What is Hugo Besnier's strike rate?

Hugo Besnier has won 70 of 669 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 10.5% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Hugo Besnier do best at?

Saint-Cloud (FR) by strike rate: 12 wins from 103 rides (11.7%) since 2022. 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 Hugo Besnier ride most for?

P Cottier, with 128 rides since 2022 — 19% of the total. That pairing has won 27 (21.1%).

Is Hugo Besnier in form?

Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 11 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.

What is Hugo Besnier's Fair A/E?

1.31, from 663 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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.

Jockey profile

Hugo Besnier

669 rides in the last 5 seasons · 379 individual horses

As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride 7 days ago 100% of rides on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2018→)

from 1 Jan 2022

70–669

Wins / Runs

10.5%

Strike rate

n=669

192 (29%)

Placed

1.31

Fair A/E

n=663 · 1.07 incl. margin

−14.07

£1 level stake

n=666 at SP · −2.1%

£1.80m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

13.3%

KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 130 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.31). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 15% (62 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 669 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 19 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Dec–Mar 21.9% when favourite P Cottier: 21.1% from 128 LTO winners: 14.5% Rides the favourite in 5% of races

The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 14.5% (n=62, Fair A/E 1.26), but horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 7.4% (n=190, Fair A/E 1.06). Rides in big fields of 14 or more are the standout value angle: 8.3% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.65 and +10.70 to a £1 stake over 277 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. P Cottier supplies 19% of the rides and beats the rider's average (21.1% vs 10.5%, A/E 1.65) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well in Class 1 (15.3%, n=85) and off a 15-30-day break (14.5%, n=179). The record reads poorly in Class 4 — 3.1% over 32 rides, 7.4pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a 61-180-day break: Fair A/E 0.80 across 109 rides (5.5% strike, −57.60 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 8 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Prix de Flore at Saint-Cloud (FR) (Oct 2024, £34,783). Seasonally, the rider fires Dec–Mar.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.5% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

9.9%−0.6

n=352 · A/E 1.32 · £1 −61.20

Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win

14.5%+4.0

n=62 · A/E 1.26 · £1 +31.80

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

7.4%−3.1

n=190 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −68.75

When favourite

21.9%

n=32 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −11.00

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

0%−10.5

n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Big fields · 14+ runners

8.3%−2.2

n=277 · A/E 1.65 · £1 +10.70

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

10.1%−0.4

n=79 · A/E 1.37 · £1 −4.90

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.5% 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 P Cottier 21.1% vs 10.5% · n=128

With first-time headgear 3.1% vs 10.5% · n=65

In Class 4 3.1% vs 10.5% · n=32

Off a 61-180-day break 5.5% vs 10.5% · n=109

In Class 1 15.3% vs 10.5% · n=85

Off a 15-30-day break 14.5% vs 10.5% · 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

Flat 668 70 10.5% −14.07

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 258 34 13.2% +94.70

Soft 176 14 8% −66.40

Good to Soft 144 11 7.6% −31.95

Heavy 50 6 12% −9.90

Good 36 3 8.3% −4.60

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Chantilly (FR) 172 18 10.5% −20.60

Deauville (FR) 147 16 10.9% +24.50

Saint-Cloud (FR) 103 12 11.7% −21.40

Longchamp (FR) 77 5 6.5% +4.40

Vichy (FR) 68 6 8.8% −24.50

Marseille Borely (FR) 19 3 15.8% +4.50

Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 16 0 0% −16.00

Salon-de-Provence (FR) 14 0 0% −14.00

Lyon Parilly (FR) 11 2 18.2% −2.92

La Teste De Buch (FR) 9 3 33.3% +20.00

Toulouse (FR) 6 0 0% −6.00

Bordeaux Le Bouscat (FR) 5 1 20% −1.75

Marseille Pont-de-Vivaux (FR) 4 0 0% −4.00

Lyon-La Soie (FR) 3 3 100% +47.00

Mont-De-Marsan (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 85 13 15.3% +29.68

Class 4 32 1 3.1% −26.50

Class 3 20 2 10% +0.75

Class 2 7 3 42.9% +19.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 37 7 18.9% 0.62 −16.00

2nd–3rd fav 107 29 27.1% 1.75 +47.33

4th–6th fav 185 19 10.3% 1.32 +14.40

7th+ in betting 337 15 4.5% 1.32 −59.80

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

Sirius Slew (GB) 12 0 2 25 Aug 24

Planthalya (FR) 11 2 5 24 Apr 25

Torpen (FR) 11 1 4 15 Aug 24

Samagace Du Vivien (FR) 10 2 8 19 Mar 26

Ami Soledad (FR) 10 3 4 10 Jan 25

North Hunter (IRE) 8 1 5 10 Jan 25

Legend (FR) 8 3 5 27 Oct 24

Indian Pacific (FR) 7 2 4 12 Oct 26

Ten Horns (FR) 7 1 3 14 Aug 26

Lamento (GER) 7 0 3 2 May 24

Cambronne (FR) 6 3 3 11 Oct 26

Siciliano (FR) 6 1 4 26 Aug 26

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 379 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample

5 from 11

Only 11 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons

JFMAMJJASOND

15122037978917617

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

Main yardP Cottier

19% of all rides
21.1% SR · A/E 1.65

TrainerRWSR£1

P Cottier 128 27 21.1% +67.63

A Fabre 82 11 13.4% −12.60

S Smrczek 36 5 13.9% +67.90

A S & D Allard 32 5 15.6% +8.70

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2018→

110

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£2.71m

Prize money

2026

Best season · 20 wins

Legend (FR) — Prix de Flore (3yo+ Fillies & Mares) (Turf) Saint-Cloud (FR) · Oct 2024 · Group 3

