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Herve Paimblanc

77 rides in the lifetime window · 64 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Mar 2015 100% of rides on the flat
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.
14–77
Wins / Runs
18.2%
Strike rate
n=77
22 (29%)
Placed
0.93
Fair A/E
n=35 · 1.80 incl. margin
+11.10
£1 level stake
n=53 at SP · +20.9%
£169k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance First rides: 18.8%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 18.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
18.8%+0.6
n=64 · A/E 0.61 · £1 +10.20
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−18.2
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
20%+1.8
n=25 · A/E 1.12 · £1 +12.30
When favourite
70%
n=10 · A/E — · £1 +20.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−18.2
n=21 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −21.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 18.2% 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 22.2% vs 18.2% · n=45
On first rides for the horse 18.8% vs 18.2% · n=64 · A/E 0.61
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 27 1 3.7% −25.00
Good 15 5 33.3% +14.90
Good to Soft 13 5 38.5% +20.30
Soft 11 1 9.1% −2.10
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +0.40

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Deauville 21 1 4.8% −19.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 7 1 14.3% +3.10
Pornichet-La Baule 6 0 0% −6.00
Durtal 4 1 25% +1.00
Vire 3 0 0% −2.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Saint-Malo 3 0 0% −2.00
Le Lion-D'Angers 2 1 50% +2.90
Seiches-Sur-Le-Loir 2 1 50% +7.60
Nantes 2 1 50% +14.00
Longchamp (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Brehal 2 2 100% +1.80
Morlaix 2 1 50% —
Saint-Brieuc 2 0 0% —
Granville-St Pair Sur Mer 2 1 50% +1.40

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 10 7 70% — +20.50
2nd–3rd fav 11 3 27.3% 1.22 +12.50
4th–6th fav 13 1 7.7% 1.24 −2.90
7th+ in betting 19 0 0% 0.00 −19.00
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Ultraji (FR) 3 1 1 18 Apr 13
Drive Away (FR) 3 0 1 9 Jul 11
Pemba (FR) 2 0 0 10 Feb 15
Fellini (GER) 2 0 1 3 Jul 14
Alkia D'Oudairies (FR) 2 0 0 14 Nov 13
Val'Melodie (FR) 2 0 1 25 Oct 13
Violon De Brejoux (FR) 2 1 1 5 Aug 13
Tania D'Oudairies (FR) 2 0 0 29 Oct 12
Tenor De La Prise (FR) 2 1 1 4 Apr 12
Toledana (FR) 2 0 0 5 Jun 11
Ransom Demand (GB) 2 0 0 16 May 10
Brown Pampa (FR) 1 0 0 21 Mar 15
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 64 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
G Cherel 23 7 30.4% +10.20
E Libaud 7 0 0% −1.00
J-L Guillochon 7 1 14.3% +5.10
Christian Le Galliard 5 1 20% +11.00
J Merienne 5 1 20% −0.10
A Le Clerc 4 0 0% −2.00
Mme S Adet 3 0 0% −3.00
T Poche 3 0 0% −3.00
G Chaignon 2 0 0% −2.00
P Chevillard 2 0 0% −2.00
E Lecoiffier 2 0 0% −2.00
X Puleo 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
14
Archived wins
£176k
Prize money
2012
Best season · 4 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.
Tenor De La Prise (FR) — Prix D'Estruval (Conditions) (4-5yo French-bred Non-Thoroughbreds) (Turf) Saint-Cloud (FR) · Apr 2012
£12,500
Toner D'Oudairies (FR) — Prix de lIsle Briand (AQPS) Le Lion-D'Angers · Jul 2010
£11,504
Perfect Season (SAF) — Prix De La Charentone (All-Weather) Deauville · Jan 2010
£8,407
Notable horses
Ultraji (FR) Violon De Brejoux (FR) Tenor De La Prise (FR) Break Fort (FR) Be My Hope (FR) Amantani (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Califet (FR) 75% · 3–4
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,802 runs since 2008 (399 horses).
Denham Red (FR) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 16.4% of 592 runs since 2008 (65 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.2% from 184.
Dom Alco (FR) 0% · 0–3
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.
Gold Away (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 10.3% of 2,477 runs since 2008 (206 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.6% from 328. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.3% from 177.
Protektor (GER) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 11.5% of 522 runs since 2008 (84 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6% from 100.
Balko (FR) 50% · 1–2
Progeny have won 12.7% of 2,661 runs since 2011 (297 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 81 · newest first

