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Horse profile

Benny The Ball (USA)

5yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2006) · Last trainer Nick Littmoden · Last owner Miss Vanessa Church
by Benny The Dip (USA) out of Heloise (USA) (Forty Niner)
7 runs · 5 courses · from May 2006
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Dec 2006 — 7,275 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2006 · 5th of 10 Last raced off OR 49
KTB Profile

Benny The Ball (USA) is yet to win from 7 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 3rd of 13 at Southwell (AW) (Nov 2006). Last raced off 49, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating49↓ 11lb off peak
49 49–60

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 62C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 20 Nov 2006 Official rating 49 at the last run, 3 Dec 2006

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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 74C · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)674C60—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f374C62—
6f – 7f364C38—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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
Benny The Dip (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 203 runs since Jan 2008 (21 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−7.4—
Good to Firm27311.1%+3.7—
Good5858.6%+1.20 from 1
Good to Soft3825.3%−2.1—
Soft3712.7%−4.7—
Heavy24312.5%+5.1—
Standard (AW)1516.7%−0.70 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1218.3%+0.9—
6f – 7f2500%−7.40 from 3
1m – 1m1f300%−7.40 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f1000%−7.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m6934.3%−3.1—
2m1f – 2m4f47510.6%+3.2—
2m5f – 3m31619.4%+12—
Over 3m600%−7.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Heloise (USA) (Forty Niner)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 6 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Micky Fenton 2 0 0% −2.00
Hayley Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Mrs Emma Littmoden 1 0 0% −1.00
James Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Ryan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2006 · 7 runs
03 Dec 06+13d Lingfield (AW) Racing And Football Outlook Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 10 ran 5/10 shd 8-8 4958C Hayley Turner 8/1
20 Nov 06+96d Southwell (AW) wbx.com World Bet Exhange Amateur Riders' Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 13 ran 3/13 ¾ 10-13 5062C Mrs Emma Littmoden 15/2
16 Aug 06+7d Yarmouth Dronsfield Mercedes Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 ½ 8-6 5338C James Doyle 8/1
09 Aug 06+9d Kempton (AW) TFM Networks Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 13 ran 8/13 2½ 9-4 5549C Ryan Moore 8/1
31 Jul 06+35d Southwell (AW) Gala Casino Card Room Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 1 9-7 5574C Neil Callan 9/2
26 Jun 06+26d Wolverhampton (AW) World Bet Exchange wbx.com Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 11/12 1¼ 9-11 5722C Micky Fenton 14/1
31 May 06 Southwell (AW) Sponsor A Race At Southwell Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 7/13 ½ 9-1 6064C Micky Fenton 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Benny The Ball won?
Benny The Ball (USA) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts in 2006. Placed 1 time in total (14.3% of starts).
Who trained Benny The Ball?
Benny The Ball (USA) was trained by Nick Littmoden on the most recent run on record, at Lingfield (AW) on 3 December 2006.
Who is Benny The Ball's sire?
Benny The Ball (USA) is by Benny The Dip (USA) out of Heloise (USA), whose sire is Forty Niner.
What is Benny The Ball's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 49, from the run on 3 December 2006. The highest on record is 60.
What is Benny The Ball's sire's record?
Benny The Dip (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 203 runs since Jan 2008 (21 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from May 2006. 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.