What a season!

Breaking the one million pound prize money barrier and finishing top ten in the Trainers' Championship for the first time!

We have celebrated eight Graded / Listed winners and made some very special memories. 

Thank you as ever to everyone who has made this all possible. Our owners, our team and of course the horses!

The wonderful Mole Court is the horse that keeps on giving. Returning from a holiday, Moley is all heart as he jumps his way to the Huntingdon winners circle under a great ride from Ben Jones. 

Congratulations to Moley & his owners - this season's winning most horse for Team BPR!!

As Legends Have It made the most of a sunny day at Ffos Las & gave his owners extra reason to smile when landing the bumper in fine style.

The son of Jack Hobbs relished a patient ride from the in form Ben Jones to get his win at just his second start under rules. 

Congratulations to his owners & to Evie who rides and looks after Alhi. 

AT THE RACES article
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TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has dipped his toe into racehorse ownership with The Hawkstonian, a horse named after his own brand of beer.


Best known for presenting Top Gear, The Grand Tour and blockbuster hit Clarkson’s Farm, the 64-year-old will head up Hawkstone Racing, a partnership created between Clarkson’s Hawkstone brewery and syndicate specialists Old Gold Racing.


The Hawkstonian, a grey son of Jukebox Jury, is with Gloucestershire-based trainer Ben Pauling and is pencilled in to make his racecourse debut either later this month or in October.


Clarkson said: ““I said to the Hawkstone team that we should get into racing but clearly they got motor racing and horse racing confused! That said, Ben Pauling is a stone’s throw from Diddly Squat Farm and the Hawkstone Brewery, so I know where my hay is going.


“Furthermore, the Pauling family originally farmed our land and taught Kaleb (Cooper of Clarkson’s Farm fame) all he knows about farming.”

Congratulations to  the newly formed 'The 1CP Syndicate' for their first win. Davidoc put in a really classy display at Plumpton to break his maiden.

Thank you to Barkfold Manor Stud for their race sponsorship.

​Press Release | 11th April 2024 | Aintree

The concluding contest on Opening Day at the 2024 Randox Grand National Festival, the Grade Two Goffs Nickel Coin Mares’ Bumper went to 13-2 chance Diva Luna, who scored by three and a half lengths from Jubilee Alpha (10-1).

Winning trainer Ben Pauling said: Pauling said: “It was a very nice performance from a very nice mare. We kept it simple as she has got loads of gears. I thought if we can dictate, then kick on as late as we could we would be okay. I thought she could put up a performance like that so I am pleased.

Winning rider Kielan Woods: “She’s so talented, and it’s just brilliant for Ben Pauling and Lynne Maclennan.  I missed her the last day [because he was banned] and they didn’t have to put me back on her. It’s lovely that they did.

“Diva Luna’s so class - I’ve ridden her in a good few bits of work at home. Brian Hughes rode her last time and he was so complimentary about her. She was just very impressive. I thought she won in a canter. She covers lots of ground - the good ones usually do - and she jumps really well. The Maclennans have been great supporters of mine and were very kind to let me ride her.”

King of the Road (Shirocco) repays his syndicate's patience by making it back-to-back wins at Market Rasen. Ridden by Kielan Woods, the five year olds front running tactics defied his seven pound penalty. 

Congratualtions Rebels! We'll cheers to that!

The Naunton Downs trainer is out for more big meeting glory with the likes of Shakem Up’Arry, The Jukebox Man and Diva Luna.

Ben Pauling has already enjoyed a season he won’t forget and any success at Aintree this weekend would, quite literally, be further icing on the cake for him and his team at Naunton Downs in Gloucestershire.


Pauling recently passed the £1million pound prize money barrier and heads to Liverpool fresh from success at the Cheltenham Festival with Shakem Up’arry in the Plate Handicap which could have been even better but for an agonising close home defeat for The Jukebox Man in the Grade 1 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Chase.


That pair will be in action at the meeting again, as Pauling looks to close in on last season’s personal best of 80 winners, just nine short at time of press, with Shakem Up’Arry watching out for his options between the Grand National and the Topham Handicap Chase and The Jukebox Man heading for the Grade 1 Sefton Novices’ Hurdle on Friday.


They will be backed up by a strong squad of stablemates that includes the likes of Twig, Champagne Twist and Densworth plus the listed bumper-winning debutant Diva Luna and others that could well spring a surprise.


Ben said: “It has been an extraordinary season because we were slow to get going as we started on heavy ground and the horses just needed it and then they have run brilliantly throughout the season - especially since mid-December.


“It is slightly frustrating we are dealing with heavy ground and lots of abandonments in April and you should just be getting everything out. We still have lots of horses to run and, hopefully we can get a lot of horses out and see if we can finish the season off strongly. It has been a huge team effort, and we have an amazing bunch of staff. The owners have been fabulous, and we have some very smart horses for the future.”


Pauling kindly talked to Tony Elves of attheraces.com about his prospects for a busy three-days at the Grand National Festival. Click here to read article and what Ben has to saw re. runners.

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The Potter bred, Megson owned Wreckless Eric made his handicap debut a winning one. 

Just a Juvenile himself, Wreckless Eric showed plenty of maturity in his race under a great ride from Kielan Woods at Huntingdon on Easter Monday. 

Congratulations to all connections of this smart boy on his second win this season.

Congratualtions to full time employee & Amateur Jockey Elliot England on guiding Sforza Castle to an emphatic debut victory at the Old Berks Lockinge on Easter Monday. 

Report by Russell Smith:

Elliott England got off the mark for the season on just his second ride of the campaign with victory on Sforza Castle for his boss Ben Pauling in the first division of the Charles Russell Speechlys Maiden - the first time it had been split since 2013.


The six-year-old son of Milan, owned by the Naunton trainer's wife, Sophie, took up the running five from home and had matters in hand when his nearest pursuer, O'Halloran's Castle, unseated at the last, leaving the staying-on Windgap Hill and York to take second, two lengths adrift.


England said: "It is good to nick one like that for my boss. That's my first winner for him."


Assistant trainer Tom David, representing Pauling, said of the winner: "Barry Geraghty sourced him a few years ago and he was placed in maiden hurdles. This is his game. He will win a few point-to-points."