Lion Of The Desert (2020) Horse

Foal Date
27-Apr-20
Colour
bay
Sire
Valirann
Dam
Sky Queen
Prize Money
2553
Trainer
G Harris
Owners
Belly's Heroes
About

Lion Of The Desert is a 5yo horse trained by G Harris. It is by the stallion Valirann out of the dam Sky Queen. The horse has yet to win, having failed to break its maiden in eight starts. In its most recent outing at Exeter on 5 Dec 2025, Joe Anderson rode Lion Of The Desert to a 12th‑place finish, behind the winner Zainy Champ.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Exeter 05-Dec-25 3720m GOOD R5 CL5 NvHcpH (of $6,148), SP: 41.00 1st Zainy Champ ( L Williams 161 ) 2nd Jack Hoola ( S Sheppard 160 ) 6.50L 3rd Clear Storm ( B Harris 160 , Cd 163 ) 8.50L 12th Lion Of The Desert ( J Anderson 167 , Cd 164 ) 59.00L See full resultsJ Anderson 75.8kg, Cd 74.4kg 59kgL12 (14)
Clonmel 02-Oct-25 4060m SOFT R2 MdH $999 (of $9,999), Winning Time: 05:06.590, SP: 13.00 1st Court Canyon ( K Donoghue 166 ) 2nd Garnetot ( J Kennedy 165 ) 1.25L 3rd Lion Of The Desert ( D Kiely 166 ) 16.25L See full resultsD Kiely 75.3kg 16.25L3 (12)
Navan 20-Sep-25 3820m SOFT R3 MdH (of $12,000), Winning Time: 04:41.400, SP: 23.00 1st County Final ( C Hogan 166 ) 2nd Itsaworkinmaniam ( P Enright 166 ) 16.00L 3rd Welluknow ( D King 166 ) 4.25L 7th Lion Of The Desert ( D Kiely 166 , Cd 173 ) 27.50L See full resultsD Kiely 75.3kg, Cd 78.5kg 27.50L7 (16)
Cork 04-Aug-25 3710m GOOD R5 MdH $436 (of $14,501), Winning Time: 04:30.700, SP: 101.00 1st William Tell ( P Smithers 166 ) 2nd Tippawan Haa ( J Shinnick 166 ) 2.00L 3rd Eco Pete ( T P Roche 166 ) 3.50L 5th Lion Of The Desert ( N Moore 166 , Cd 168 ) 9.50L See full resultsN Moore 75.3kg, Cd 76.2kg 9.50L5 (14)
Roscommon 08-Jul-25 3200m GOOD R3 MdH (of $9,999), Winning Time: 03:52.500, SP: 81.00 Always towards rear, never a factor 1st Ryan's Son ( S Flanagan 158 ) 2nd We're Back Again ( D O'keeffe 154 ) 2.75L 3rd Glitz And Glamour ( C Hogan 147 ) 11.00L 9th Lion Of The Desert ( P Enright 158 ) 47.50L See full resultsP Enright 71.7kg 47.5kgL9 (16)
Tipperary 15-May-25 3390m SOFT R7 NHF (of $11,002), Winning Time: 03:59.800, SP: 151.00 Tracked leaders, raced keenly, pushed along over 3f out, soon no extra and weakened over 2f out 1st Sunny South West ( A P Ryan 168 ) 2nd Angelo Dundee ( D Mcgill 168 ) 8.50L 3rd Delta Force ( A D Bustin 168 ) 2.00L 8th Lion Of The Desert ( G Abbas 161 , Cd 168 ) 49.60L See full resultsG Abbas 73kg, Cd 76.2kg 49.6kgL8 (8)
Clonmel 18-Apr-25 4000m GOOD R6 NHF (of $9,999), Winning Time: 04:49.900, SP: 101.00 Towards rear, hampered and went wide on bend after halfway, no impression 4f out, weakened 3f out 1st Pottersville ( C M Moore 161 ) 2nd Astley ( R Guiney 168 ) 8.00L 3rd Cosmos D'ainay ( H C Swan 168 ) 5.00L 12th Lion Of The Desert ( G Abbas 168 , Cd 175 ) 51.75L See full resultsG Abbas 76.2kg, Cd 79.4kg 51.8kgL12 (15)
Thurles 07-Mar-25 3140m GOOD R7 NHF (of $9,999), Winning Time: 03:50.800, SP: 151.00 Mid-division, pushed along and dropped towards rear approaching straight, soon no extra 1st Le Labo ( J L Gleeson 168 ) 2nd Riskaway ( H C Swan 168 ) 1.50L 3rd Frankie John ( B O'neill 168 ) 4.75L 15th Lion Of The Desert ( G Abbas 168 , Cd 175 ) 38.90L See full resultsG Abbas 76.2kg, Cd 79.4kg 38.90L15 (18)