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Jockey profile

Damien Artu

85 rides in the lifetime window · 65 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2021
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2014→)
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.
5–85
Wins / Runs
5.9%
Strike rate
n=85
14 (17%)
Placed
0.98
Fair A/E
n=85 · 0.82 incl. margin
−19.90
£1 level stake
n=85 at SP · −23.4%
£96,157
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance First rides: 7.7%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.7%+1.8
n=65 · A/E 1.16 · £1 +0.10
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−5.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−5.9
n=31 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −31.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 2.26 · £1 +2.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4%−1.9
n=25 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −20.20
Big fields · 14+ runners
11.5%+5.6
n=26 · A/E 2.30 · £1 +24.90
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−5.9
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.9% 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
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 10% vs 5.9% · n=30
On first rides for the horse 7.7% vs 5.9% · n=65 · A/E 1.16
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
Flat 72 5 6.9% −6.90
Chase 7 0 0% −7.00
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 27 2 7.4% +10.30
Soft 26 2 7.7% −17.20
Good 16 1 6.3% +3.00
Good to Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Heavy 8 0 0% −8.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Deauville (FR) 20 1 5% +7.90
Chantilly (FR) 16 2 12.5% +12.40
Saint-Cloud (FR) 15 1 6.7% −10.20
Auteuil (FR) 9 0 0% −9.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 7 0 0% −7.00
Longchamp (FR) 6 1 16.7% −2.00
Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Compiegne (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Fontainebleau (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Vichy (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Le Croise-Laroche (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Enghien (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chateaubriant (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nantes (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 1 33.3% 1.70 +1.00
2nd–3rd fav 10 1 10% 0.61 −5.20
4th–6th fav 23 1 4.3% 0.52 −13.60
7th+ in betting 49 2 4.1% 2.02 −2.10
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Blue Tango (GER) 5 1 1 27 Dec 20
Flasher (FR) 4 0 2 10 Sep 20
Beautiful Horse (FR) 3 0 1 8 May 21
Vicence (FR) 3 0 0 8 Oct 20
Eye Candy Kitten (USA) 3 0 0 1 Mar 18
Love Game (FR) 3 0 0 27 Mar 16
Days Dream (FR) 2 0 0 6 May 21
Deverell (GB) 2 0 0 24 Aug 20
Selini Mou (IRE) 2 0 0 18 Aug 20
Wolf Hunter (IRE) 2 0 0 11 Aug 20
Give Love (FR) 2 0 0 4 Oct 17
Le Seven (FR) 1 0 0 15 Apr 21
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 65 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
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A flat rider: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
J-Y Artu 27 0 0% −27.00
J Moon 5 0 0% −5.00
P Demercastel 3 1 33.3% +1.80
Mlle G Meijer 3 0 0% −3.00
F Vermeulen 3 1 33.3% +24.90
S Smrczek 3 0 0% −3.00
R Le Gal 2 1 50% +2.00
T Van Den Troost 2 0 0% −2.00
L W J Van Der Meulen 2 0 0% −2.00
C Boutin 2 0 0% −2.00
L Rovisse 2 0 0% −2.00
Georgios Alimpinisis 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
5
Archived wins
£96,157
Prize money
2019
Best season · 3 wins
Master's Spirit (IRE) — Prix General de Saint-Didier (Conditions) (4yo+) (Gentlemen Riders) (Turf) Saint-Cloud (FR) · Apr 2015
£10,853
Blue Tango (GER) — Prix Aly Khan (Conditions) (Gentleman Amateur Riders) (4yo+) (Turf) Chantilly (FR) · Jun 2019
£10,811
Maria's Legacy (FR) — Prix des Centaures (Conditions) (Gentlemen Amateur Riders) (4yo+) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Jun 2019
£8,108
Notable horses
Blue Tango (GER) Maria's Legacy (FR) Illuminator (FR) Bliss In The City (FR) Master's Spirit (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Montmartre (FR) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 11.6% of 2,395 runs since 2013 (304 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.5% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.9% from 598. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 2.9% from 138.
Zebedee (GB) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 9% of 7,139 runs since 2014 (435 horses).
Authorized (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 13.5% of 7,032 runs since 2011 (543 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.3% from 1,044. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 19.8% from 126. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.4% from 267.
Elusive City (USA) 66.7% · 2–3
Progeny have won 9.7% of 8,429 runs since 2008 (636 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.4% from 1,123.
Kitten's Joy (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 10.6% of 2,079 runs since 2009 (212 horses). Weakest on Good going: 6.6% from 411. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 253.
Slickly (FR) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8% of 3,073 runs since 2008 (318 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11% from 310. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 243.
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 85 · newest first

