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Valentin Delbe

23 rides in the lifetime window · 16 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2018 91% 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.
2–23
Wins / Runs
8.7%
Strike rate
n=23
4 (17%)
Placed
2.06
n=21 · 2.94 incl. margin
+23.00
£1 level stake
n=22 at SP · +104.5%
£33,933
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.3%−2.4
n=16 · A/E 2.54 · £1 +20.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
100%+91.3
n=1 · A/E — · £1 +9.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−8.7
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.3%−3.4
n=19 · A/E 2.17 · £1 +16.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−8.7
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.7% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 14 1 7.1% +21.00
Chase 7 1 14.3% +3.00
Flat 2 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Heavy 13 1 7.7% +22.00
Soft 9 1 11.1% +1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% —

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 13 1 7.7% +22.00
Enghien (FR) 7 0 0% −7.00
Cluny 1 0 0% —
Cagnes-Sur-Mer 1 1 100% +9.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 2 1 50% 0.00 +8.00
4th–6th fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
7th+ in betting 18 1 5.6% 3.53 +17.00
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
66.7% completed · 21 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 7 71.4% 0 0 2 0 0
Hurdle 14 64.3% 0 0 5 0 0
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
Sultane D'Anjou (FR) 3 0 0 25 Jun 14
Grand Gala (FR) 2 0 0 31 Mar 15
Bosc Le Comte (FR) 2 0 1 1 Dec 14
Hainan (FR) 2 0 1 21 Jun 14
Akasandre (FR) 2 0 0 25 Apr 14
Vamaker De L'ecu (FR) 2 2 2 3 Dec 12
Mangiennes (FR) 1 0 0 18 Apr 18
Roostoon Dagrostis (FR) 1 0 0 10 Apr 18
Tenor Du Cochet (FR) 1 0 0 3 Apr 15
Mick Staraco (FR) 1 0 0 25 Mar 15
Vaccin (FR) 1 0 0 11 Mar 15
Tresor Bleu (FR) 1 0 0 8 Mar 15
All 16 horses ridden in this window. 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.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
F-M Cottin 15 0 0% −14.00
Mme E Siavy-Julien 3 0 0% −3.00
T Civel 2 2 100% +43.00
C Le Veel 1 0 0% −1.00
J-P Cordonnier 1 0 0% −1.00
Mlle M-C Thanry 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
2
Archived wins
£33,933
Prize money
2012
Best season · 2 wins
Vamaker De L'ecu (FR) — Prix Ucello II (Chase) Cagnes-Sur-Mer · Dec 2012
£14,400
Vamaker De L'ecu (FR) — Prix Cap (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2012
£9,200
Notable horses

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dream Well (FR) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 11.6% of 1,165 runs since 2008 (135 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.2% from 210. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 0% from 111. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 190. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 6.5% from 185.
Falco (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.4% of 1,582 runs since 2008 (208 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.3% from 332. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 13.6% from 286. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6% from 134.
Creachadoir (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 7.8% of 829 runs since 2008 (86 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.8% from 161.
Discover D'Auteuil (FR) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.2% of 954 runs since 2008 (87 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 18.4% from 103. Weakest on Soft going: 7.1% from 408. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 13.3% from 195.
Laveron (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.2% of 1,171 runs since 2008 (142 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 14.9% from 161. Weakest on Soft going: 6.9% from 477.
Policy Maker (IRE) 100% · 2–2
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,244 runs since 2008 (143 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4.6% from 197. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.8% from 125.
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 29 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

all 23 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Valentin Delbe's 23 archived rides, from 25 November 2012 to 18 April 2018, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 May 14 Cluny Bulla (FR)T: F-M Cottin Prix Thierry Gagey (AQPS) (Turf)12.5f · Good To Soft · 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 Valentin Delbe's strike rate?
Valentin Delbe has won 2 of 23 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.7% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).