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Jockey profile

Karl Martin

128 rides in the lifetime window · 70 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Dec 2013 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
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.
12–128
Wins / Runs
9.4%
Strike rate
n=128
18 (14%)
Placed
1.80
Fair A/E
n=117 · 1.70 incl. margin
+25.50
£1 level stake
n=121 at SP · +21.1%
£140k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
14.3%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 30 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.80). Rode mostly for Alex Fracas — 65% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 128 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Alex Fracas: 10.8% from 83 First rides: 10%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 5.1% (n=39, Fair A/E 1.33). Rides in big fields of 14 or more are the standout value angle: 8.9% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.93 and +19.00 to a £1 stake over 101 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Alex Fracas supplied 65% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (10.8%, A/E 1.89) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well over 1m – 1m1f (12.8%, n=39). The record read poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 5.6% over 36 rides, 3.8pts below the baseline.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10%+0.6
n=70 · A/E 2.32 · £1 +37.80
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
9.1%−0.3
n=11 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −1.80
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5.1%−4.3
n=39 · A/E 1.33 · £1 +14.00
When favourite
20%
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 +7.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
8.9%−0.5
n=101 · A/E 1.93 · £1 +19.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.4% 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 5.6% vs 9.4% · n=36
Over 1m – 1m1f 12.8% vs 9.4% · n=39
With Alex Fracas 10.8% vs 9.4% · n=83 · A/E 1.89
At Deauville (FR) 8.1% vs 9.4% · n=74 · A/E 1.66
On Standard (AW) going 8.1% vs 9.4% · n=74 · A/E 1.68
On first rides for the horse 10% vs 9.4% · n=70 · A/E 2.32
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) 74 6 8.1% −22.40
Good 26 1 3.8% −8.50
Soft 15 2 13.3% +15.40
Good to Soft 7 2 28.6% +16.00
Heavy 6 1 16.7% +25.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Deauville (FR) 74 6 8.1% −22.40
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 14 3 21.4% +29.90
Chantilly (FR) 13 0 0% −12.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 13 1 7.7% +18.00
Longchamp (FR) 6 0 0% −6.00
Saint-Malo 2 1 50% +10.00
Clairefontaine 2 0 0% −2.00
Lisieux 1 0 0% —
Dieppe 1 0 0% −1.00
Morlaix 1 1 100% +11.00
Seiches-Sur-Le-Loir 1 0 0% —

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 6 1 16.7% 0.00 +6.00
2nd–3rd fav 12 5 41.7% 2.88 +26.20
4th–6th fav 15 3 20% 2.68 +15.80
7th+ in betting 88 3 3.4% 1.27 −22.50
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
Ciboney Moon (FR) 9 3 4 22 Dec 10
Americaine Cat (FR) 5 0 0 30 Aug 11
Jack Junior (USA) 4 2 2 5 Jan 13
Avenue Monceau (FR) 4 0 0 5 Jan 13
New Best (FR) 4 0 0 31 Mar 11
Lucky Harry (FR) 4 1 1 11 Mar 11
Damozane (IRE) 4 1 1 17 Oct 10
Ankhor Vat (GB) 3 0 0 12 Jan 13
Uriosa Roque (FR) 3 0 0 24 Dec 12
The Joe McArdle (GER) 3 0 1 19 Sep 12
Pentathlon (IRE) 3 0 1 14 May 12
Danza Palatina (FR) 3 0 0 23 Mar 12
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 70 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
100141301414725005
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 yardAlex Fracas
65% of all rides
10.8% SR · A/E 1.89
TrainerRWSR£1
Alex Fracas 83 9 10.8% +42.60
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
12
Archived wins
£140k
Prize money
2010
Best season · 6 wins
Jack Junior (USA) — Prix De Crecy Fitz-James (Handicap) (Div II) (5yo+) (Turf) Saint-Cloud (FR) · Mar 2012
£10,833
Lucky Harry (FR) — Prix De Senonches (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Fibresand) Deauville (FR) · Jul 2010
£10,619
Ciboney Moon (FR) — Prix De Lambourn (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) Maisons-Laffitte (FR) · Apr 2010
£10,177
Notable horses
Ciboney Moon (FR) Jack Junior (USA) Lucky Harry (FR) Damozane (IRE) Il Cannone (FR) City Groom (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bahamian Bounty (GB) 33.3% · 3–9
Progeny have won 9.6% of 9,353 runs since 2008 (598 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 202.
American Post (GB) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 10.1% of 2,964 runs since 2008 (263 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 13.9% from 108.
Art Sebal (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 6.7% of 15 runs since 2009 (2 horses). A small sample.
Ballingarry (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 10.4% of 2,432 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 125.
Della Francesca (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10% of 1,477 runs since 2008 (172 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13% from 338. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 16% from 100. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.3% from 160.
Equerry (USA) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 7.9% of 366 runs since 2008 (56 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 13.3% from 120.
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 128 · newest first

