Lunario

The most striking number in Lunario's record is what happens when the ground is dry. On fast, dry ground, the horse has won 3 from 10 races — a 30% win rate, or nearly 1 in every 3. Add in normal conditions, where Lunario has won 2 from 7 (29%), and you have a horse that is genuinely dangerous whenever the sun has been out. That is not a coincidence — that is a pattern worth paying attention to.

Lunario has a comfortable relationship with its regular jockey Jack Dace, who has been aboard for 11 of those 33 races and ridden 2 of the 5 winners — an 18% win rate together, or roughly 1 in every 6 rides. Jack Dace is also the son of trainer Luke Dace, who runs a small yard out of Billingshurst in West Sussex. Luke Dace's operation is not one of the giant stables that dominate the headlines, but the yard has sent out 6 winners already this season, and handling a consistent campaigner like Lunario is exactly the kind of work a smaller yard builds its reputation on.

Lunario's last win came at Sandown Park on 7th August 2025, about ten months ago now. Before that, the first career win arrived at Great Yarmouth in April 2024. Most of the horse's racing has come at Class 4 level — a step below the very top but competitive enough that winning there means something — with 2 wins from 9 starts at that level, a rate of 22%. The dry-ground stats suggest that when conditions go right, Lunario is capable of reminding everyone why it keeps being entered. The next fine spell could be worth watching.