Arctic Desert (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

31-Oct-20
Sex
gelding

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Pride of Dubai

Dam

Arctic Angel

Prize Money

83130

Trainer

John Rolfe

Owners

Mrs J L Rolfe, J Rolfe, Miss S A Rolfe, B W Rolfe, J A Rolfe & Mrs L A Leal

About

Arctic Desert, a 5yo chestnut gelding from Australia, is trained by John Rolfe. He is by Pride of Dubai out of Arctic Angel. To date he has won five races. On 5 June 2025 at Wagga he secured his biggest victory, the $30,000 Benchmark 58 Handicap. He has proved a profitable runner for punters; backing him throughout his career would have generated a 44% return on investment.

Raced At

Parkes • Canberra • Sapphire Coast • Corowa • Moruya

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Parkes 24-Jan-26 1000m GOOD 4 R7 BM58 $500 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:57.800, SP: 10.00 In-running: 800m 6th, 400m 8th 1st Cumboogle ( R B Bradley 65.5 , Cd 62.5 ) 2nd Obsessive Nature ( J G Stiff 64 , Cd 61 ) 0.14L 3rd Aerobatic Warrior ( C Frater 55 ) 0.35L 9th Arctic Desert ( M Heagney 62.5 ) 6.86L See full resultsM Heagney 62.5kg 6.86L9 (9)
Canberra 28-Dec-25 1000m GOOD 4 R6 BM65 $310 (of $22,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 00:57.600, SP: 21.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.550 1st Famoso ( N Heywood 59.5 ) 2nd Margin Call ( B Ryan 60 ) 0.31L 3rd Destructive Diva ( J Brookes 63.5 , Cd 61.5 ) 2.21L 10th Arctic Desert ( B Owen 60 ) 10.40L See full resultsB Owen 60 10.40L10 (10)
Sapphire Coast 01-Dec-25 1000m SOFT 5 R2 BM66 $1,300 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:56.160, SP: 10.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.350 1st Flip The Switch ( M Castle 57.5 ) 2nd Hellinda ( D Cole 61.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 0.29L 3rd Princess Halo ( C Ramsbotham 62.5 , Cd 61 ) 1.39L 4th Arctic Desert ( J Kissick 59.5 ) 1.70L See full resultsJ Kissick 59.5kg 1.70L4 (8)
Corowa 24-Jul-25 1000m SOFT 7 R5 BM66 $5,050 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:58.250, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.770 1st Read My Lips ( B A Button 56.5 , Cd 54.5 ) 2nd Arctic Desert ( J Kissick 59.5 ) 2.52L 3rd Pride Of Sullivan ( C J Parish 59 ) 2.67L See full resultsJ Kissick 59.5kg 2.52L2 (8)
Moruya 11-Jul-25 920m SOFT 7 R3 BM58 $13,950 (of $27,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 00:54.190, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.720 1st Arctic Desert ( B Owen 61.5 ) 2nd Media Coverage ( B Ryan 56 ) 0.71L 3rd Selhurst Park ( O S Chambers 59 ) 0.88L See full resultsB Owen 61.5kg1 (11)