Lunar Orbit

What's interesting is that Lunar Orbit seems to have found something over longer distances. In races of two miles or more, the horse has won 1 from 7 outings, a 14% return that's double its overall win rate. That December success at Market Rasen came over distance, and it suggests that when Lunar Orbit gets the room to settle into a rhythm, it's more competitive than the bare statistics might suggest. The horse is trained by Dan Skelton at Alcester in Warwickshire, a yard that has been firing on all cylinders this season with 198 winners.

Recent form has been mixed. In the last six runs, Lunar Orbit picked up a second place and a third, plus one more victory, but also hit a couple of blanks. That win came nine months ago, and the horse raced only a day ago, so the yard are clearly keeping it active and looking for the next opportunity. At Class 4 level—the lower reaches of competitive racing—Lunar Orbit has won 1 from 12 races. It's not a sparkling record, but it's the level where the horse seems to belong, and with patience and the right ground conditions, there may be another win waiting somewhere.