Kaiser Ball (FR)
Kaiser Ball won one of two starts between Feb 2025 and Dec 2025, landing the Ian Smith Memorial Flat Race at Fairyhouse over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground in Feb 2025. The gelding finished 3 of 18 in the Whitebox Property Group Maiden Hurdle at Limerick in Dec 2025, his last run and first for A G Costello. His sire Nom De D'la has produced a solid record on soft ground with 21 wins from 135 runs since Jan 2008, while the dam has already produced two winners from three runners to race, including Juby Ball with five wins.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 2 (100%)Placed
- +4.50£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 309dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 132
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 132B | 124 | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 282 runs since Jan 2008 (42 horses).
Strongest on soft going: 15.6% from 135.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| Good to Soft | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −4.6 | — |
| Soft | 135 | 21 | 15.6% | +3.9 | 1 from 1 |
| Heavy | 115 | 11 | 9.6% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 40 | 6 | 15% | +3.3 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 190 | 20 | 10.5% | −1.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 45 | 7 | 15.6% | +3.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Juby Ball (FR) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Juby Ball (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juby Ball (FR) | 8 | 5 | 2m–2m3½f | Class 3 |
| Fifty Ball (FR) | 22 | 3 | 2m–2m5½f | Class 3 |
| Lili Ball (FR) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Dec 25+309d | Limerick | Whitebox Property Group Maiden Hurdle Up with the front group - 5th at halfway - moved up to front 3 out - stumbled on touching down 2 out and lost the advantage - fell back before the last before staying on to claim 3rd | 3/18 | 3 | 11-5 | 132B | 139A | Mr T Costello | 13/2 |
| 22 Feb 25 | Fairyhouse | Ian Smith Memorial (Pro/Am) Flat Race Settled at the back early on and eager to race - moved smoothly into 3rd with 3f left - hit the front with 2f to run - shaken up and sprinted away from rivals - kept finding more to the line and won | 1/10 | 11-7 | 116A | 147A | Mr T Costello | 11/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Kaiser Ball (FR) won?
- Kaiser Ball (FR) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 2 times in total (100% of starts).
- Who trains Kaiser Ball (FR)?
- Kaiser Ball (FR) is trained by A G Costello, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 28 December 2025.
- Who is Kaiser Ball (FR)'s sire?
- Kaiser Ball (FR) is by Nom De D'la (FR) out of Voix De Montot (FR), whose sire is Voix Du Nord.
- What is Kaiser Ball (FR)'s sire's record?
- Nom De D'la (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 282 runs since Jan 2008 (42 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 15.6% from 135.
- Who are Kaiser Ball (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Voix De Montot (FR), Kaiser Ball (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Juby Ball (FR) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Juby Ball (FR)). The wins came over 2m–2m5½f. As at Oct 2026.