Luminaries
The horse's career has a distinctly Scottish flavour: trained by
Ewan Whillans at Hawick in the Scottish Borders, a yard that has been prolific this season with twenty-eight winners to its name, Luminaries has become something of a specialist at Newcastle, where it has won three of its five races there — a win rate that stands out sharply against its overall record of winning roughly one in every five races across all tracks.
Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
Ewan Whillans Racing Club
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
Recent form tells a story of a horse still capable of delivering. Luminaries won just this week at Southwell on 13 October, and looking back across the last six races shows a pattern of occasional brilliance mixed with less competitive days — two wins and a second place in the most recent six outings suggests the engine is still running reasonably well. The horse typically races in Class 5 company, where it has won three of nineteen races, a rate that underlines just how much the Newcastle track brings out the best in it. Sean Quinlan has ridden the horse on ten occasions, winning on three of those, a notably strong partnership at 30 per cent that is well above the horse's baseline win rate. With a win still fresh and a trainer sending out winners at a healthy clip, Luminaries appears to have more racing ahead and will continue to offer value to those who follow its form, particularly when Newcastle is on the card.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Course specialist at Newcastle: 3 wins from 5 starts (60%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on soft ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Struggles on LH Sharp tracks: 0 wins from 8 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Likes
Good to soft (some give)
Ok
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
13 Oct
🏆 Won
Southwell
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
4 Oct
🏆 Won
Kelso
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Firm · 8 runners
9 Sep
2nd
Sedgefield
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
26 Jul
DNF
Uttoxeter
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
21 Jun
7th
Hexham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 13 runners
7 Jun
10th
Perth
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 14 runners
15 Jan
9th
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 17 runners
22 Dec
9th
Musselburgh
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 13 runners
25 Nov
DNF
Southwell
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 7 runners
30 Oct
3rd
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
| Newcastle Galloping |
5 |
3 wins, 1 third, 1 other |
15 Jan |
60% |
| Kelso Undulating |
4 |
2 wins, 2 other |
4 Oct |
50% |
| Perth Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
7 Jun |
0% |
| Sedgefield Sharp |
3 |
1 second, 1 third, 1 other |
9 Sep |
0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
2 |
1 win, 1 other |
13 Oct |
50% |
| Bangor-on-Dee Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
24 Apr |
0% |
| Musselburgh Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
22 Dec |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
17 Sep |
0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
26 Jul |
0% |
| Worcester Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
26 May |
0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
16 Nov |
0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
22 Dec |
0% |
| Hexham Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
21 Jun |
0% |
| hereford |
1 |
1 other |
16 Jan |
0% |
| Fontwell Park Tight |
1 |
1 other |
16 Jun |
0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
9 May |
0% |