His most noted success to date was winning the Centenary Novices' Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on 13 March 2012.

Between November 2011 and March 2012, Hunt Ball, trained by Keiran Burke, shot to fame with a significant rise through the handicap ranks and a weight increase in excess of 80lbs.

[2] Hunt Ball won a total of 8 races while in training with Kieran Burke, but his then-owner Anthony Knott agreed to a private sale of the horse to Atlantic Equine, an American-based syndicate run by Nick Carter and business partner Stephen Price.

[3] After four unsuccessful attempts over American obstacles and with a final run in the Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase at Far Hills, it was decided that Hunt Ball would return to England and join the yard of three-time British jump racing Champion Trainer Nicky Henderson while still racing for Atlantic Equine.

His penultimate run for the 2013/2014 season was in the Crabbies Grand National where he finished 17th, having raced well for much of the 4m 3f.