Desert Friend

10yogeldingchby Universal out of Assabiyya

Form

139190

oldest → newest

Official Rating

RPR

—

Racing Post Rating

—

Topspeed

Last run

25d

days ago

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Jockey

Conor Cusack(2)

Trainer

P J F Murphy

0/3 winners last 14d · 0%

Owner

Mrs Margaret Ahern

Breeder

Rabbah Bloodstock Limited

Equipment

Currently:T

From our racecard archive — runs before our coverage window aren't included. Codes: B blinkers · P cheekpieces · V visor · H hood · T tongue tie.

Ownership history

Mrs Margaret AhernCurrent
Magnificent Eight Syndicateuntil 23 Oct 2025
YerManMilan Syndicateuntil 15 Jan 2024
Brian Castleuntil 18 Oct 2023
YerManMilan Syndicateuntil 16 Oct 2023
Abdullah Menahiuntil 14 Sept 2021

Newest first. Dates mark when the horse left each owner.

Breeding

Sire: Universal
Dam: Assabiyya
Damsire: Cape Cross

Trainer history

CurrentP J F Murphy
23 Oct 2025Mrs Denise Foster
15 Jan 2024Philip M Byrne
16 Oct 2023Denis Gerard Hogan
14 Sept 2021David Simcock
21 Jun 2019Mark Johnston

Career trajectory

ORRPRTSAI

Solid lines: OR / RPR / AI. Dashed: TS. Dot = finishing position per run (oldest left → newest right). Missing values lift the pen rather than interpolating across gaps.

Form by going

Good0/3 · 0%

Strike rate per going. Bars scale against the highest rate in the list — so a short bar means weaker form on that going, not zero.

Form by course

Bellewstown0/1 · 0%
Listowel0/1 · 0%
Navan0/1 · 0%

Past runs (tracked here)

Date	Race	Type	Pos	SP	AI
2 Jul 2026	Bellewstown 19:51 McNallys Pharmacy Apprentice Handicap (0-60)	Flat	4	28/1	35.7
7 Jun 2026	Navan 16:37 Cusack Hotel Group Family Raceday July 11th Handicap (Div I)	Flat	12	11/1	35.6
31 May 2026	Listowel 16:50 Lane Family Memorial Handicap	Flat	9	12/1	43.4
20 May 2026	Gowran Park 20:20 Ladies Day July 25th Handicap	Flat	—	—	40.5

Only runs Racing Alpha has synced are shown. Lifetime form is in the Racing Post form section above.

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