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Jockey profile

Bastien Benard

133 rides in the lifetime window · 83 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2015 98% of rides over jumps
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
18–133
Wins / Runs
13.5%
Strike rate
n=133
39 (29%)
Placed
1.22
n=107 · 1.03 incl. margin
+83.40
£1 level stake
n=109 at SP · +76.5%
£1.05m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 20 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 14% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.22). Rode mostly for J-P Gallorini — 41% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 133 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance J-P Gallorini: 18.2% from 55
The read

It is weakest at Enghien (FR) (10% over 30 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 6.4% (n=47, Fair A/E 0.86). J-P Gallorini supplied 41% of the rides and edges the rider's average (18.2% vs 13.5%, A/E 1.22) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The market has also underrated the rider in Hurdle races: Fair A/E 1.64 across 99 rides (15.2% strike, +94.40 to a £1 stake). The record read poorly in Chase races — 9.4% over 32 rides, 4.1pts below the baseline. 10 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Gras Savoye Hipcover Prix La Barka at Auteuil (FR) (May 2011, £67,888).

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 13.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
12.5%−1.0
n=80 · A/E 1.51 · £1 +74.10
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
14.3%+0.8
n=21 · A/E 0.51 · £1 +9.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.4%−7.1
n=47 · A/E 0.86 · £1 +22.70
When favourite
18.2%
n=11 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −5.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
14.6%+1.1
n=48 · A/E 1.92 · £1 +104.10
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.6%+1.1
n=48 · A/E 1.39 · £1 +24.70

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 13.5% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
With J-P Gallorini 18.2% vs 13.5% · n=55
In Chase races 9.4% vs 13.5% · n=32
At Enghien (FR) 10% vs 13.5% · n=30
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 11% vs 13.5% · n=100
With horses switching code 10.5% vs 13.5% · n=38
In Hurdle races 15.2% vs 13.5% · n=99 · A/E 1.64
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 99 15 15.2% +94.40
Chase 32 3 9.4% −9.00
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 108 13 12% +68.40
Heavy 21 5 23.8% +17.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 100 14 14% +9.70
Enghien (FR) 30 3 10% +58.70
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 1 100% +17.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 48 7 14.6% +24.70

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 2 18.2% 0.62 −5.00
2nd–3rd fav 21 2 9.5% 0.76 −8.70
4th–6th fav 26 2 7.7% 1.09 +18.00
7th+ in betting 51 5 9.8% 3.79 +79.10
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
84.7% completed · 131 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 32 81.3% 1 0 3 0 2
Hurdle 99 85.9% 3 0 6 0 5
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Roi Du Val (FR) 7 4 4 9 Oct 11
Valnaan (FR) 5 0 1 2 Sep 10
Fubbs (FR) 4 2 2 24 Sep 11
Quarouso (FR) 4 0 3 24 Jun 10
Doneyev (FR) 3 1 1 28 Feb 12
Great Lady (FR) 3 1 2 29 Apr 11
Myakoda (FR) 3 1 2 2 Sep 10
Rolie De Vindecy (FR) 3 0 2 29 Jun 10
Petit Laugere (FR) 3 1 1 24 Jun 10
Stravinsky Dance (GB) 3 3 3 8 Nov 08
Sleeping Blue (FR) 3 0 0 24 Sep 08
Rubis Du Rheu (FR) 2 0 0 10 Sep 15
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 83 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
·01472416··01750·
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardJ-P Gallorini
41% of all rides
18.2% SR · A/E 1.22
TrainerRWSR£1
J-P Gallorini 55 10 18.2% +40.40
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
34
Archived wins
10
Pattern / graded wins
£1.49m
Prize money
2006
Best season · 7 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Roi Du Val (FR) — Gras Savoye Hipcover Prix La Barka (Hurdle) (5yo+) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · May 2011 · Grade 2
£67,888
Roi Du Val (FR) — Prix Hypothese (Hurdle) (5yo+) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Apr 2011 · Grade 3
£52,371
Fubbs (FR) — Prix Sagan (Hurdle) () (3yo Fillies) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Jun 2011 · Listed
£47,586

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Trempolino (USA) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 9.8% of 2,003 runs since 2008 (173 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 2.5% from 199. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5% from 119.
Astarabad (USA) 50% · 4–8
Progeny have won 13.2% of 1,601 runs since 2008 (162 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 18.3% from 377.
Sleeping Car (FR) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,054 runs since 2008 (137 horses).
Adnaan (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10.4% of 135 runs since 2008 (34 horses).
Lavirco (GER) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 16.8% of 1,170 runs since 2008 (121 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 24.3% from 300. Weakest on Good going: 9.1% from 175. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 20.1% from 278.
Great Pretender (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 13.1% of 3,551 runs since 2010 (410 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.5% from 728. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.6% from 151.
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 6 Nov 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

latest 50 of 195 · newest first

The latest 50 of 195 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 27 March 2005 to 22 October 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Bastien Benard's strike rate?
Bastien Benard has won 18 of 133 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 13.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Bastien Benard do best at?
Auteuil (FR) by strike rate: 14 wins from 100 rides (14%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Which yard does Bastien Benard ride most for?
J-P Gallorini, with 55 rides since 2008 — 41% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (18.2%).
What is Bastien Benard's Fair A/E?
1.22, from 107 rides with a computed fair probability since 2008. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).