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Victoria Behan

98 rides in our archive record, 2005–2006 · 50 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2006 100% of rides on the flat
Archive record 2005–2006
No rides from 1 Jan 2008, where our aggregate statistics normally begin — showing the full archive record instead, 6 Apr 2005 to 3 Oct 2006. Figures that need a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time since a run, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are left out: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.
13–98
Wins / Runs
13.3%
Strike rate
n=98
25 (26%)
Placed
1.61
Fair A/E
n=98 · 1.37 incl. margin
+17.88
£1 level stake
n=98 at SP · +18.2%
£94,458
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
13.6%
KTB at a glance David Nicholls: 14.9% from 87 Claiming: 14.3%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 13.3% baseline
When favourite
54.5%
n=11 · A/E 2.02 · £1 +9.38
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
14.3%+1.0
n=91 · A/E 1.70 · £1 +24.88
Big fields · 14+ runners
8.3%−5.0
n=48 · A/E 1.29 · £1 +4.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 13.3% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races. Tiles that depend on a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time off, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are not shown on an archive-era record: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
At trips under 6f 19.4% vs 13.3% · n=36
Over 6f – 7f 8.6% vs 13.3% · n=35
On Good to Firm going 17.1% vs 13.3% · n=35
With David Nicholls 14.9% vs 13.3% · n=87 · A/E 1.75
When claiming 14.3% vs 13.3% · n=91 · A/E 1.70
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
Good to Firm 35 6 17.1% +11.50
Good 20 4 20% +14.50
Good to Soft 17 2 11.8% +15.50
Standard (AW) 12 0 0% −12.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Firm 5 1 20% −2.62
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Thirsk 10 0 0% −10.00
Musselburgh 9 3 33.3% +24.50
Catterick 9 2 22.2% −3.12
Redcar 7 0 0% −7.00
Hamilton 7 2 28.6% +1.75
Goodwood 7 1 14.3% −0.50
Newcastle 5 2 40% +13.25
Wolverhampton (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Ayr 4 0 0% −4.00
Pontefract 4 1 25% +3.50
Ripon 4 0 0% −4.00
Beverley 4 1 25% +25.00
Southwell (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
York 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 31 4 12.9% −16.62
Class 5 26 3 11.5% +14.00
Class 4 20 4 20% +20.00
Class 2 11 1 9.1% +4.00
Class 3 10 1 10% −3.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 6 54.5% 2.02 +9.38
2nd–3rd fav 10 1 10% 0.85 −3.50
4th–6th fav 28 3 10.7% 1.26 −4.00
7th+ in betting 49 3 6.1% 1.96 +16.00
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Rudi's Pet (IRE) 12 3 5 21 Jul 06
Peace Offering (IRE) 6 2 2 28 Aug 06
Pax (GB) 5 0 2 4 Sep 05
Maren (USA) 5 0 1 23 May 05
Danzig River (IRE) 4 1 1 5 Sep 06
True Night (GB) 4 0 0 10 Apr 06
Smokin Beau (GB) 3 1 2 15 Sep 06
Kabis Amigos (GB) 3 0 1 31 Aug 06
Handsome Cross (IRE) 3 0 0 21 Apr 06
Traytonic (GB) 2 0 0 16 Sep 06
Incursion (GB) 2 1 1 5 Sep 06
Fremen (USA) 2 0 0 24 Aug 06
All 50 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.

By month

strike by month, 2005–2006
JFMAMJJASOND
0·000142726700·
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 yardDavid Nicholls
89% of all rides
14.9% SR · A/E 1.75
TrainerRWSR£1
David Nicholls 87 13 14.9% +28.88
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
13
Archived wins
£94,458
Prize money
2006
Best season · 8 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. On this page the header statistics and this card both count from the archive floor (2005), so they agree.
Peace Offering (IRE) — Northern Rock Gosforth Park Cup (Handicap) Newcastle · Jun 2006 · Class 2
£18,696
Lucayan Dancer (GB) — Vodafone Apprentice Handicap Goodwood · Aug 2006 · Class 3
£9,716
Rudi's Pet (IRE) — Le Garcon D'or Handicap Musselburgh · Jul 2005 · Class 4
£8,104
Notable horses
Rudi's Pet (IRE) Peace Offering (IRE) Danzig River (IRE) Smokin Beau (GB) Incursion (GB) Lucayan Dancer (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Don't Forget Me (IRE) 25% · 3–12
Progeny have won 7.7% of 39 runs since 2005 (4 horses).
Victory Note (USA) 33.3% · 2–6
Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,617 runs since 2005 (129 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 5.7% from 174.
Brief Truce (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 6% of 630 runs since 2005 (37 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.9% from 102.
Cape Cross (IRE) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 12.9% of 14,829 runs since 2005 (1,102 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8.2% from 558. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 232.
Gulch (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 7.1% of 902 runs since 2005 (84 horses).
Green Desert (USA) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 11.5% of 5,352 runs since 2005 (395 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.6% from 123. Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.9% from 482. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.9% from 276.
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 2005, 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 98 · newest first

