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Horse profile

Imperial Hope (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2024) · Last trainer Ben Pauling · Last owner The Ben Pauling Racing Club
by Imperial Monarch (IRE) out of Ebony Hope (IRE) (Beneficial)
9 runs · 6 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Jan 2024 — 1,024 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2024 Won at Doncaster Last raced off OR 86
KTB Profile

Imperial Hope won a Class 5 bumper at Doncaster on good ground in Mar 2021. The gelding, who raced nine times on turf for one win and one place, was last seen finishing in a Class 5 handicap chase at Hereford in Jan 2024 off an official rating of 86, 18lb below his highest ever mark of 104. All his wins came at 1m5f to 2m. He raced six times at that trip.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 18lb off peak
Official rating86↓ 18lb off peak
86 86–104

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 131 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Doncaster, 18 Mar 2021

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Jumps 5 figures · best 131B · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good4131B96.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m4131B96.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 109A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Doncaster, 28 Jan 2022 Official rating 86 at the last run, 15 Jan 2024

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 5 figures · best 119A · median 109
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good4119A111.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m4119A111.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 9 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Imperial Monarch (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 1,588 runs since May 2019 (172 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm11436.4%+28.2—
Good491479.6%+1.41 from 7
Good to Soft328267.9%−0.30 from 2
Soft533427.9%−0.3—
Heavy218125.5%−2.7—
Standard (AW)700%−8.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f11100%+91.8—
1m5f – 2m456327%−1.21 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f610426.9%−1.30 from 2
2m5f – 3m4364510.3%+2.1—
Over 3m851112.9%+4.70 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Ebony Hope (IRE) (Beneficial)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Millie B (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 1 14% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 5 4 1 25% +0.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 1 50% +2.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 1 17% −2.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brendan Powell 4 1 25% +0.00
Kielan Woods 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Cannon 1 0 0% −1.00
Jonathan Burke 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 1 25% +0.00
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00
Hood + tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 3 1 33% +1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 5 0 0% −5.00
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 1 1 100% +3.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 1 run
15 Jan 24+46d Hereford Daily Racing Specials At PlanetSportBet Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-9 86—— Kielan Woods 14/1
2023 · 3 runs
30 Nov 23+200d Lingfield Did You Download The Racing App Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-13 90—— Kielan Woods 7/2F
14 May 23+79d Plumpton Extech Cloud - Humanising I.T. Handicap Chase Class 4 · 3m1½f · Good · 5 ran PU/5 — 11-0 95—— Tom Cannon 7/2
24 Feb 23+108d Warwick Rubicon Racing Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m4f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 12-0 100—— Jonathan Burke 11/1
2022 · 2 runs
08 Nov 22+284d Lingfield Terry Cornish Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 37 11-8 10472C95C Brendan Powell 10/1
28 Jan 22+88d Doncaster Sky Bet UKs No.1 Betting App Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 10 ran 5/10 shd 11-0 —87A109A Brian Hughes 10/3
2021 · 3 runs
01 Nov 21+175d Hereford Cazoo Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 9 ran 7/9 11 10-12 —68C103C Brendan Powell 2/1F
10 May 21+53d Southwell Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week connectwithnature Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 4 ran 2/4 9½ 11-0 —106C114B Brendan Powell 7/4
18 Mar 21 Doncaster Follow MansionBet During Cheltmas Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-2 —131B119A Brendan Powell 3/1

Quick answers

How many races has Imperial Hope won?
Imperial Hope (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 1 time in total (11.1% of starts).
Who trained Imperial Hope?
Imperial Hope (IRE) was trained by Ben Pauling on the most recent run on record, at Hereford on 15 January 2024.
Who is Imperial Hope's sire?
Imperial Hope (IRE) is by Imperial Monarch (IRE) out of Ebony Hope (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
What going does Imperial Hope prefer?
Imperial Hope (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Imperial Hope's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 15 January 2024. The highest on record is 104.
What is Imperial Hope's sire's record?
Imperial Monarch (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 1,588 runs since May 2019 (172 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Imperial Hope's siblings?
Out of Ebony Hope (IRE), Imperial Hope (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2021. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.