One place where Dunne has made a particular impression is Market Rasen, a tight, turning track in Lincolnshire that rewards jockeys who ride with confidence and precision. He has won 3 races from just 11 rides there — roughly 1 in every 4 — which is well above his overall average and suggests the track suits his style. Jockeys who can post that kind of record at a specific venue tend to find themselves booked there more and more, and it is easy to see why the yard at that course would reach for his name first.
When the ground dries out and conditions get fast, Dunne has also shown he can capitalise. On dry ground he has won 1 from 6, a 17% win rate — nearly double his season average — which hints that he rides with a bit more freedom when horses can really stretch out beneath him.
His most regular partnership is with trainer Tom Gretton, for whom he has won 3 races from 28 rides together, winning around 1 in every 9. That relationship clearly matters — trainers do not keep putting the same jockey up unless they trust what they see. But the partnership worth watching is the one with Bective Abbey, a horse he has ridden to 2 wins from just 4 races together. That is a 50% win rate, and while the sample is small, it is the kind of record that makes you sit up. When a jockey and horse click like that, both tend to go looking for each other again.
At 67 career winners and improving season on season, Dunne is exactly the sort of rider who rewards attention now, before everyone else catches on.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon | 25 | 4 | 16% |
| Uttoxeter | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 20 | 3 | 15% |
| Warwick | 18 | 3 | 16.7% |
| Fakenham | 15 | 3 | 20% |
| Southwell | 15 | 1 | 6.7% |
| Taunton | 14 | 1 | 7.1% |
| Worcester | 14 | 1 | 7.1% |
| Fontwell Park | 14 | 1 | 7.1% |
| Market Rasen | 11 | 3 | 27.3% |
| Wincanton | 11 | 2 | 18.2% |
| hereford | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Newton Abbot | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Ludlow | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Newbury | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Kempton Park | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Exeter | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Cheltenham | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Chester | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% |