Grandsire Northern Dancer Country United States Record 14: 5-5-0 Sex Stallion Damsire Sir Ivor | Foaled 1983 Colour Bay Parents Danzig Trainer Michael Stoute Earnings 222,453 GBP | |
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Breeder Eaton Farms, Inc & Red Bull Stables Owner Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum | ||
Green Desert (16 April 1983 - 9 September 2015) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
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1985: two-year-old season
After finishing third on his racecourse debut, Green Desert won the July Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse. He then finished second to Nomination in the Richmond Stakes at Goodwood before dropping back to five furlongs to win the Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse. On his final appearance of the season he finished fourth to Luqman in the Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury.
1986: three-year-old season
Green Desert began his second season by winning the European Free Handicap over seven furlongs at Newmarket and then finished second to Dancing Brave in the 2000 Guineas. He made no impact on heavy ground in the Irish 2000 Guineas and then finished second to Sure Blade in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. When brought back to sprint distances Green Desert's form improved as he won the July Cup, finished third to Last Tycoon in the William Hill Sprint Championship and won the Haydock Sprint Cup. In his last two races he finished fourth in the Prix de l'Abbaye and last of nine when tried on dirt in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Stud record
Standing at Shadwell Stud, Green Desert was the sire of four Champion Sprinters and seventy-two individual Stakes winners.
Green Desert was euthanised at the Nunnery Stud in September 2015 at the age of thirty-two.
Major winners
c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding