The recent form makes for difficult reading. In its last six races, the best result was a sixth-place finish, and the sequence includes finishes of 12th, 18th, 24th, and 12th — performances that suggest a horse that is struggling to make an impact at the moment rather than one that is running it close and getting unlucky. With a race just yesterday, Lunar Landscape is clearly being kept busy, but the results haven't been following.
Regular jockey Charles Bishop has been aboard for five of those twenty races and is yet to find the combination that unlocks a winning run, with zero wins from their five outings together. That's not unusual given the horse's overall record, but it does mean there's no obvious turning point to point to. Trainer Thomas Coyle operates out of Batterstown in County Meath, and his yard has sent out two winners this season — so the horses around Lunar Landscape are finding the winner's enclosure, even if this particular inmate hasn't joined them yet.
The horse typically competes at Class 5, which represents the lower end of the racing ladder — races designed to give horses like this a chance to win. The fact that Lunar Landscape has gone four races at that level without a victory tells its own story. Sometimes a horse finds its race eventually; sometimes it just keeps placing. For now, Lunar Landscape sits firmly in the second camp, and anyone following it will be hoping that one of these days the stars align and all those near-misses finally add up to something.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton Park Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 7 Jun | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 27 Jul | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 6 Dec | 0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 29 Sep | 0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 7 Oct | 0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 21 Oct | 0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 28 Jun | 0% |
| Bath Undulating |
1 | 1 second | 9 Aug | 0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 31 Jul | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 24 Aug | 0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 16 Dec | 0% |
| Wexford Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 27 May | 0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 13 Nov | 0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 | 1 second | 21 Jul | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 10 Jul | 0% |