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Ecurie Avant-Garde

169 runners in the lifetime window · 17 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2018 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2013→)
No runners 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.
15–169
Wins / Runs
8.9%
Strike rate
n=169
44 (26%)
Placed
1.20
Fair A/E
n=168 · 1.00 incl. margin
+1.00
£1 level stake
n=169 at SP · +0.6%
£234k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 30 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.20).

Deterministic profile computed from 169 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
The read

It is weakest at Chantilly (FR) (4.7% over 43 runners) — the widest gap in the record. The yard also read well over 1m – 1m1f (16.3%, n=43). The record read poorly over 6f – 7f — 5.2% over 97 runners, 3.7pts below the baseline.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.5%−2.4
n=62 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −35.90
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−8.9
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−8.9
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−8.9
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
23.5%
n=17 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −2.60
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.6%−5.3
n=28 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −11.40

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.9% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
Over 1m – 1m1f 16.3% vs 8.9% · n=43
Over 6f – 7f 5.2% vs 8.9% · n=97
At Chantilly (FR) 4.7% vs 8.9% · n=43
At Deauville (FR) 11% vs 8.9% · n=82
Off a 15-30-day break 11.1% vs 8.9% · n=54
With a new jockey booking 7.3% vs 8.9% · n=82 · A/E 1.20
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) 92 8 8.7% +1.90
Good 25 3 12% +13.50
Soft 21 2 9.5% +5.10
Good to Soft 17 0 0% −17.00
Heavy 14 2 14.3% −2.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Deauville (FR) 82 9 11% +33.70
Chantilly (FR) 43 2 4.7% −29.90
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 24 3 12.5% +14.50
Saint-Cloud (FR) 12 1 8.3% −9.30
Longchamp (FR) 6 0 0% −6.00
Le Croise-Laroche 1 0 0% −1.00
Clairefontaine (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 19 4 21.1% 0.96 −4.60
2nd–3rd fav 27 4 14.8% 1.22 −0.70
4th–6th fav 27 2 7.4% 0.95 −8.70
7th+ in betting 96 5 5.2% 1.71 +15.00
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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Numbers Talk (IRE)from J-M Capitte · then N Caullery 25 4 7 26 Aug 18
Maharad (FR)from J-M Capitte · then Rosine Bouckhuyt 22 2 4 1 Dec 18
Swans A Swimming (IRE)from Stal Garbo 20 0 2 8 Dec 16
Pont A Marcq (FR)from J Heloury 17 1 6 18 Apr 17
Unital (FR)from S Cerulis · then Rosine Bouckhuyt 12 2 4 16 Oct 18
Stemster (GB)from F Vermeulen · then S Cerulis 11 1 4 15 Aug 18
Dame Des Lys (FR)from C Boutin · then J-M Capitte 10 0 4 1 Dec 18
Talento (IRE)from C Boutin · then Rosine Bouckhuyt 10 2 5 16 Oct 18
Pimball Wizard (ITY)from F Vermeulen · then L Van Cauwenberghe 8 0 0 13 May 16
Darselect (GB)from F Vermeulen · then F Vermeulen 8 0 1 11 Dec 15
Funding (GB)from N Caullery · then J-M Capitte 7 2 2 13 Dec 18
Hucking Hill (IRE)from Stal Garbo 7 1 4 28 Dec 14
All 17 horses sent out 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 17 horses listed, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from J-M Capitte (4) and F Vermeulen (3).

13 have since run for another yard, most often for Rosine Bouckhuyt (6) and J-M Capitte (2); 4 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Tony Piccone 27 3 11.1% −5.50
Antoine Hamelin 20 4 20% +24.60
Anthony Crastus 19 1 5.3% −11.80
Ronan Thomas 13 1 7.7% +14.00
Eddy Hardouin 11 1 9.1% −6.70
Fabien Lefebvre 9 1 11.1% +14.90
Mlle Lea Bails 8 1 12.5% +8.60
Christophe Soumillon 8 2 25% −0.60
David Breux 8 0 0% −8.00
Mlle Pauline Dominois 5 0 0% −5.00
Mme Anna Van Den Troost 5 0 0% −5.00
Jente Marien 5 0 0% −5.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→
15
Archived wins
£234k
Prize money
2017
Best season · 5 wins
Numbers Talk (IRE) — Prix de Bourfontaine (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) Chantilly (FR) · May 2014
£10,833
Unital (FR) — Prix de Cagny (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) Deauville (FR) · Aug 2016
£10,368
Maharad (FR) — Prix de la Place Turenne (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) Maisons-Laffitte (FR) · Jun 2017
£8,974
Notable horses
Numbers Talk (IRE) Maharad (FR) Unital (FR) Talento (IRE) Funding (GB) Pont A Marcq (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kingsalsa (USA) 16% · 4–25
Progeny have won 9.3% of 2,990 runs since 2008 (284 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.7% from 110.
Meshaheer (USA) 9.1% · 2–22
Progeny have won 6.5% of 706 runs since 2008 (82 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 3.5% from 260. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.1% from 191.
Mujadil (USA) 0% · 0–20
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,379 runs since 2008 (132 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 11.7% from 111.
Russian Blue (IRE) 5.9% · 1–17
Progeny have won 8% of 375 runs since 2008 (46 horses).
Pivotal (GB) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,788 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,840 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Top line: the yard'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

