Desert Crown is out of Desert Berry (Green Desert), who won over a mile from only three starts. All four of her earlier foals are winners by Archipenko, among them Archie McKellar, winner of the Gr.3 Premier Cup and a Group winner in Hong Kong.

Second dam Foreign Language (Distant View) was a winner on the all-weather over just beyond a mile and had two winners from eight foals. She is a half-sister to Binche (Woodman) and to Binary File (Nureyev).

Third dam Binary (Rainbow Quest), a listed winner and Group-placed, produced the Scandinavian champion, Group 3 winner and sire Binary File and the outstanding broodmare Binche. Binche raced only lightly and is the dam of four stakes winners, among them Byword (Peintre Celebre), winner of the Gr.1 Prince of Wales's S., the four-time top-level winner Proviso (Dansili) and Finche (Frankel), winner of the Gr.2 Prix Eugene Adam. Binary is a full sister to the Listed winner Bequeath and a half-sister to the sire Bal Harbour (Shirley Heights), a Listed winner placed at Group 2 level.

This family descends from the Listed winner Peace (Klairon), who produced the Group 1 winner and sire Quiet Fling. Seven more Group 1 winners trace to her, among them the multiple Grade 1 winner Wandesta (Nashwan).

Desert Berry has a two-year-old filly by Al Kazeem, a yearling colt by Study of Man and a colt foal who is a full brother to Desert Crown. She is back in foal to Nathaniel.