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Sprint success story Luna A Inbhir Nis searching for seventh strike

By Racing TV

Last Updated: Mon 1 Sep 2025

Luna A Inbhir Nis may have come up agonisingly short at York’s Ebor Festival, but trainer Katie Scott is riding the waves of a phenomenal journey with her bargain buy who has defied all expectations.

The 1,000 guineas purchase has quickly become the pride of Scott’s Galashiels base with her sharp rise through the ranks and although there was some disappointment at not making it win number seven for the campaign on the Knavesmire, the three-year-old left Yorkshire with her growing reputation firmly intact.

“Obviously it was frustrating to see her come so close yet still so far away, but we’ve got to be proud of the run,” said Scott of her third place, beaten just a head, in the IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Fillies’ Handicap.

Star Of Mehmas has had some agonising misses this year but lands a big one in the £100,000 #IREIncentive #ItPaysToBuyIrish Fillies' Handicap for @RHughesracing @IREthoroughbred pic.twitter.com/BCaYMcfGc3
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 20, 2025

“The winner (Star Of Mehmas) is a very good horse and she was giving away a lot of weight to the second (Eternal Sunshine). From where she started off at the beginning of the season to where she is now has been a bit of an unbelievable journey really.

“I think we need to race on as sharp a track as we can find as she’s just so fast. They just nabbed her late on and that was her first run against older horses so she’s learning every time, so you have to think it was really good.”

Luna A Inbhir Nis began her season by winning a two-runner affair at Newcastle in March and has risen from an initial mark of 57 in April to her current perch of 89.

To have runners at The Ebor meeting is amazing for our wee yard, we are proving all the time we can compete with the best at the top level given the ammunition.
Rover once again held his own in top class company, giving his owners (pictured) another great day at a big meeting pic.twitter.com/qQN0Vg8P8a
— Katie Scott Racing (@K_scottracing) August 21, 2025

“She garners a lot of public interest as she won that two-runner race and got a low mark and then has built her way up and people have followed her along the way, which is fantastic,” continued Scott.

“I think a lot of people have taken note that she only cost 1,000 guineas, which I think keeps the dream alive for a few people who worry you need to spend a fortune for a good horse.

“Every time she has won you think ‘ah great, she’s done well but that will be that’ and she’s kept coming out and doing it again and again which has been amazing.

“We’ve had Gweedore in the yard as well and for us to have two proper Saturday horses is fantastic. We’re always trying to improve the quality and obviously you need a mixture in the yard but it’s always nice to have a couple of good ones in the yard and try to get plenty of winners.”

The quest for Luna A Inbhir Nis’ seventh win of the season now begins and although options may be limited, she could test the waters at Listed level in Ayr’s Arran Scottish Sprint EBF Fillies’ Stakes on September 19.

“We don’t have a firm plan yet,” explained Scott.

“The Listed fillies race at Ayr is over five and a half furlongs which probably isn’t ideal but we might have to give her an entry and see what is in it.

“Ideally we would have run her in a three-year-old only fillies’ Listed race over five furlongs or a fillies-only Listed but there just isn’t one. So it could be another handicap and a holiday or the Ayr race if it was to cut up – but I do think she is better over the bare five furlongs.”