Burning Ambition (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

25-Sep-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

brown

Sire

Brutal

Dam

Ever the Same

Prize Money

10875

Owners

Mrs K L Ponsonby, N G Palmer, Mrs R Precious, G M Scott, J J Toohey, Mrs J Haining, Mrs A M Marchant, Mrs J A Ponsonby & Mrs J G Ponsonby

About

Burning Ambition is a 3yo brown gelding from Australia, trained by James Ponsonby. His sire is Brutal and his dam is Ever the Same. He remains a maiden, failing to win in eight starts. In his latest start at Sapphire Coast on 30 Oct 2025, jockey Winona Costin guided him to a seventh‑place finish behind the winner Pretty Please.

Raced At

Sapphire Coast • Wagga Riverside • Goulburn • Quirindi • Scone • Randwick • Canterbury

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Sapphire Coast 30-Oct-25 1600m GOOD 4 R3 MDN $500 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:35.800, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.870 1st Pretty Please ( J Taylor 58 ) 2nd Tsarina Diamonds ( C Keatings 57.5 ) 0.58L 3rd Kindamagic ( G Cahill 57 , Cd 55 ) 3.57L 7th Burning Ambition ( W Costin 57.5 ) 4.64L See full resultsW Costin 57.5kg 4.64L7 (8)
Wagga Riverside 18-Oct-25 1675m GOOD 4 R2 MDN $5,050 (of $27,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:41.020, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.230 1st Lost Ya Sock ( P Boudvillain 57 ) 2nd Burning Ambition ( S Guymer 57 ) 1.29L 3rd Extra Hands ( B Mcdougall 57 ) 2.18L See full resultsS Guymer 57kg 1.29L2 (8)
Newcastle 02-Oct-25 1500m GOOD 4 R3 MDN $1,400 (of $42,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:31.070, SP: 201.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.730 1st Lady Pankhurst ( R King 58 ) 2nd Columbus ( T J Schiller 57.5 ) 0.35L 3rd Ironheart ( C Schofield 57 ) 0.53L 5th Burning Ambition ( W Costin 56 ) 4.46L See full resultsW Costin 56kg 4.46L5 (9)
Goulburn 12-Sep-25 1100m HEAVY 10 R6 MDN $600 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:08.260, SP: 18.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.400 1st Forcefilly ( P Gorton 55 , Cd 51 ) 2nd Tomcat Flowers ( J Taylor 59.5 ) 1.94L 3rd K'gari ( M G Bourke 55 ) 2.48L 6th Burning Ambition ( A Collett 55 , Cd 56 ) 4.00L See full resultsA Collett 55kg, Cd 56kg 4.00L6 (6)
Newcastle 14-Aug-25 900m HEAVY 9 R3 SUPER 3Y MDN-SW $1,625 (of $60,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:53.290, SP: 151.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.510 1st Savvy Hallie ( J Ford 55 ) 2nd Dietrich ( A Roper 55 ) 5.48L 3rd Alexios ( A B Collett 57 ) 5.63L 8th Burning Ambition ( A Gibbons 57 ) 10.29L See full resultsA Gibbons 57kg 10.29L8 (8)
Quirindi 21-Feb-25 1000m GOOD 4 R1 2YO Open Hcp $1,100 (of $35,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:56.170, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:32.010 1st Social Circle ( D Dillon 55.5 ) 2nd Barsandbi ( C Gallagher 55.5 ) 3.93L 3rd Comongin ( S K Ingelse 58 ) 4.80L 6th Burning Ambition ( M Weir 57 ) 9.89L See full resultsM Weir 57kg 9.89L6 (7)
Scone 30-Jan-25 900m GOOD 4 R1 2YO Open Hcp $600 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:51.170, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Lighthouse Lass ( J V Overmeire 56 ) 2nd Be Sharp ( R Jones 56 ) 0.83L 3rd Comongin ( S K Ingelse 58 ) 1.15L 6th Burning Ambition ( W Costin 58 ) 2.77L See full resultsW Costin 58kg 2.77L6 (7)
Randwick 25-Jan-25 1000m GOOD 4 R1 2YO Open Hcp (of $160,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 00:57.730, SP: 201.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.890 1st Open Secret ( Z T Lloyd 56 ) 2nd United States ( K Mcevoy 58 ) 0.09L 3rd Nordic Viking ( M G Bourke 58 , Cd 56 ) 0.27L 11th Burning Ambition ( W Costin 58 ) 8.75L See full resultsW Costin 58kg 8.75L11 (12)
Canterbury 09-Jan-25 908m HEAVY 8 R6 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:56.530 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.550 1st Marhoona ( J Collett ) 2nd Melanite ( Z T Lloyd ) 0.14L 3rd Burning Ambition ( W Costin ) 3.06LW Costin 3.06L3 (4)