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Jockey profile

David Berra

528 rides in the lifetime window · 245 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jan 2013 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.
122–528
Wins / Runs
23.1%
Strike rate
n=528
250 (47%)
Placed
1.11
n=379 · 0.95 incl. margin
−7.90
£1 level stake
n=404 at SP · −2.0%
£6.00m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 90 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 23% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.11). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 31% (104 rides). Rode mostly for P Peltier — 45% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 528 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Mar–Apr Fresh horses: 23.6% 32.9% when favourite P Peltier: 26.7% from 236 First rides: 25.1% LTO winners: 30.8% Rode the favourite in 16% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 30.8% (n=104, Fair A/E 1.09), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 15.1% (n=126, Fair A/E 1.48). First rides on a horse are the standout value angle: 25.1% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.36 and +65.40 to a £1 stake over 235 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. P Peltier supplied 45% of the rides and edges the rider's average (26.7% vs 23.1%, A/E 1.04) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record read poorly off a 8-14-day break — 13.5% over 37 rides, 9.6pts below the baseline. 32 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Grand Prix d'Automne at Auteuil (FR) (Nov 2008, £122,426). The standout partner of the record was Monoalco (FR) — 5 wins from 10 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Mar–Apr.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 23.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
25.1%+2.0
n=235 · A/E 1.36 · £1 +65.40
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
30.8%+7.7
n=104 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −6.70
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
23.6%+0.5
n=148 · A/E 1.06 · £1 +16.40
When favourite
32.9%
n=85 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −0.60
Big fields · 14+ runners
15.1%−8.0
n=126 · A/E 1.48 · £1 +59.30
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
16.3%−6.8
n=172 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −51.40

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 23.1% 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
On last-time-out winners 30.8% vs 23.1% · n=104
In Class 1 16.3% vs 23.1% · n=172
In Group / Graded races 16.3% vs 23.1% · n=172
Off a 8-14-day break 13.5% vs 23.1% · n=37
With Robert Collet 13.3% vs 23.1% · n=30
With debutants 29.5% vs 23.1% · n=95
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 293 72 24.6% +59.50
Chase 226 45 19.9% −69.90
Flat 9 5 55.6% +2.50

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 328 72 22% −37.20
Heavy 191 47 24.6% +23.20
Good to Soft 4 1 25% +3.00
Standard (AW) 3 1 33.3% —
Good 2 1 50% +3.10

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 395 93 23.5% −37.10
Enghien (FR) 102 19 18.6% +29.00
Clairefontaine 8 2 25% −2.50
Pau 3 0 0% −3.00
Nantes 3 2 66.7% −0.40
Compiegne 3 0 0% −2.00
Le Lion-D'Angers 3 1 33.3% −1.00
Angers 2 1 50% +3.00
Craon 2 1 50% +4.00
La Teste De Buch 1 0 0% —
Cholet 1 0 0% —
Rochefort-Sur-Loire 1 1 100% —
Senonnes-Pouance 1 1 100% +3.10
Fontainebleau 1 0 0% —
Cagnes-Sur-Mer 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 172 28 16.3% −51.40

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 88 28 31.8% 0.99 −3.60
2nd–3rd fav 134 24 17.9% 1.30 +7.00
4th–6th fav 92 7 7.6% 0.96 −12.70
7th+ in betting 90 4 4.4% 1.21 +1.40
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
88.4% completed · 519 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 226 89.4% 7 0 15 0 2
Hurdle 293 87.7% 3 0 21 0 12
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
Rosa D'Anjou (FR) 12 1 6 3 Apr 12
De Vous A Moi (FR) 10 0 6 14 Oct 12
Nisaro De Cimbre (FR) 10 1 5 6 May 12
Sleeping Mat (FR) 9 3 6 10 Jun 12
Uppercut D'Albain (FR) 8 2 8 25 Nov 12
Porto Rico (FR) 8 3 6 11 Nov 12
Ozamo (FR) 8 3 5 4 Oct 12
Qocq Corricco (FR) 8 4 5 20 Nov 11
Quitto Bleu (FR) 8 4 4 14 Jun 11
Ladytown (FR) 7 3 7 20 Oct 12
Line Salsa (FR) 7 2 4 20 Apr 11
Centaure Du Rheu (FR) 6 0 3 18 Nov 12
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 245 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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
0502628171606729191833
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 yardP Peltier
45% of all rides
26.7% SR · A/E 1.04
TrainerRWSR£1
P Peltier 236 63 26.7% −15.70
L Viel 88 15 17% −40.70
Robert Collet 30 4 13.3% −5.80
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
135
Archived wins
32
Pattern / graded wins
£6.70m
Prize money
2011
Best season · 34 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.
Monoalco (FR) — Grand Prix d'Automne (Hurdle) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2008 · Grade 1
£122,426
Prince Oui Oui (FR) — Racing Post Prix Cambaceres (Hurdle) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2009 · Grade 1
£117,961
Or Noir De Somoza (FR) — Prix Georges Courtois (Chase) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2009 · Grade 2
£104,854

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Robin Des Champs (FR) 40% · 10–25
Progeny have won 13.3% of 4,006 runs since 2008 (425 horses).
Dom Alco (FR) 47.6% · 10–21
Progeny have won 17.1% of 1,831 runs since 2008 (159 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 21.5% from 326. Weakest on Good going: 14.1% from 389.
Agent Bleu (FR) 27.8% · 5–18
Progeny have won 20.1% of 268 runs since 2008 (39 horses).
Poliglote (GB) 35.3% · 6–17
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.
Saint Des Saints (FR) 23.5% · 4–17
Progeny have won 15.1% of 5,342 runs since 2008 (643 horses).
Sleeping Car (FR) 31.3% · 5–16
Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,054 runs since 2008 (137 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 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 586 · newest first

The latest 50 of 586 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 1 January 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Jan 13 Pau Virak (FR)T: J Ortet Prix Alfred Torrance (Div 1) (Hurdle)17.5f · Very Soft · 3 ran 2nd 19/1

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 David Berra's strike rate?
David Berra has won 122 of 528 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 23.1% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does David Berra do best at?
Auteuil (FR) by strike rate: 93 wins from 395 rides (23.5%) 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 David Berra ride most for?
P Peltier, with 236 rides since 2008 — 45% of the total. That pairing has won 63 (26.7%).
What is David Berra's Fair A/E?
1.11, from 379 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).