The latest 50 of 81 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 5 September 2005 to 21 March 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
21 Mar 15 Paray-Le-Monial Brown Pampa (FR)T: G Cherel Prix du Vicomte Herve de Villette (AQPS) (Turf)12f · Soft · 3 ran 2nd —
01 Mar 15 Seiches-Sur-Le-Loir Praticks (IRE)T: M Cheno Prix De Malidor (Turf)13.5f · 4 ran 2nd —
10 Feb 15 Pornichet-La Baule Pemba (FR)T: G Cherel Prix De Lile Aux Moines (All-Weather)10.5f · Standard · 4 ran 13th 57/1
20 Dec 14 Pornichet-La Baule Pemba (FR)T: G Cherel Prix De Fontenailles (All-Weather)8.5f · Standard · 4 ran 14th 53/1
16 Oct 14 Pornichet-La Baule (FR) Spertezza (FR)T: J Merienne Prix de Saint Lyphard (Maiden) (2yo Fillies) (Viscoride)8.5f · Slow · 13 ran 12th 25/1
29 Sep 14 Argentan Break Fort (FR)T: J Merienne Prix De Maisons-Laffitte (Turf)14f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 29/10
25 Sep 14 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Gaelic Way (FR)T: J Merienne Prix de Marsinval (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf)12f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 8th 28/1
25 Jul 14 Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) Be My Hope (FR)T: G Cherel Prix Rene Bizard (AQPS) (Colts & Geldings) (Turf)13.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 1st 13/5
07 Jul 14 Granville-St Pair Sur Mer Born To Play (FR)T: G Cherel Prix Du Casino De Granville (AQPS) (Turf)12f · Good · 3 ran 3rd —
03 Jul 14 Deauville (FR) Fellini (GER)T: Christian Le Galliard Prix d'Auvillars (Handicap) (5yo+) (Polytrack)12.5f · Standard · 16 ran 14th 71/10
25 May 14 Vire Aramis Collonges (FR)T: G Cherel Prix Yearly (AQPS) (Colts & Geldings) (Turf)13f · 3 ran 3rd 3/1
01 Mar 14 Deauville (FR) Fellini (GER)T: Christian Le Galliard Prix du Cap de la Heve (Handicap) (5yo+) (Fibresand)12f · Standard · 15 ran 2nd 42/10
14 Nov 13 Saint-Cloud (FR) Alkia D'Oudairies (FR)T: A Le Clerc Prix Jacques De Vienne (Conditions) (3yo French-bred non-Thoroughbreds) (Turf) (AQPS)12.5f · Heavy · 6 ran 6th 20/1
10 Nov 13 Vire Amiral Collonges (FR)T: G Cherel Prix Du Bocage Virois (AQPS) (Turf)13f · Heavy · 4 ran 2nd 6/1
01 Nov 13 Durtal Alkia D'Oudairies (FR)T: A Le Clerc Prix des Guilledines (AQPS) (Fillies)11f · Good · 3 ran 3rd —
25 Oct 13 Les Sables-d'Olonne Val'Melodie (FR)T: E Lecoiffier Prix Joseph Kerbiriou (AQPS) (Turf)13.5f · Very Soft · 5 ran 5th 18/1
17 Oct 13 Pornichet-La Baule Agha Des Mottes (FR)T: F Foucher Prix de lAssoc des Eleveurs et Proprietaires (AQPS) (All-Weather)12f · Standard · 4 ran 6th 4/1
14 Aug 13 Pornichet-La Baule Vibraye (FR)T: G Cherel Prix de Lapeyrouse (AQPS)12f · Standard · 3 ran 2nd 63/10
05 Aug 13 Brehal Violon De Brejoux (FR)T: G Cherel Prix de la Societe Generale (AQPS)11.5f · Good To Soft · 3 ran 1st 9/5F
21 Jul 13 Pompadour Sinai Du Lys (FR)T: J-L Guillochon Grand Prix du Limousin (Conditions Race) (Turf)11f · 3 ran 3rd —

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 Herve Paimblanc's strike rate?
Herve Paimblanc has won 14 of 77 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 18.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Herve Paimblanc's Fair A/E?
0.93, from 35 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).