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Jockey profile

Jean-Baptiste Hamel

247 rides in the lifetime window · 171 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2018 100% of rides on the flat
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.
40–247
Wins / Runs
16.2%
Strike rate
n=247
59 (24%)
Placed
1.21
n=121 · 1.29 incl. margin
+26.00
£1 level stake
n=172 at SP · +15.1%
£739k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
20%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 20 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 16% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.21). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 27% off breaks of two months or more (68 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 247 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 26.5% D Guillemin: 23.6% from 55
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 26.5% (n=68, Fair A/E 3.07), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 7% (n=43, Fair A/E 0.95). D Guillemin supplied 22% of the rides and beats the rider's average (23.6% vs 16.2%, A/E 1.47) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well off a 61-180-day break (32.4%, n=34) and over 6f – 7f (22.2%, n=72). The record read poorly in Class 1 — 7% over 43 rides, 9.2pts below the baseline. 3 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Prix Luthier at Deauville (FR) (Dec 2011, £22,414).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 16.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
13.4%−2.8
n=164 · A/E 0.98 · £1 +15.40
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
11.1%−5.1
n=27 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −5.60
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
26.5%+10.3
n=68 · A/E 3.07 · £1 +64.70
When favourite
45%
n=20 · A/E 1.22 · £1 +26.20
Big fields · 14+ runners
7.4%−8.8
n=54 · A/E 1.29 · £1 −10.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7%−9.2
n=43 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −6.10

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 16.2% 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
Off a 61-180-day break 32.4% vs 16.2% · n=34
In Class 1 7% vs 16.2% · n=43
In Group / Graded races 7% vs 16.2% · n=43
With D Guillemin 23.6% vs 16.2% · n=55
Over 6f – 7f 22.2% vs 16.2% · n=72
On Good to Soft going 10.6% vs 16.2% · n=47
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) 61 10 16.4% +14.70
Good 60 8 13.3% +1.30
Soft 55 10 18.2% +18.50
Good to Soft 47 5 10.6% −12.90
Heavy 20 5 25% +0.50
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Deauville (FR) 52 9 17.3% +18.20
La Teste De Buch 30 4 13.3% +4.20
Toulouse 27 4 14.8% +1.40
Chantilly (FR) 25 2 8% −16.10
Bordeaux Le Bouscat 24 5 20.8% +23.20
Saint-Cloud (FR) 15 3 20% +4.80
Longchamp (FR) 15 4 26.7% +2.40
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 14 0 0% −10.00
Mont-De-Marsan 7 3 42.9% −2.50
Dax 5 0 0% −3.00
Pau 5 2 40% +2.60
Vichy 4 1 25% −3.00
Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 4 0 0% —
Royan La Palmyre 3 1 33.3% +3.60
Nantes 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 43 3 7% −6.10
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 21 9 42.9% 1.11 +25.20
2nd–3rd fav 59 12 20.3% 1.02 +20.60
4th–6th fav 37 4 10.8% 1.71 +1.00
7th+ in betting 55 2 3.6% 1.18 −20.80
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
Skyline Du Casse (FR) 10 2 3 7 Dec 14
Dance In The Park (FR) 10 2 4 8 Dec 13
Chopsoave (FR) 4 1 1 28 Jul 13
Winter Dream (IRE) 4 2 2 27 Apr 08
Fastnet Lightning (IRE) 3 1 2 16 Sep 18
Tiliver (FR) 3 0 0 7 Oct 14
Bowling Green (FR) 3 1 2 7 Mar 14
Baie D'Honneur (FR) 3 1 1 19 Nov 13
Deux Saisons (GB) 3 2 2 24 Mar 13
Ice Stone (GB) 3 1 1 7 Feb 13
Atora Bere (FR) 3 2 2 3 Aug 12
Skadar Lake (GB) 3 0 0 4 Sep 11
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 171 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
JFMAMJJASOND
6442413102410172515420
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 yardD Guillemin
22% of all rides
23.6% SR · A/E 1.47
TrainerRWSR£1
D Guillemin 55 13 23.6% +31.90
Robert Collet 36 8 22.2% −6.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
66
Archived wins
3
Pattern / graded wins
£1.13m
Prize money
2007
Best season · 22 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.
Ariete Arrollador (GB) — Prix Luthier () (3yo+) (Fibresand) Deauville (FR) · Dec 2011 · Listed
£22,414
Dance In The Park (FR) — Prix Occitanie () (Fillies) (Turf) Toulouse (FR) · Sep 2013 · Listed
£22,358
Queen America (FR) — Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles () Vichy (FR) · Jul 2008 · Listed
£20,221

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
East Of Heaven (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 9.3% of 118 runs since 2008 (29 horses).
Walk In The Park (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,040 runs since 2011 (707 horses).
Muhaymin (USA) 33.3% · 3–9
Progeny have won 10.6% of 662 runs since 2010 (100 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.1% from 113.
Soave (GER) 14.3% · 1–7
Progeny have won 7.9% of 910 runs since 2010 (109 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.9% from 203.
Baroud D'Honneur (FR) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 10.1% of 207 runs since 2008 (26 horses).
Chineur (FR) 60% · 3–5
Progeny have won 9% of 2,167 runs since 2009 (138 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 12% from 209. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12.2% from 403. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6% from 199.
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 350 · newest first

The latest 50 of 350 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 1 April 2005 to 16 September 2018.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Oct 15 Angers Calvin (FR)T: Y Durepaire Prix Luna Wells (Turf)10f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 2nd 25/1
07 Jun 15 Toulouse Luna Lady (FR)T: D De Watrigant Prix Lastours (Turf)6f · Good To Soft · 3 ran 2nd 44/5
31 May 15 Dax Santa Helena (FR)T: Ana Imaz Ceca Prix du Rancez (Turf)10.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran 2nd 23/1

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 Jean-Baptiste Hamel's strike rate?
Jean-Baptiste Hamel has won 40 of 247 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 16.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Jean-Baptiste Hamel do best at?
Deauville (FR) by strike rate: 9 wins from 52 rides (17.3%) 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 Jean-Baptiste Hamel ride most for?
D Guillemin, with 55 rides since 2008 — 22% of the total. That pairing has won 13 (23.6%).
What is Jean-Baptiste Hamel's Fair A/E?
1.21, from 121 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).