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Jockey profile

Benoit Gicquel

375 rides in the lifetime window · 184 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Mar 2015 97% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
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.
66–375
Wins / Runs
17.6%
Strike rate
n=375
111 (30%)
Placed
1.27
Fair A/E
n=289 · 1.13 incl. margin
+51.30
£1 level stake
n=328 at SP · +15.6%
£2.93m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 18% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.27). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 25% (61 rides). Rode mostly for Francois Nicolle — 42% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 375 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 19.7% 41.2% when favourite Francois Nicolle: 24.8% from 157 LTO winners: 24.6% Rode the favourite in 14% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 24.6% (n=61, Fair A/E 1.06), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 10.4% (n=106, Fair A/E 0.89). Rides in big fields of 14 or more are the standout value angle: 11% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.92 and +62.60 to a £1 stake over 100 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Francois Nicolle supplied 42% of the rides and beats the rider's average (24.8% vs 17.6%, A/E 1.39) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record read poorly in Class 1 — 10.4% over 106 rides, 7.2pts below the baseline. 14 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Prix Murat at Auteuil (FR) (Apr 2013, £87,805). The standout partner of the record was Alex De Larredya (FR) — 5 wins from 7 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 17.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
13.4%−4.2
n=179 · A/E 0.96 · £1 +29.10
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
24.6%+7.0
n=61 · A/E 1.06 · £1 +7.20
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
19.7%+2.1
n=117 · A/E 1.12 · £1 +27.30
When favourite
41.2%
n=51 · A/E 1.24 · £1 +31.80
Big fields · 14+ runners
11%−6.6
n=100 · A/E 1.92 · £1 +62.60
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
10.4%−7.2
n=106 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −27.60

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 17.6% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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 G Cherel 7.5% vs 17.6% · n=53
With Francois Nicolle 24.8% vs 17.6% · n=157
In Class 1 10.4% vs 17.6% · n=106
In Group / Graded races 10.4% vs 17.6% · n=106
On last-time-out winners 24.6% vs 17.6% · n=61
On first rides for the horse 13.4% vs 17.6% · n=179
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 207 36 17.4% +57.70
Chase 158 27 17.1% −22.40
Flat 10 3 30% +16.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 236 37 15.7% +61.20
Heavy 120 23 19.2% −13.70
Good 10 2 20% −2.10
Good to Soft 6 3 50% +5.90
Standard (AW) 2 1 50% —
Good to Firm 1 0 0% —

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 238 37 15.5% +35.10
Enghien (FR) 83 13 15.7% −11.00
Pau 10 3 30% +23.00
Bordeaux Le Bouscat 7 3 42.9% +4.20
Angers 7 1 14.3% −4.00
Clairefontaine 5 2 40% −3.00
Dax 4 2 50% +0.40
Compiegne 4 0 0% −2.00
Fontainebleau 3 2 66.7% +5.90
Nantes 3 0 0% −2.00
La Teste De Buch 3 1 33.3% +2.90
Toulouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Dieppe 2 1 50% +2.80
Vitre 1 0 0% —
Moulins 1 1 100% +2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 106 11 10.4% −27.60

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 52 21 40.4% 1.22 +30.80
2nd–3rd fav 81 17 21% 1.40 +23.20
4th–6th fav 70 7 10% 1.31 +9.40
7th+ in betting 125 3 2.4% 1.05 −12.10
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
77% completed · 365 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 158 77.8% 15 3 17 0 0
Hurdle 207 76.3% 7 0 34 0 8
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
Lord Prestige (FR) 15 3 7 2 Nov 12
Silver Chop (FR) 12 2 5 12 Sep 14
Farlow Des Mottes (FR) 12 2 3 16 Mar 14
Odeillo Du Mathan (FR) 10 0 2 8 May 11
Loxlade (FR) 8 4 5 2 Jun 14
Un Temps Pour Tout (IRE) 8 3 7 10 Nov 13
Alex De Larredya (FR) 7 5 6 1 Mar 15
Hollywoodien (FR) 7 1 1 18 Jan 15
Cigliano (FR) 7 2 4 19 May 13
Keeping Gold (FR) 7 0 1 14 Nov 10
The Saint James (FR) 6 2 5 1 Nov 14
Unzing (FR) 6 3 3 25 Jun 14
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 184 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 times. 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
20914171715432020161929
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 yardFrancois Nicolle
42% of all rides
24.8% SR · A/E 1.39
TrainerRWSR£1
Francois Nicolle 157 39 24.8% +62.00
G Cherel 53 4 7.5% +45.80
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
98
Archived wins
14
Pattern / graded wins
£4.12m
Prize money
2006
Best season · 21 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.
Farlow Des Mottes (FR) — Prix Murat (Chase) (5yo+) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Apr 2013 · Grade 2
£87,805
Miserable (FR) — Prix Gongrass (Chase) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2008 · Grade 2
£66,176
Miss Aubane (FR) — Prix Bayonnet (Chase) Auteuil (FR) · Oct 2009
£58,252
Notable horses
Alex De Larredya (FR) Loxlade (FR) En La Cruz (FR) Newman Des Plages (FR) Lord Prestige (FR) Un Temps Pour Tout (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Poliglote (GB) 20.8% · 5–24
Progeny have won 15.6% of 4,224 runs since 2008 (417 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.8% from 234. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19% from 691. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.1% from 196.
Kapgarde (FR) 16.7% · 3–18
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,610 runs since 2008 (723 horses).
Soave (GER) 16.7% · 3–18
Progeny have won 7.9% of 910 runs since 2008 (109 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.9% from 203.
Saint Des Saints (FR) 46.7% · 7–15
Progeny have won 15.1% of 5,342 runs since 2008 (643 horses).
Maresca Sorrento (FR) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 10.1% of 1,431 runs since 2008 (182 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 323.
Martaline (GB) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 14.2% of 7,341 runs since 2008 (723 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
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 22 Oct 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 479 · newest first

