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Horse profile

Lino Ball (FR)

4yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2025) · Last trainer Mme L Pontoir · Last owner L Pontoir
by Rail Link (GB) out of Nessy De Chadzeau (FR) (Lights Out)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2024
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Sep 2025 — 418 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2025 · 12th of 13
KTB Profile

Lino Ball is a lightly raced gelding with no wins or places from two starts between Nov 2024 and Sep 2025. By Rail Link whose progeny have won 307 of 2,916 runs since Jan 2008 he showed nothing in races at 1m2f to 1m4f on soft turf and at 1m5f to 2m on standard all-weather. He finished 12 of 13 in the Prix de Craon at Longchamp in Sep 2025. His dam has produced one runner with no winners among them.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

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

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

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 2,918 runs since Jan 2008 (285 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 13.5% from 341. Weakest on heavy going: 7.2% from 237. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.7% from 228.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1119.1%−1.4—
Good to Firm3414613.5%+3—
Good6196510.5%0—
Good to Soft390348.7%−1.8—
Soft573478.2%−2.30 from 1
Heavy237177.2%−3.3—
Standard (AW)7479713%+2.50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f27311.1%+0.6—
6f – 7f228135.7%−4.8—
1m – 1m1f4294811.2%+0.7—
1m2f – 1m4f93312313.2%+2.70 from 1
1m5f – 2m676679.9%−0.60 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f462378%−2.5—
2m5f – 3m1411510.6%+0.1—
Over 3m2214.5%−6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Nessy De Chadzeau (FR) (Lights Out)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Hello Ball (FR)40——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt Jockey SP
2025 · 1 run
04 Sep 25+285d Longchamp (FR) Prix de Craon (National Hunt Flat) (AQPS (4-5yo) (Grande Course) (Turf) 12f · Soft · 13 ran 12/13 5½ 10-1 Pierre Bazire 93/1
2024 · 1 run
23 Nov 24 Chantilly (FR) Prix Jacques de Vienne (National Hunt Flat) (AQPS (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 13.5f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 nk 9-11 Anthony Crastus 23/1

Quick answers

How many races has Lino Ball won?
Lino Ball (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained Lino Ball?
Lino Ball (FR) was trained by Mme L Pontoir on the most recent run on record, at Longchamp (FR) on 4 September 2025.
Who is Lino Ball's sire?
Lino Ball (FR) is by Rail Link (GB) out of Nessy De Chadzeau (FR), whose sire is Lights Out.
What is Lino Ball's sire's record?
Rail Link (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 2,918 runs since Jan 2008 (285 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 13.5% from 341. Weakest on heavy going: 7.2% from 237. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.7% from 228.
Who are Lino Ball's siblings?
Out of Nessy De Chadzeau (FR), Lino Ball (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.