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Xavier Hondier

98 rides in the lifetime window · 49 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Aug 2013 98% 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.
12–98
Wins / Runs
12.2%
Strike rate
n=98
17 (17%)
Placed
0.88
n=53 · 0.86 incl. margin
−41.60
£1 level stake
n=58 at SP · −71.7%
£755k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 16.7% First rides: 13% Group/Graded: 14.7%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
13%+0.8
n=46 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −19.60
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
10%−2.2
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
16.7%+4.5
n=30 · A/E 2.31 · £1 −2.80
When favourite
50%
n=4 · A/E 2.85 · £1 +1.60
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−12.2
n=33 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −32.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.7%+2.5
n=34 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −14.40

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.2% 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
In Chase races 17.4% vs 12.2% · n=46
In Hurdle races 8% vs 12.2% · n=50
On Soft going 10% vs 12.2% · n=60
In Class 1 14.7% vs 12.2% · n=34
In Group / Graded races 14.7% vs 12.2% · n=34
On Heavy going 14.3% vs 12.2% · n=35
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 50 4 8% −32.80
Chase 46 8 17.4% −7.80
Flat 2 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 60 6 10% −27.20
Heavy 35 5 14.3% −13.40
Good to Soft 2 1 50% —
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 77 10 13% −25.00
Enghien (FR) 15 0 0% −15.00
Cagnes-Sur-Mer 3 2 66.7% +1.40
Dieppe 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 34 5 14.7% −14.40

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 2 50% 2.85 +1.60
2nd–3rd fav 6 0 0% 0.00 −6.00
4th–6th fav 7 1 14.3% 2.18 +3.80
7th+ in betting 41 0 0% 0.00 −41.00
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
74% completed · 96 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 46 82.6% 3 0 3 0 2
Hurdle 50 66% 1 0 6 0 10
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
Norville Du Bois (FR) 9 1 2 17 Apr 11
Atamane (GER) 7 1 1 18 Apr 10
Presidentiable (FR) 6 0 1 28 Apr 11
Quolibet (FR) 6 1 1 1 Mar 09
Esprit D'Orthe (FR) 5 1 1 21 Nov 10
To Kiss (FR) 4 0 0 17 Nov 10
Gold Exit (FR) 4 0 1 6 Oct 10
Pommerol (FR) 4 1 1 2 Oct 08
Savigne (FR) 3 1 1 1 Mar 11
Lake World (FR) 3 0 2 28 Nov 10
Quo Vadis River (FR) 2 0 0 17 Nov 10
Nono Des Ongrais (FR) 2 1 1 24 Jun 10
All 49 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, lifetime
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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
TrainerRWSR£1
Mlle S Sine 17 1 5.9% −15.00
F Doumen 12 3 25% —
T Civel 8 1 12.5% −7.00
A Althoffer 7 0 0% −7.00
Mario Hofer 7 1 14.3% −2.80
Mlle M-L Mortier 5 0 0% −4.00
P Costes 5 1 20% −3.00
Y Fertillet 5 1 20% −0.60
P Chemin 4 1 25% −1.00
L Ferard 3 1 33.3% −1.00
F-M Cottin 3 0 0% —
O Regley 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
18
Archived wins
7
Pattern / graded wins
£1.24m
Prize money
2008
Best season · 6 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.
Quolibet (FR) — Prix Robert de Clermont-Tonnerre (Chase) Auteuil (FR) · Mar 2009 · Grade 3
£65,534
Atamane (GER) — Prix Leon Olry-Roederer (Hurdle) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2008 · Grade 2
£57,904
Norville Du Bois (FR) — Prix Saint Sauveur (Chase) (Handicap) () Auteuil (FR) · May 2009 · Listed
£44,272

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Villez (USA) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 12% of 418 runs since 2008 (46 horses).
Goldneyev (USA) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 14% of 767 runs since 2008 (116 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 18% from 183. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19.5% from 118.
Winged Love (IRE) 14.3% · 1–7
Progeny have won 10.9% of 3,965 runs since 2008 (296 horses).
Anabaa (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11% of 2,519 runs since 2008 (256 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.8% from 243. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.3% from 255.
Fragrant Mix (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 11.3% of 1,084 runs since 2008 (149 horses).
Esprit Du Nord (USA) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 8.2% of 98 runs since 2008 (10 horses).
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 162 · newest first

The latest 50 of 162 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 17 August 2013.

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 Xavier Hondier's strike rate?
Xavier Hondier has won 12 of 98 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 12.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Xavier Hondier do best at?
Auteuil (FR) by strike rate: 10 wins from 77 rides (13%) 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.
What is Xavier Hondier's Fair A/E?
0.88, from 53 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).