Autographs of Desert Orchid
Desert Orchid (11 April 1979 – 13 November 2006), known as Dessie, was an English racehorse. The grey achieved a revered and esteemed status within National Hunt racing, where he was much loved by supporters for his front-running attacking style, iron will and extreme versatility. He was rated the fifth-best National Hunt horse of all time by Timeform. During his racing career he was partnered by five different jump jockeys including Colin Brown and Richard Dunwoody.
Desert Orchid's first race occurred in 1983 and during his early career his regular rider was Colin Brown, who partnered him 42 times in all, winning 17. He fell heavily at the last in a Kempton novice hurdle and took such a long time to get to his feet that it seemed his first race might be his last. Desert Orchid had a successful novice hurdle career in the 1983–84 season winning several races in a row including the Kingwell Pattern Hurdle, a long established Champion Hurdle trial, at Wincanton.
1983/84 - In the Champion Hurdle, Desert Orchid made much of the running, alongside favourite (and winner) Dawn Run, before weakening from the second last, ultimately finishing well beaten.
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Traded items with a signature of Desert Orchid
The most expensive item with a signature of Desert Orchid (Ltd Ed, 29/100 Print, ‘Desert Orchid’ Racehorse, Signed Phillipa Porley & Framed) was sold in December 2020 for £195.00 while the cheapest item (Charles Griffin Signed Print. Farewell Desert Orchid.) found a new owner for £0.99 in February 2022. The month with the most items sold (6) was September 2018 with an average selling price of £1.99 for an autographed item of Desert Orchid. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2017 with £44.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.99 was September 2018. In average, an autographed item from Desert Orchid is worth £2.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Desert Orchid were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Grand National jockey Richard Dunwoody signed DESERT ORCHID 8x10 photo | £3.53 |  |
| Grand National jockey Richard Dunwoody signed DESERT ORCHID 8x10 photo | £3.53 | |
| Grand National winning jockey Richard Dunwoody signed DESERT ORCHID 8x10 photo | £4.00 | |
| Grand National winning jockey Richard Dunwoody signed DESERT ORCHID 8x10 photo | £4.00 | |
| Grand National winning jockey Richard Dunwoody signed Desert Orchid photo | £15.00 | |
| Grand National winning jockey Richard Dunwoody signed Desert Orchid photo | £15.00 | |
| NH Grand National jockey Richard Dunwoody signed DESERT ORCHID 8x10 photo | £2.30 | |
| RICHARD DUNWOODY - SIGNED 10 x 8 DESERT ORCHID PHOTO | £9.99 | |
| RICHARD DUNWOODY - SIGNED 10 x 8 DESERT ORCHID PHOTO | £9.99 | |
| RICHARD DUNWOODY Signed 16x12 Photo DESERT ORCHID Horse Racing COA | £39.99 | |
| RICHARD DUNWOODY Signed 16x12 Photo DESERT ORCHID Horse Racing COA | £39.99 | |
| RICHARD DUNWOODY Signed 16x12 Photo DESERT ORCHID Horse Racing COA | £39.99 | |
| RICHARD DUNWOODY Signed 16x12 Photo DESERT ORCHID Horse Racing COA | £39.99 | |
| Richard Dunwoody Signed Horse Racing 10 X 8 Photo on Desert Orchid | £9.99 | |
| Richard Dunwoody Signed Horse Racing 10 X 8 Photo on Desert Orchid | £9.99 | |
