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Gentle Ben is a 7 year old bay gelding. Gentle Ben is trained by Bill McNamara, at Ascot Park and owned by Bill McNamara & Lena Wells.
Gentle Ben’s last race event was at 01/11/2026 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race.
Career form is 4 wins, 7 seconds, 3 thirds from 44 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $109,705.
With a 9% Win Percentage and 32% Place Percentage. Gentle Ben's last race event was at Riverton.
Exposed form for its last starts is 0-8-8-2-2.
Last Updated: 01/11/2026
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