Horse Details

Personal Ambition (IRE)

12 Runs 3 Wins (25.0%) 4 Places (33.3%)
Owner: Ecurie Mrs Lynne Maclennan Silks Ecurie Mrs Lynne Maclennan Trainer: Ben Pauling
6 years old br IRE
Sire: Sandmason (GB)
Dam: Saoirse's Sister (IRE)
Damsire: Hubbly Bubbly
Past Runs (12 Total)
Date/Time Course Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
29/11/25
13:40 		Newbury 2m4½f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 99 - - 130 11-2 6/1
Prominent - weakened quickly before 2 out - pulled up before last(op 11/2)
02/11/25
14:02 		Carlisle 2m4f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 4 5:15.19 3 131 11-9 4/1
(op 5/1)
13/03/25
16:40 		Cheltenham 2m4½f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 99 - - 137 10-8 9/1
Didn't jump with fluency - slowly into stride - in rear - headway 2nd - led narrowly 6th - headed 9th - hit 12th - weakened 13th - pulled up after 4 out (jockey said gelding jumped poorly)(op 11/1)
17/01/25
13:50 		Windsor 2m Ben Jones Ben Pauling 3rd 4:6.72 19 137 11-2 5/1
Raced in third - jumped right and not fluent 4th - headway 4 out - jumped left 3 out - soon weakened
20/12/24
15:05 		Ascot 2m3f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 2nd 4:49.19 2.25 131 11-4 9/4
Led - 3 lengths ahead 2 out - ridden and reduced lead when bad mistake and jockey lost iron last - soon headed and no extra - not recover(op 10/3 tchd 2/1)
29/11/24
12:45 		Newbury 2m½f Ben Jones Ben Pauling 4 4:5.66 4.75 131 11-10 13/2
Jumped right - raced in second - pecked on landing 5 out - hit 4 out - lost position 2 out - weakened run-in(op 6/1)
01/11/24
12:20 		Uttoxeter 2m Ben Jones Ben Pauling 2nd 4:9.31 1 131 11-3 5/4
Raced in second - pressed winner from 2 out (usual 3 out) - kept on(tchd 6/5)
12/04/24
14:55 		Aintree 2m½f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 6 4:21.63 26 131 11-7 18/1
Raced in second - jumped right 1st - hung right before 2 out - soon weakened (vet said gelding lost his left-hind shoe)(tchd 20/1)
02/03/24
14:17 		Kelso 2m2f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 1st 4:29.96 Won 130 11-5 3/1
Didn't always jump with fluency - disputed lead - prominent when awkward jump 2nd - led again 3 out - pushed along after 2 out - ridden and faced challenge last - kept on run-in - always doing enough(op 5/2)
10/01/24
12:50 		Doncaster 2m½f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 1st 4:9.87 Won – 11-11 5/4F
Jumped right on occasions - made all - clear approaching last - ridden and kept on well run-in - readily(op 11/8)
08/12/23
13:50 		Sandown 2m4f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 3rd 5:28.23 24 – 11-2 11/2
Novicey jumping - in touch with leaders on outer - took keen hold early - dropped to last after 3rd - headway 3 out - ridden just before 2 out - weakening when hampered 2 out - left in remote third last (jockey said gelding jumped right-handed)(op 5/1 tchd 6/1)
07/11/23
12:45 		Warwick 2m3f Kielan Woods Ben Pauling 1st 4:45.88 Won – 10-13 12/1
Led narrowly - prominent after 1st - jumped right 2nd - soon lost ground - headway before 4 out - led again just before 2 out - shaken up when bad mistake last - soon ridden and kept on(tchd 9/1)