Ben Pauling

The most telling part of Pauling's record isn't the volume, though — it's the quality. In just four years he has won 24 top-level races, the kind that matter most on a trainer's CV, at venues including Cheltenham, Kempton Park, and Ascot. He added two more Class 1 wins in quick succession in early 2026, landing one at Windsor on 16 January and another at Ascot on 14 February — the sort of results that mark out a yard capable of competing at the very highest level. A win at Kempton Park on 27 December 2025 suggests his team knows how to peak at the right time of year too, delivering when the big Christmas festival meetings come around.

If you want to understand how a training operation actually functions day to day, look at the partnership with jockey Ben Jones. Sixty wins from 306 rides together — again, right around 1 in 5 — tells you this is a working relationship built on genuine trust and communication. When a trainer and jockey click like that, it usually means they're on the same page about pace, tactics, and how individual horses run. That kind of consistency over hundreds of races doesn't happen by accident.

Pauling also has a particular fondness for Leicester, where his horses have won 5 times from just 7 runners. Five winners from seven is a remarkable ratio — most top trainers would be delighted with that return from a single track, and it suggests he pays close attention to matching the right horse to the right race rather than simply entering horses everywhere and hoping for the best. That attention to detail, combined with a yard already boasting 24 top-level victories in its first four years, makes Ben Pauling one of the more exciting names in British training right now.