£34,783

Mqse De Sevigne (IRE) — Prix Vanteaux (3yo Fillies) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Apr 2022 · Group 3

£33,613

Cambronne (FR) — Grand Prix de Marseille - 15th Etape du Defi du Galop - G. Camprubi () (3yo+) (Turf) Marseille Borely (FR) · Nov 2024 · Listed

£26,087

Notable horses

Ami Soledad (FR) Legend (FR) Cambronne (FR) Planthalya (FR) Samagace Du Vivien (FR) Indian Pacific (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Al Wukair (IRE) 20% · 4–20

Progeny have won 7.5% of 1,075 runs since 2008 (159 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.6% from 206.

Prince Gibraltar (FR) 25% · 4–16

Progeny have won 9.6% of 866 runs since 2008 (127 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 155. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.6% from 127.

Air Chief Marshal (IRE) 14.3% · 2–14

Progeny have won 8.6% of 1,982 runs since 2008 (190 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.2% from 672. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.3% from 266. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.3% from 565.

Dabirsim (FR) 14.3% · 2–14

Progeny have won 7.4% of 4,126 runs since 2008 (448 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.9% from 254. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 209. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 142.

Kendargent (FR) 15.4% · 2–13

Progeny have won 9.6% of 5,212 runs since 2008 (579 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6% from 252.

Areion (GER) 16.7% · 2–12

Progeny have won 10.7% of 1,310 runs since 2008 (176 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.7% from 143.

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 19 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 1,178 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,178 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 9 April 2018 to 12 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

12 Oct 26 Marseille Borely (FR) I'm A Believer (FR)T: C Escuder Prix Du Colonel MaldranClass 3 · 10.5f · Soft · 13 ran 11th 9/1

12 Oct 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Indian Pacific (FR)T: P Cottier Prix Louis EspanetClass 3 · 10.5f · Soft · 12 ran 3rd 9/2

12 Oct 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Smile For Me (FR)T: C Escuder Prix De L'estacadeClass 3 · 6f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 6/1

12 Oct 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Faith In You (USA)T: P Cottier Prix D'orange8.5f · Soft · 9 ran 5th 16/1

12 Oct 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Windflower (FR)T: P Cottier Prix Jacques Rossi (Prix Jules Morgan)Class 2 · 10.5f · Soft · 16 ran 1st 12/1

12 Oct 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Kristal (FR)T: R Fradet Prix Gerard Samoun13f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 8/1

12 Oct 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Clea Chope (FR)T: P Cottier Prix Via MilanoClass 1 · 8.5f · Soft · 6 ran 1st 9/2

11 Oct 26 Lyon-La Soie (FR) Joyphoria (FR)T: P Cottier Prix Jean Cuvelette12f · Standard · 10 ran 1st 14/1

11 Oct 26 Lyon-La Soie (FR) Cambronne (FR)T: P Cottier Grand Prix De L'hippodrome De Lyon-la-soieClass 1 · 9f · Standard · 7 ran 1st 25/1

11 Oct 26 Lyon-La Soie (FR) Anaheim (FR)T: E Lacaille Prix Yakoba9f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 8/1

09 Oct 26 Toulouse (FR) Maria Apollonia (FR)T: P Cottier Derby Du Languedoc - Fonds Europeen De L'elevageClass 1 · 12f · Very Soft · 7 ran 4th 28/1

29 Sep 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Smile For Me (FR)T: C Escuder Prix De L'union Hippique De La MediterraneeClass 3 · 6f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 5/2F

29 Sep 26 Marseille Borely (FR) United Color (IRE)T: P Cottier Prix Des MarseillaisesClass 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7th 22/1

29 Sep 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Mister Socks (FR)T: N Bellanger Prix Du Syndicat Des Eleveurs Du Sud-est10f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5th 14/1

29 Sep 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Tashanka (FR)T: J Andreu Prix Henri CabassuClass 4 · 8.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 17/2

29 Sep 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Capeline (FR)T: P Cottier Prix Gyptis Et Protis9f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 4th 7/4F

29 Sep 26 Marseille Borely (FR) Soupir (GB)T: R Fradet Prix Lucien FraucielClass 4 · 13f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 4th 12/1

28 Sep 26 Bordeaux Le Bouscat (FR) Chanson Douce (FR)T: P Cottier Grand Criterium De BordeauxClass 1 · 8f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7th 16/1

28 Sep 26 Bordeaux Le Bouscat (FR) Senatrice (FR)T: P Cottier Prix De PomerolClass 1 · 7f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7th 28/1

28 Sep 26 Bordeaux Le Bouscat (FR) Feel Well (FR)T: P Cottier Prix Des Grands Crus7f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5th 7/4F

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 Hugo Besnier's strike rate?: Hugo Besnier has won 70 of 669 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 10.5% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Hugo Besnier do best at?: Saint-Cloud (FR) by strike rate: 12 wins from 103 rides (11.7%) since 2022. 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 Hugo Besnier ride most for?: P Cottier, with 128 rides since 2022 — 19% of the total. That pairing has won 27 (21.1%).
Is Hugo Besnier in form?: Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 11 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Hugo Besnier's Fair A/E?: 1.31, from 663 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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.