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Horse profile

Lunar Sovereign (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2025) · Last trainer Sophie Leech · Last owner John Griffin
by Dubawi (IRE) out of Surprise Moment (IRE) (Authorized)
21 runs · 16 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 27 Jul 2025 — 465 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2025 2 wins · Doncaster & Wetherby Last raced off OR 111
KTB Profile

Lunar Sovereign won both his starts over hurdles in the 2020/21 season at Class 4 level. The gelding took a novices hurdle at Wetherby on heavy ground in Dec 2020 and followed up at Doncaster on soft ground the next month, each time on a first visit to the course. All two wins from 21 runs came over 1m5f – 2m. Aged 9 at his last run in Jul 2025, he finished held in a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter off an official rating of 111, 21lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Mar 2025 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4 OR ↓ 21lb off peak
Official rating111↓ 21lb off peak
111 111–132

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 140 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Warwick, 11 May 2024

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Jumps 17 figures · best 140B · median 105
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good10140B108—
Good to Soft4111A102—
Soft295A86.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m10121A105.5—
2m1f – 2m4f6127A104—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 20 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 126A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 16 Apr 2025 Official rating 111 at the last run, 27 Jul 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 19 figures · best 143A · median 126
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good12132A124—
Good to Soft4128B126—
Soft2143A134—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m12143A126—
2m1f – 2m4f6130B126.5—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 20 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 20 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style from 5 analysed runs since Mar 2025

  • Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Dubawi (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,979 runs since Apr 2009 (1,530 horses).

Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm481122.9%+4.5—
Good to Firm2,32347720.5%+2.1—
Good3,16756417.8%−0.60 from 13
Good to Soft1,74931117.8%−0.60 from 4
Soft1,91632917.2%−1.21 from 2
Heavy59810317.2%−1.21 from 2
Standard (AW)3,17658618.5%+0.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f429429.8%−8.6—
6f – 7f3,12858118.6%+0.2—
1m – 1m1f3,87072718.8%+0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f3,83877120.1%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m1,21018915.6%−2.82 from 13
2m1f – 2m4f3344814.4%−40 from 7
2m5f – 3m1381913.8%−4.60 from 1
Over 3m32618.8%+0.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Surprise Moment (IRE) (Authorized)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Guet Apens (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m2f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Dramatic Device (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Guet Apens (GB)1241m2f–2m1fClass 4
Dramatic Device (GB)931m2f–1m4fClass 2
In The Night (IRE)20——
Tracy Lord (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 13 0 0% −13.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 2 1 50% +6.50
Soft 2 1 50% +3.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 2 29% +7.00
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chepstow 3 0 0% −3.00
Market Rasen 3 0 0% −3.00
Haydock 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 1 100% +4.50
Wetherby 1 1 100% +7.50
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Sedgefield 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 13 2 15% +1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paddy Brennan 5 2 40% +9.00
Ciaran Gethings 3 0 0% −3.00
Harry Skelton 3 0 0% −3.00
Connor Brace 3 0 0% −3.00
Danny McMenamin 1 0 0% −1.00
James Reveley 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00
Bruce Lynn 1 0 0% −1.00
Tristan Durrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Fergus Gillard 1 0 0% −1.00
Lorcan Williams 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 12 2 17% +2.00
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 6 0 0% −6.00
2024 4 0 0% −4.00
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 1 0 0% −1.00
2021 3 1 33% +2.50
2020 5 1 20% +3.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 17 2 12% −3.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 6 runs
27 Jul 25+28d Uttoxeter steelbeamsderby.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 10 ran Held up towards the back - lost touch and eased out of contention before being pulled up 3 out PU/10 — 11-7 111—— Ciaran Gethings 18/1
29 Jun 25+34d Cartmel Oakmere Homes Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Held up in the pack - nudged for effort - lost touch two out - well held at the finish 5/9 5½ 10-2 113103A114A Danny McMenamin 6/1
26 May 25+16d Compiegne (FR) Prix Melinoir (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) 2m2f · Heavy · 9 ran 7/9 3 10-10 ——— James Reveley 7/1
10 May 25+24d Haydock Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 1m7½f · Good · 16 ran Settled last early - pushed along and hit a flat spot approaching two out - stayed on but stumbled at the last with no real threat to those ahead 8/16 1¼ 10-5 114—122A Brian Hughes 28/1
16 Apr 25+30d Cheltenham Cheltenham Pony Racing Authority Graduates Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals/Amateurs) Class 3 · 2m1f · Good · 16 ran Sat close to the front pack early - pushed along after the second-last then unable to go with the winner - stayed on to finish fourth 4/16 3¼ 10-8 114105B126A Bruce Lynn 22/1
17 Mar 25+282d Fontwell V2 Radio Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good · 5 ran Tracked front group early - hit a rung 4th on the far side - travelling strongly and in touch approaching 3 out - pressed for effort after 2 out - clipped the last while 4 1/2 lengths adrift then edged out of second near the line 3/5 nk 12-0 115106C130B Ciaran Gethings 28/1
2024 · 4 runs
08 Jun 24+28d Bangor-on-Dee Rachel Jones Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 9 ran 3/9 ¾ 11-11 116101C129A Harry Skelton 9/4F
11 May 24+15d Warwick Valley Shoppers Dash Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m5f · Good · 13 ran 5/13 1¾ 11-2 118140B122A Harry Skelton 5/1
26 Apr 24+13d Chepstow Sun Trade Windows Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Good · 9 ran 3/9 3¼ 10-9 118121A122A Tristan Durrell 5/1
13 Apr 24+336d Chepstow Best Odds Guaranteed With DragonBet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6/9 2¾ 12-1 121111A126A Fergus Gillard 8/1
2023 · 2 runs
13 May 23+15d Haydock Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 1m7½f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 2¼ 10-3 122—132A Ciaran Gethings 33/1
28 Apr 23+329d Chepstow Sun Trade Windows Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 6/9 2½ 11-8 125101A126A Lorcan Williams 14/1
2022 · 1 run
03 Jun 22+436d Market Rasen Blenheim Palace Horse Trials 15th-18th September Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m2½f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 7 11-12 128127A127B Harry Skelton 11/2
2021 · 3 runs
24 Mar 21+25d Market Rasen Racing TV 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m2½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 4½ 11-13 13289A128B Paddy Brennan 2/1
27 Feb 21+29d Kempton Sky Bet Dovecote Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m · Good · 7 ran 3/7 7½ 11-2 13093A132B Paddy Brennan 16/1
29 Jan 21+33d Doncaster First Race Special On Sky Bet Tomorrow Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 18 ran 1/18 11-11 —78B143A Paddy Brennan 9/2
2020 · 5 runs
27 Dec 20+24d Wetherby William Hill Play Responsibly Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 8 ran 1/8 10-12 —110C133A Paddy Brennan 15/2
03 Dec 20+26d Market Rasen Downloand The MansionBet App Maiden Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m½f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 3½ 10-11 —95A125A Connor Brace 11/2
07 Nov 20+20d Wincanton Visit racingtv.com Intermediate Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 1m7½f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 ¾ 11-2 —113B113A Paddy Brennan 18/1
18 Oct 20+109d Sedgefield Paxtons Use Romero Insurance Brokers Intermediate Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 12 ran 5/12 13 10-9 —102C105C Connor Brace 4/1
01 Jul 20 Southwell signsolutions.org Event Signage Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Good · 12 ran 6/12 2¼ 10-9 —110A95A Connor Brace 14/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lunar Sovereign won?
Lunar Sovereign (IRE) won 2 of 21 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 7 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Lunar Sovereign?
Lunar Sovereign (IRE) was trained by Sophie Leech on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 27 July 2025.
Who is Lunar Sovereign's sire?
Lunar Sovereign (IRE) is by Dubawi (IRE) out of Surprise Moment (IRE), whose sire is Authorized.
What is Lunar Sovereign's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 27 July 2025. The highest on record is 132.
What is Lunar Sovereign's sire's record?
Dubawi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 18.4% of 12,979 runs since Apr 2009 (1,530 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
Who are Lunar Sovereign's siblings?
Out of Surprise Moment (IRE), Lunar Sovereign (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Guet Apens (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Dramatic Device (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.