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Jockey profile

Marc-Antoine Billard

378 rides in the lifetime window · 201 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Nov 2016 100% 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.
37–378
Wins / Runs
9.8%
Strike rate
n=378
79 (21%)
Placed
1.58
n=364 · 1.29 incl. margin
+212.80
£1 level stake
n=373 at SP · +57.1%
£1.25m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9.7%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 10% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.58). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 17% (30 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 378 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance J Bertran De Balanda: 12.6% from 135 LTO winners: 16.7% Claiming: 12.9%
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 16.7% (n=30, Fair A/E 1.27), but first rides on a horse have been a poor signal at 6.5% (n=201, Fair A/E 1.40). Claiming rides are the standout value angle: 12.9% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.93 and +121.50 to a £1 stake over 132 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. J Bertran De Balanda supplied 36% of the rides and edges the rider's average (12.6% vs 9.8%, A/E 1.65) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record read poorly over 2m5f – 3m — 3% over 33 rides, 6.8pts below the baseline. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Prix Leopold d'Orsetti - Grande Course de Haies d'Enghien at Enghien (FR) (Nov 2014, £50,625).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.5%−3.3
n=201 · A/E 1.40 · £1 −38.10
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
16.7%+6.9
n=30 · A/E 1.27 · £1 −11.10
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
9.1%−0.7
n=88 · A/E 1.95 · £1 +125.50
When favourite
38.9%
n=18 · A/E 1.34 · £1 +6.50
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
12.9%+3.1
n=132 · A/E 1.93 · £1 +121.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
9.7%−0.1
n=144 · A/E 1.78 · £1 +189.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7%−2.8
n=57 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −35.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.8% 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
With debutants 2.3% vs 9.8% · n=44
With T Trapenard 2.6% vs 9.8% · n=38
Over 2m5f – 3m 3% vs 9.8% · n=33
On last-time-out winners 16.7% vs 9.8% · n=30
With first-time headgear 3.3% vs 9.8% · n=30
With P Lenogue 16.1% vs 9.8% · n=31
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 245 24 9.8% +174.30
Chase 133 13 9.8% +38.50

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 264 27 10.2% +154.30
Heavy 106 8 7.5% +48.30
Good 5 1 20% +11.20
Good to Soft 2 1 50% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% —

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 218 17 7.8% +108.30
Enghien (FR) 142 19 13.4% +117.50
Compiegne 5 0 0% −5.00
Lyon Parilly 3 1 33.3% −1.00
Fontainebleau 3 0 0% −3.00
Angers 2 0 0% −2.00
Avignon 1 0 0% —
Nancy 1 0 0% −1.00
Strasbourg 1 0 0% —
Senonnes-Pouance 1 0 0% —
Nantes 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 57 4 7% −35.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 18 7 38.9% 1.34 +6.50
2nd–3rd fav 49 11 22.4% 1.71 +15.40
4th–6th fav 86 7 8.1% 1.16 −23.90
7th+ in betting 220 11 5% 2.16 +214.80
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
76.7% completed · 378 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 133 76.7% 13 0 17 0 1
Hurdle 245 76.7% 7 0 43 0 7
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
Sierra Nevada (FR) 8 1 1 27 Jun 16
Prince Borsov (FR) 7 2 3 22 Nov 15
Goldslic (FR) 7 0 0 12 Nov 14
Malak El Hawa (FR) 7 2 2 18 Oct 14
Kacao Fix (FR) 7 2 5 14 Jun 11
Orange Run (IRE) 6 1 3 29 Nov 15
Djagble (FR) 6 1 2 29 Nov 15
Prince Of Fields (FR) 6 0 1 23 Nov 15
Mallorca (FR) 6 1 1 23 Sep 14
Brennus De Sivola (FR) 6 0 0 26 Jun 14
Plaisir Fou (FR) 5 0 2 25 Nov 15
Hartalin (FR) 5 0 2 25 Nov 15
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 201 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
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·061559·015690
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
36% of all rides
12.6% SR · A/E 1.65
TrainerRWSR£1
J Bertran De Balanda 135 17 12.6% +85.60
T Trapenard 38 1 2.6% −1.00
P Lenogue 31 5 16.1% +20.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→
37
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£1.25m
Prize money
2014
Best season · 11 wins
Storminator (FR) — Prix Leopold d'Orsetti - Grande Course de Haies d'Enghien (Hurdle) (4yo+) (Turf) Enghien (FR) · Nov 2014 · Grade 3
£50,625
Non Interdit (FR) — Prix Daniel Lescalle (Hurdle) (Handicap) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Jun 2014
£35,625
Storminator (FR) — Prix de Besancon (Hurdle) () (5yo+) (Turf) Enghien (FR) · Oct 2014 · Listed
£34,000

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Martaline (GB) 5.9% · 2–34
Progeny have won 14.2% of 7,347 runs since 2008 (723 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
Enrique (GB) 17.4% · 4–23
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,601 runs since 2008 (289 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.9% from 370. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.8% from 462. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.6% from 347.
Saint Des Saints (FR) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 15% of 5,359 runs since 2008 (643 horses).
Ballingarry (IRE) 18.2% · 2–11
Progeny have won 10.4% of 2,432 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 125.
Astarabad (USA) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 13.2% of 1,601 runs since 2008 (162 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 18.3% from 377.
Le Fou (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,417 runs since 2010 (137 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 12.1% from 239.
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 378 · newest first

The latest 50 of 378 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 31 March 2010 to 21 November 2016.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 Marc-Antoine Billard's strike rate?
Marc-Antoine Billard has won 37 of 378 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 9.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Marc-Antoine Billard do best at?
Enghien (FR) by strike rate: 19 wins from 142 rides (13.4%) 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 Marc-Antoine Billard ride most for?
J Bertran De Balanda, with 135 rides since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 17 (12.6%).
What is Marc-Antoine Billard's Fair A/E?
1.58, from 364 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).