The latest 50 of 479 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 8 May 2005 to 1 March 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Mar 15 Auteuil (FR) Alinbarbotin (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Rivoli (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo Non-Thoroughbreds) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 7 ran F 6/5F
01 Mar 15 Auteuil (FR) Alex De Larredya (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Robert De Clermont-Tonnerre (Chase) (5yo+) (Turf)21.5f · Heavy · 11 ran F 11/4F
01 Mar 15 Auteuil (FR) Day Gets Up (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Karcimont (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)22f · Heavy · 13 ran 6th 54/10
27 Feb 15 Fontainebleau Mille Nautique (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Des Heronnieres (Hurdle)18f · Very Soft · 4 ran 4th 23/10F
22 Feb 15 Angers Mesut (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Ubu III (Turf)17f · Very Soft · 5 ran F 13/2
13 Feb 15 Pau Bagatelle De Thaix (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix de Maslacq (Chase)19.5f · Very Soft · 6 ran 3rd 4/5F
11 Feb 15 Angers Mille Nautique (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Saint Georges (Hurdle)17f · Good · 4 ran 4th 15/1
18 Jan 15 Pau Hollywoodien (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Renaud De Tauzia (Chase)18.5f · Heavy · 3 ran 2nd 33/10F
05 Jan 15 Pau Hollywoodien (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix De LAragon (Chase)17f · Very Soft · 5 ran 4th 2/1F
11 Dec 14 Pau Hollywoodien (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Paul Fournier (Chase)17f · Heavy · 5 ran 3rd 53/10
09 Dec 14 Pau Alinbarbotin (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix du Nebouzan (Chase)18.5f · Very Soft · 3 ran 1st 10/1
01 Dec 14 Auteuil (FR) Gars Bar Dine (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Chalet (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 5th 33/10
28 Nov 14 Fontainebleau Hollywoodien (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Tremaille (Hurdle)18f · Very Soft · 6 ran 1st 61/10
27 Nov 14 Auteuil (FR) Munight (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Marly River (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo) (Turf)19.5f · Heavy · 13 ran PU 58/10
27 Nov 14 Auteuil (FR) Day Gets Up (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Metatero (Chase) (Conditions) (5+yo) (Turf)18.5f · Heavy · 12 ran 4th 49/10
23 Nov 14 Auteuil (FR) For Me (GER)T: D Bressou Prix Fifrelet (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (3yo) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 17 ran 3rd 54/1
23 Nov 14 Auteuil (FR) Alex De Larredya (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Nupsala (Prix Geny Courses) (Chase) (Conditions) (4yo Non-Thoroughbreds) (Turf)21.5f · Heavy · 11 ran 1st 1/2F
19 Nov 14 Enghien (FR) Hollywoodien (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix de Craon (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 14 ran 10th 26/1
16 Nov 14 Auteuil (FR) Day Gets Up (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Bernard de Dufau (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo) (Turf)18.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 4th 13/2
12 Nov 14 Enghien (FR) Gars Bar Dine (FR)T: Francois Nicolle Prix Lycoming (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 11 ran 2nd 13/10F

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 Benoit Gicquel's strike rate?
Benoit Gicquel has won 66 of 375 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 17.6% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Benoit Gicquel do best at?
Enghien (FR) by strike rate: 13 wins from 83 rides (15.7%) 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 Benoit Gicquel ride most for?
Francois Nicolle, with 157 rides since 2008 — 42% of the total. That pairing has won 39 (24.8%).
What is Benoit Gicquel's Fair A/E?
1.27, from 289 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).