Her father, Supremacy, was one of the fastest two-year-olds in recent British racing, winning the prestigious Nunthorpe Stakes at York and built for speed above all else. Her mother's side carries the influence of Teofilo, a stallion whose offspring tend to be more versatile and often improve as they get older. Whether Senorita Luna has inherited the sharp early pace of her father or the staying power of her mother's family is exactly the kind of question that today's race is designed to start answering.
She is trained by Marco Botti at his Newmarket yard in Suffolk, and his operation is in fine form right now — 45 winners already this season, which is the kind of number that tells you a stable is well-organised, well-stocked, and confident about the horses it sends out. When a yard like that bothers to run a two-year-old on debut, it usually means they think she is ready, even if nobody outside the stable truly knows how ready. First-time runners are always a leap of faith, but this one at least comes with a good address.