 24
7/10
7.8
$4.4
Rockhampton
5
1050
Magic Millions Mdn Hcp
$0k
$23k
L Tilley
60
60.33
34.11
7
7,6
-1
Mar-16 24
3/7
9.6
$6.5
Toowoomba
4
1200
3yo Mdn Plate
$2k
$25k
L Tilley
58
73.57
37.05
2
2,2
-1
Mar-9 24
4/10
6.5
$21
Toowoomba
4
1000
Qtis Three-Year-Old Maiden Handicap
$1k
$25k
K Zechner
59½
60.16
35.27
3
3,3
-1
Feb-18 24
5/9
5.6
$18
Sunshine Coast
10
1000
Sunshine Coast Falcons Mdn Plate
$1k
$30k
E Lang
56½
60.50
35.80
4
4,5