The latest 50 of 85 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 15 March 2014 to 8 May 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 May 21 Auteuil (FR) Beautiful Horse (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix Burgrave II (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo Fillies) (Turf)15f · Very Soft · 8 ran 3rd 21/1
06 May 21 Compiegne (FR) Days Dream (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix du Morbihan (Hurdle) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 12 ran 9th 60/1
15 Apr 21 Auteuil (FR) Le Seven (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix Rose Laurel (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)19.5f · Very Soft · 14 ran F 56/1
04 Apr 21 Auteuil (FR) Beautiful Horse (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix Geographie (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Fillies Unraced over Obstacles) (Turf)15f · Very Soft · 12 ran 11th 32/1
17 Mar 21 Compiegne (FR) Days Dream (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix Rabastens (Hurdle) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Heavy · 12 ran PU 70/1
27 Dec 20 Deauville (FR) Blue Tango (GER)T: J-Y Artu Prix de Breuilly (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 16 ran 14th 57/1
21 Dec 20 Chantilly (FR) Top Cresselia (FR)T: L Rovisse Prix du Jardin (Maiden) (2yo Fillies) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 17 ran 16th 109/1
28 Nov 20 Chantilly (FR) Blue Tango (GER)T: J-Y Artu Prix du Bois Saint-Nicolas (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 17 ran 14th 36/1
04 Nov 20 Chantilly (FR) Spherical (FR)T: L Rovisse Prix de la Cabotiere (Conditions) (2yo Fillies) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 85/1
31 Oct 20 Chantilly (FR) Ghayadh (GB)T: T Van Den Troost Prix de l'Histoire d'Esther (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf)6f · Heavy · 13 ran 4th 27/1
31 Oct 20 Chantilly (FR) Blue Tango (GER)T: J-Y Artu Prix de l'Allee Sans Souci (Claimer) (4yo+) (Turf)8f · Heavy · 13 ran 12th 70/1
15 Oct 20 Longchamp (FR) Beautiful Horse (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix de la Chapelle (Maiden) (Unraced 2yo Fillies) (Moyenne Course) (Turf)9f · Heavy · 13 ran 11th 69/1
08 Oct 20 Saint-Cloud (FR) Vicence (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix de l'Avenue Madame de Sevigne (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)10f · Heavy · 17 ran 13th 42/1
19 Sep 20 Saint-Cloud (FR) Vicence (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix de la Gare du Val d'Or (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)12f · Good · 16 ran 6th 89/1
15 Sep 20 Saint-Cloud (FR) Mon Doudou (FR)T: H De Nicolay Prix d'Ecquevilly (Claimer) (2yo) (Turf)8f · Good · 17 ran 16th 125/1
12 Sep 20 Chantilly (FR) Blue Tango (GER)T: G Radovic Prix de la Vieille Route (Claimer) (4yo+) (Turf)5f · Good · 10 ran 9th 68/1
10 Sep 20 Longchamp (FR) Flasher (FR)T: J-Y Artu Prix de Craon (AQPS (4-5yo) (Grande Course) (Turf)12f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 63/10
24 Aug 20 Chateaubriant (FR) Deverell (GB)T: J Moon Prix des Etoliles (Maiden) (Turf)13f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 65/1
18 Aug 20 Deauville (FR) Selini Mou (IRE)T: Georgios Alimpinisis Prix du Quai de la Marine (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 15th 78/1
15 Aug 20 Deauville (FR) Black Night (IRE)T: J Moon Prix du Hong Kong Jockey Club (Handicap) (3yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf)8f · Heavy · 14 ran 14th 37/1

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 Damien Artu's strike rate?
Damien Artu has won 5 of 85 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 5.9% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Damien Artu's Fair A/E?
0.98, from 85 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).