The latest 50 of 128 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 17 June 2009 to 23 December 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
23 Dec 13 Deauville (FR) Mumgala (FR)T: Y Barberot Prix Du Houlbec (Claimer) (3yo) (Fibresand)12f · Standard · 16 ran 1st 84/10
14 Dec 13 Deauville (FR) Flakitty (FR)T: J Bourgeais Prix De Precolette (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Fibresand)12f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 92/1
22 Oct 13 Deauville (FR) Allez Viv (FR)T: P Van De Poele Prix de l'Orbiquet (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf)15f · Very Soft · 11 ran 5th 11/1
14 Aug 13 Clairefontaine Allez Viv (FR)T: P Van De Poele Prix de Bienville (Maiden) (Turf)14.5f · Soft · 3 ran 2nd 23/10J
25 Jul 13 Chantilly (FR) Americaine Joy (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix Du Crochet Du Coye (Claimer) (3yo) (Jockeys & Young Jockeys without 10 winners in 2013) (Turf)9f · Good · 13 ran — 43/1
23 Jul 13 Chantilly (FR) Il Colosseo (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix Des Hetres (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)12f · Good · 19 ran — 65/1
21 Jun 13 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Welcome Valentine (GB)T: Alex Fracas Prix de la Croix de Noailles (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)10f · Heavy · 16 ran — 17/1
02 Jun 13 Chantilly (FR) Welcome Valentine (GB)T: Alex Fracas Prix RMC (Prix du Pain de Sucre) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)10f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 6th 28/1
12 Jan 13 Deauville (FR) Ankhor Vat (GB)T: Alex Fracas Prix de Cloture (Handicap) (4yo+) (Fibresand)17f · Standard · 14 ran — 22/1
12 Jan 13 Deauville (FR) Made Of Green (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix de Bissons (Maiden) (3yo Fillies) (Fibresand)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 10th 30/1
09 Jan 13 Deauville (FR) Victoria Bay (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix de Passe-Temps (Claimer) (3yo) (Fibresand)6.5f · Standard · 16 ran — 58/1
05 Jan 13 Deauville (FR) Jack Junior (USA)T: Alex Fracas Prix de Rucqueville (Claimer) (5yo+) (Fibresand)9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 1st 36/5
05 Jan 13 Deauville (FR) Avenue Monceau (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix de la Chardeniere (Handicap) (4yo) (Fibresand)7.5f · Standard · 16 ran — 38/1
04 Jan 13 Deauville (FR) Grand Pursuits (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix de la Beauvoisiniere (Maiden) (3yo Fillies) (Fibresand)7.5f · Standard · 14 ran — 76/1
30 Dec 12 Deauville (FR) Dan Victory (FR)T: Mlle A Germain Prix de Braudiere (Handicap) (4yo+) (Fibresand)12f · Standard · 16 ran — 24/1
30 Dec 12 Deauville (FR) Ankhor Vat (GB)T: Alex Fracas Prix de Berd'Huis (Handicap) (4yo+) (Fibresand)12f · Standard · 16 ran 10th 22/1
28 Dec 12 Deauville (FR) Made Of Green (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix D'Ecouves (Maiden) (2yo Fillies) (Fibresand)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 8th 56/1
28 Dec 12 Deauville (FR) Victoria Bay (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix Du Phare (Claimer) (2yo) (Fibresand)6.5f · Standard · 14 ran — 64/1
24 Dec 12 Deauville (FR) Uriosa Roque (FR)T: X Richard Prix de Rugles (Handicap) (3yo+) (Fibresand)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran — 172/1
20 Dec 12 Deauville (FR) Turtle Boy (FR)T: Alex Fracas Prix de Nonant le Pin (Handicap) (3yo) (Fibresand)12f · Standard · 16 ran — 43/1

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 Karl Martin's strike rate?
Karl Martin has won 12 of 128 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 9.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Karl Martin do best at?
Deauville (FR) by strike rate: 6 wins from 74 rides (8.1%) 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 Karl Martin ride most for?
Alex Fracas, with 83 rides since 2008 — 65% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (10.8%).
What is Karl Martin's Fair A/E?
1.80, from 117 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).