Green Desert (horse)
Green Desert | |
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Sire | Danzig |
Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
Dam | Foreign Courier |
Damsire | Sir Ivor |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1983 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Eaton Farms, Inc & Red Bull Stables |
Owner | Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Trainer | Sir Michael Stoute |
Record | 14: 5-5-0 |
Earnings | £222,453 |
Major wins | |
July Stakes (1985) Flying Childers Stakes (1985) July Cup (1986) Sprint Cup (1986) European Free Handicap (1986) |
Green Desert (foaled 1983 in Kentucky) is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire.
Currently standing at Shadwell Stud, Green Desert is the sire of four Champion Sprinters and seventy-two individual Stakes winners. He is best known for his sons, Oasis Dream, Invincible Spirit and Cape Cross who in turn sired both the 2004 and 2006 European Horse of the Year, Ouija Board, and Sea the Stars.