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Jockey profile

Cyrille Gombeau

990 rides in the lifetime window · 363 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2014 99% 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.
172–990
Wins / Runs
17.4%
Strike rate
n=990
357 (36%)
Placed
0.93
n=790 · 0.85 incl. margin
−236.95
£1 level stake
n=815 at SP · −29.1%
£10.2m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 140 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 17% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.93). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 26% (164 rides). Rode mostly for G Cherel — 68% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 990 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance 36.2% when favourite G Cherel: 17.2% from 675 First rides: 18.4% LTO winners: 26.2% Rode the favourite in 15% of races
The read

It is weakest at Enghien (FR) (12.5% over 136 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 26.2% (n=164, Fair A/E 1.15), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 7.6% (n=264, Fair A/E 0.74). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 15.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.76 and −93.10 to a £1 stake over 283 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. G Cherel supplied 68% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (17.2%, A/E 0.93). The rider also read well off a 31-60-day break (23.4%, n=111). The record read poorly off a break of 180+ days — 10.5% over 95 rides, 6.9pts below the baseline. 78 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Gras Savoye Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris at Auteuil (FR) (May 2007, £243,243). The standout partner of the record was Nikita Du Berlais (FR) — 6 wins from 10 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 17.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
18.4%+1.0
n=348 · A/E 0.90 · £1 −88.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
26.2%+8.8
n=164 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −17.55
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
15.5%−1.9
n=283 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −93.10
When favourite
36.2%
n=149 · A/E 1.06 · £1 +16.90
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%−17.4
n=1 · A/E — · £1 —
Big fields · 14+ runners
7.6%−9.8
n=264 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −154.70
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.5%−2.9
n=379 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −88.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 17.4% 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
On last-time-out winners 26.2% vs 17.4% · n=164
Off a break of 180+ days 10.5% vs 17.4% · n=95
Over 2m5f – 3m 11.8% vs 17.4% · n=187
Off a 31-60-day break 23.4% vs 17.4% · n=111
At Enghien (FR) 12.5% vs 17.4% · n=136
With C&D winners 21.5% vs 17.4% · n=335
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 614 112 18.2% −157.05
Chase 368 57 15.5% −76.90
Flat 8 3 37.5% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 654 102 15.6% −202.55
Heavy 324 66 20.4% −43.40
Standard (AW) 10 3 30% +10.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 832 146 17.5% −199.95
Enghien (FR) 136 17 12.5% −41.00
Pau 14 8 57.1% +7.00
Clairefontaine 3 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne 3 1 33.3% −2.00
Lyon Parilly 1 0 0% —
Vichy 1 0 0% —

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 379 55 14.5% −88.25

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 161 58 36% 1.08 +18.45
2nd–3rd fav 262 39 14.9% 0.96 −49.00
4th–6th fav 246 15 6.1% 0.76 −89.40
7th+ in betting 146 1 0.7% 0.19 −117.00
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
79.9% completed · 982 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 368 76.6% 31 1 53 0 1
Hurdle 614 81.9% 13 1 83 0 14
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
Rushwell (FR) 22 4 9 26 Feb 13
Estoril (FR) 21 4 9 4 May 14
Pistolet Rouge (FR) 18 3 5 12 Apr 13
Tir Au But (FR) 15 4 4 26 Apr 14
Totem Flow (FR) 14 3 6 12 Sep 13
Salsa Melody (FR) 13 3 6 21 Jun 12
Doumaja (FR) 13 2 7 6 Nov 11
Sortie De Secours (FR) 13 3 5 4 Nov 11
Vieux Morvan (FR) 11 2 5 23 Mar 14
Un Jour Ou L'Autre (FR) 11 3 5 17 Apr 13
Slow Game (FR) 11 0 6 10 Jun 12
Cokydal (FR) 10 0 1 19 Oct 13
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 363 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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
671920181518·013132230
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 yardG Cherel
68% of all rides
17.2% SR · A/E 0.93
TrainerRWSR£1
G Cherel 675 116 17.2% −151.75
Robert Collet 92 20 21.7% −21.30
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
222
Archived wins
78
Pattern / graded wins
£12.9m
Prize money
2009
Best season · 39 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.
Mid Dancer (FR) — Gras Savoye Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris Auteuil (FR) · May 2007 · Grade 1
£243,243
Mid Dancer (FR) — Prix La Haye Jousselin (Chase) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2007 · Grade 1
£152,027
Rendons Grace (FR) — Prix Alain du Breil (Hurdle) Auteuil (FR) · Jun 2009 · Grade 1
£117,961

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Califet (FR) 16% · 8–50
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,802 runs since 2008 (399 horses).
Trempolino (USA) 23.9% · 11–46
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.
Poliglote (GB) 25% · 11–44
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.
Cadoudal (FR) 21.1% · 8–38
Progeny have won 17.3% of 733 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Weakest on Good going: 13.6% from 147. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 20.4% from 280.
Muhtathir (GB) 23.5% · 8–34
Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,719 runs since 2008 (494 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.9% from 967.
Al Namix (FR) 9.7% · 3–31
Progeny have won 11.6% of 2,207 runs since 2008 (293 horses).
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 1,142 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,142 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 18 May 2014.

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 Cyrille Gombeau's strike rate?
Cyrille Gombeau has won 172 of 990 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 17.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Cyrille Gombeau do best at?
Auteuil (FR) by strike rate: 146 wins from 832 rides (17.5%) 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 Cyrille Gombeau ride most for?
G Cherel, with 675 rides since 2008 — 68% of the total. That pairing has won 116 (17.2%).
What is Cyrille Gombeau's Fair A/E?
0.93, from 790 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).