Desperate Dan (IRE)
Owner: Mr Mark Venus & Mr Peter Chapple-hyam Trainer: P W Chapple-Hyam Sex: colt Age: 4
Breeding: Dandy Man / Angel Grace (Dark Angel)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 2 | |||
| Totals | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2025 | Doncaster | Heavy | 1m | 3 | Desperate Dan | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 14 | N Callan | 11/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and led narrowly over 1f out, stayed on well and forged on closing stages | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2025 | Nottingham | Good to Soft | 1m 75y | 4 | Ultrasoul | 9st 9lbs | 4 of 11 | N Callan | 7/2 |
| in touch in mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon driven along, edged right 1f out, held inside final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2025 | Windsor | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 31y | 4 | Desperate Dan | 10st 2lbs | 1 of 9 | N Callan | 9/2 |
| mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway on outside final furlong, soon led when hung left, kept on well | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2025 | Sandown | Good | 1m | 4 | Indalo | 9st 11lbs | 6 of 7 | Jim Crowley | 12/1 |
| pressed leader until winner went on over 1f out, soon slightly hampered, ridden and weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2025 | Nottingham | Good | 1m 75y | 4 | Boyfriend | 9st 4lbs | of 5 | R Havlin | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 03 May 2025 | Newmarket | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 1f | 2 | Fox Legacy | 8st 2lbs | 13 of 13 | Warren Fentiman | 33/1 |
| always behind, never a factor, tailed off | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2025 | Newmarket | Good | 1m | 2 | Bullet Point | 8st 5lbs | of 11 | Ray Dawson | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2024 | Newbury | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 2f | 3 | Nap Hand | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 11 | N Callan | 3/1 |
| midfield, chased leaders from 3f out, some headway entering final furlong, weakened towards finish | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2024 | Windsor | Heavy | 1m 31y | 5 | The Amazon | 10st | 2 of 11 | Ray Dawson | 6/4 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead 2f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, battled back gamely towards finish, just failed | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2024 | Nottingham | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 75y | 4 | Desperate Dan | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | R Havlin | 7/1 |
| chased leaders, headway travelling well over 3f out, pushed along to join leader over 2f out, soon led, ran on strongly, soon clear, eased close home, readily | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2024 | Newmarket | Soft | 1m | 4 | Terries Royale | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 8 | Ray Dawson | 20/1 |
| raced in centre, overall leader until 5f out, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, rallied inside final furlong, went 3rd final stride, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 03 Sep 2024 | Newcastle | Standard / Slow | 1m 2f 42y | 5 | Evening Story | 9st 8lbs | 8 of 11 | Ray Dawson | 12/1 |
| mid-division on outer, shaken up 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, keeping on when short of room inside final furlong, not recover | |||||||||
| 17 Jul 2024 | Yarmouth | Good | 7f 3y | 5 | The Eyes Have It | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 9 | Ray Dawson | 7/1 |
| close up, pushed along over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Jul 2024 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 3f 219y | 2 | Mutaawid | 9st 4lbs | 11 of 13 | Saffie Osborne | 66/1 |
| took keen hold, held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, soon awkward under pressure, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2024 | Sandown | Good to Soft | 1m 1f 209y | 2 | Prague | 9st 3lbs | of 13 | N Callan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 17 May 2024 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f | 4 | Rhetorical | 9st 7lbs | 8 of 12 | Ray Dawson | 16/1 |
| in touch behind leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||


