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Jimbo Sport

There's a horse running right now that you simply cannot ignore. Jimbo Sport is a 7-year-old with an extraordinary record across five career races — three wins and five places from just five outings, meaning it has finished in the top three every single time it has stepped onto a track. That's a win rate of 60%, which in practical terms means it wins three in every five races. For context, most decent horses at this level might win one in five or six. Jimbo Sport is doing something genuinely unusual.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Age
7 years old
Sex
Gelding
Colour
Bay
Father
No Risk At All
Mother
Bahia De Cerisy
Owner
Transatlantic Thoroughbreds
Rating
116

📊 Key Numbers

Career statistics for this horse
5
Career races
3
Wins
60%
Win rate
avg ~10%
100%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%
1 days
Since last race

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Detailed Breakdown
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The recent form tells an even sharper story. Looking at the last five races, the results read 1-1-3-2-1 from most recent backwards — a sequence that shows a horse consistently fighting at the front of the field rather than making up the numbers. That third place is the only blemish in a run of performances that any trainer would be delighted with. What's particularly striking is that Jimbo Sport won its first career race at Hereford as recently as 26 March 2025, meaning this is a horse that has packed a remarkable amount of achievement into a relatively short space of time. Then, just days ago on 30 March 2026, it won again at Ludlow — this week. This horse raced yesterday and is still live and in form.

Behind the horse is Ben Pauling, a trainer based in Naunton in the Gloucestershire countryside, and his yard is having a serious season. Eighty-four winners sent out already this term is the kind of total that marks out a stable firing on all cylinders — not a lucky streak, but a genuine operation that knows how to prepare horses to win. When a trainer of that quality has a horse with a 60% win rate, it tends to be because the horse is being placed intelligently in races it can dominate, and because the horse itself has something real about it.

Jimbo Sport is still only 7 years old with just five races on the clock, which means there is almost certainly more to come. The consistent placed finishes suggest a horse that competes hard every time, and the hat-trick of wins in the last five races points to a horse hitting the peak of its powers right now. Whatever comes next, Jimbo Sport has already built a record that makes it one of the more compelling stories in British racing at the moment.

🎯 Where This Horse Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, distance, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Good to soft
📏 Race Distance
1M6F – 2M
Long Distance (2M+)
Ok
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2
Class 4
Class 5
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Wide and galloping
Right-handed, undulating

📅 Recent Runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
30 Mar
🏆 Won
Ludlow
1m6f – 2m · Good · 8 runners
21 Feb
🏆 Won
Newcastle
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 14 runners
26 Dec
3rd
Kempton Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 12 runners
10 Nov
2nd
Kempton Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 6 runners
26 Mar
🏆 Won
hereford
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 7 runners

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, sorted by rides together
66.7%
Win rate
2/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

🏟 Track Record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast visitedWin rate
Kempton Park
Galloping
2 1 second, 1 third 26 Dec 0%
Ludlow
Undulating
1 1 win 30 Mar 100%
Newcastle
Galloping
1 1 win 21 Feb 100%
hereford 1 1 win 26 Mar 100%