The latest 50 of 98 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 6 April 2005 to 3 October 2006.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
03 Oct 06 Catterick Titian Saga (IRE)T: David Nicholls Go Racing At York This Friday Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Good · 15 ran 5th 33/1
27 Sep 06 Newcastle Whinhill House (GB)T: D W Barker Northgate PLC HandicapClass 6 · 5f · Good · 16 ran 8th 8/1
23 Sep 06 Haydock Pieter Brueghel (USA)T: David Nicholls Akzo Nobel Premier HandicapClass 2 · 6f · Good · 12 ran 5th 12/1
16 Sep 06 Ayr Traytonic (GB)T: David Nicholls Toteplacepot HandicapClass 3 · 7f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11th 20/1
15 Sep 06 Ayr Smokin Beau (GB)T: David Nicholls HBG Properties HandicapClass 4 · 5f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 9th 12/1
14 Sep 06 Ayr Brut (GB)T: D W Barker Scottish Autotrader HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 21 ran 7th 25/1
11 Sep 06 Redcar Sparkwell (GB)T: D W Barker Redcarracing.co.uk Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 10th 9/1
05 Sep 06 Catterick Danzig River (IRE)T: David Nicholls Nidd HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 8th 7/1
05 Sep 06 Catterick Incursion (GB)T: David Nicholls Swale HandicapClass 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 1st 5/2F
03 Sep 06 Lingfield (AW) Terminate (GER)T: Nick Littmoden Arena Leisure PLC Apprentice Handicap (AWT)Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 7th 6/1
31 Aug 06 Redcar Kabis Amigos (GB)T: David Nicholls Go Racing At Thirsk On Saturday Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 2nd 13/2
31 Aug 06 Redcar Danzig River (IRE)T: David Nicholls Tees Valley HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 14th 7/1
28 Aug 06 Epsom Downs Peace Offering (IRE)T: David Nicholls totesport.com Sprint HandicapClass 2 · 5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 9th 7/1
27 Aug 06 Beverley Springwood Blues (IRE)T: Ian McInnes Teletext Racing "Hands And Heels" Apprentice Maiden HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9th 8/1
27 Aug 06 Beverley Danzig River (IRE)T: David Nicholls totesport 0800 221 221 HandicapClass 5 · 5f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 1st 28/1
24 Aug 06 Musselburgh Fremen (USA)T: David Nicholls Racing UK For 15 Claiming StakesClass 5 · 9f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5th 4/7F
24 Aug 06 Musselburgh Smokin Beau (GB)T: David Nicholls DM Hall HandicapClass 4 · 5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 1st 3/2F
23 Aug 06 Hamilton Choreography (GB)T: David Nicholls Site Services (Plant) Ltd HandicapClass 6 · 6f · Good · 10 ran 1st 11/4F
23 Aug 06 Hamilton Sawwaah (IRE)T: David Nicholls Photofun UK Claiming StakesClass 6 · 9f · Good · 9 ran 7th 10/3F
18 Aug 06 Newcastle Danzig River (IRE)T: David Nicholls UTS HandicapClass 4 · 7f · Soft · 10 ran 5th 16/1

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 Victoria Behan's strike rate?
Victoria Behan has won 13 of 98 rides between 2005 and 2006, a strike rate of 13.3% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. Our archive begins in 2005, so anything earlier is not counted.
Which yard does Victoria Behan ride most for?
David Nicholls, with 87 rides between 2005 and 2006 — 89% of the total. That pairing has won 13 (14.9%).
What is Victoria Behan's Fair A/E?
1.61, from 98 rides with a computed fair probability between 2005 and 2006. 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). This profile has no runs from 2008, so every figure on this page counts from the start of the archive instead.