latest 50 of 169 · newest first

The latest 50 of 169 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 21 May 2013 to 13 December 2018.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
13 Dec 18 Chantilly (FR) Coup Fatale (FR)J: Mlle Sanne De Ceulaer Prix de la Piste des Vieilles Garennes (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)7.5f · Standard · 16 ran 16th 94/1
13 Dec 18 Chantilly (FR) Funding (GB)J: Mlle Pauline Dominois Prix de la Piste des Vieilles Garennes (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)7.5f · Standard · 16 ran 14th 48/1
01 Dec 18 Deauville (FR) Maharad (FR)J: Mme Lea Bails Prix d'Utah Beach (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 16 ran 16th 54/1
01 Dec 18 Deauville (FR) Dame Des Lys (FR)J: Theo Bachelot Prix Juno Beach (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 16 ran 8th 13/5F
27 Nov 18 Deauville (FR) Funding (GB)J: Mlle Pauline Dominois Prix du Bocage Flerien (Handicap) (3yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 11th 20/1
30 Oct 18 Saint-Cloud (FR) Maharad (FR)J: Mlle Pauline Dominois Prix de la Vieille Route (Claimer) (4yo+) (Turf)4.5f · Very Soft · 8 ran 8th 33/1
16 Oct 18 Chantilly (FR) Talento (IRE)J: Mickael Barzalona Prix du Petit Parc (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf)6f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 6th 41/5
16 Oct 18 Chantilly (FR) Unital (FR)J: Mme Coralie Pacaut Prix de la Borne Blanche (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf)6f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 8th 35/1
29 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) Dame Des Lys (FR)J: Christophe Soumillon Prix des Plaines de Normandie (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 16 ran 2nd 17/5F
29 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) High One (FR)J: Mme Lea Bails Prix des Cotes de Normandie (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 16 ran 6th 78/10
26 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) Numbers Talk (IRE)J: Christophe Soumillon Prix Hotel Barriere le Normandy Deauville (Handicap) (5yo+) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 8th 11/1
25 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) Unital (FR)J: Mme Lea Bails Prix de la Reconversion d'Un Cheval de Courses en Cheval de Horse Ball (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)5f · Soft · 14 ran 1st 156/10
15 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) Stemster (GB)J: Tony Piccone Prix de Drubec (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf)8f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 14th 4/1
09 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) Numbers Talk (IRE)J: Tony Piccone Prix de la Foret de Bord (Handicap) (5yo+) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 7th 79/10
07 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) High One (FR)J: Mlle Lea Bails Prix de la Villa Millaia (Handicap) (4yo) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 15 ran 2nd 19/1
05 Aug 18 Deauville (FR) Dame Des Lys (FR)J: Mme Lea Bails Prix Hipodromo de Gavea (Handicap) (5yo+) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 16 ran 3rd 30/1
29 Jul 18 Deauville (FR) Numbers Talk (IRE)J: Damien Artu Prix des Gentlemen-Riders et Cavalieres (Handicap) (Amateur Riders) (4yo+) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 7th 48/10J
15 Jul 18 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Numbers Talk (IRE)J: Mme Lea Bails Prix de la Route des Pavillons (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)10.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 4th 77/1
12 Jul 18 Longchamp (FR) Zain Gold (FR)J: Ronan Thomas Prix de l'Ile Seguin (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)10f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 13th 31/1
04 Jul 18 Deauville (FR) Mangusto (FR)J: Mme Lea Bails Prix du Manoir Potier (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf)6.5f · Good · 8 ran 7th 41/1

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 Ecurie Avant-Garde's strike rate?
Ecurie Avant-Garde has won 15 of 169 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.9% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ecurie Avant-Garde do best at?
Deauville (FR) by strike rate: 9 wins from 82 runners (11%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners 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 Ecurie Avant-Garde's Fair A/E?
1.20, from 168 runners 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).