What is J Van Handenhove's strike rate?

J Van Handenhove has won 31 of 585 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.3% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does J Van Handenhove do best at?

Maisons-Laffitte (FR) by strike rate: 8 wins from 71 runners (11.3%) 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.

Who rides most for J Van Handenhove?

Ronan Thomas, with 87 runners since 2008 — 15% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (9.2%).

What is J Van Handenhove's Fair A/E?

0.66, from 533 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.

Trainer profile

J Van Handenhove

585 runners in the lifetime window · 103 individual horses

As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Feb 2025 96% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

31–585

Wins / Runs

5.3%

Strike rate

n=585

119 (20%)

Placed

0.66

Fair A/E

n=533 · 0.56 incl. margin

−269.40

£1 level stake

n=552 at SP · −48.8%

£925k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.66). New recruits from other yards win at 9% first time out (47 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 585 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Mar–May 12.9% when favourite Ronan Thomas: 9.2% from 87 New recruits: 8.5% Sends off the favourite in 5% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Maisons-Laffitte (FR) (11.3%, n=71), clear of the yard's 5.3% baseline. It is weakest at Deauville (FR) (2.1% over 146 runners) — the largest sample in the record, and the widest gap. New recruits from other stables on their first run win at 8.5% (n=47, Fair A/E 0.81). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 5% strike, Fair A/E 0.66 and −27.40 to a £1 stake over 119 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Ronan Thomas rides 15% of the entries and edges the yard's average (9.2% vs 5.3%, A/E 1.45) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Prix Roland De Chambure at Longchamp (FR) (Jul 2011, £23,707). Seasonally, the yard fires Mar–May.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.3% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

5%−0.3

n=119 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −27.40

New recruits · first run for the yard

8.5%+3.2

n=47 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −26.00

Debutants · first career start

3.8%−1.5

n=52 · A/E 1.46 · £1 −28.60

First-time headgear · true-first definition

5%−0.3

n=20 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −7.70

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

0%−5.3

n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00

When favourite

12.9%

n=31 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −13.40

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

3.4%−1.9

n=89 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −57.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

4.8%−0.5

n=42 · A/E 0.78 · £1 −28.60

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.3% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline

With Christophe Soumillon 15.4% vs 5.3% · n=39

On last-time-out winners 12.9% vs 5.3% · n=31

At Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 11.3% vs 5.3% · n=71

With Ronan Thomas 9.2% vs 5.3% · n=87

At Deauville (FR) 2.1% vs 5.3% · n=146

With Anthony Crastus 9.7% vs 5.3% · 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

Flat 559 31 5.5% −245.40

Hurdle 26 0 0% −24.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 217 7 3.2% −154.40

Soft 131 8 6.1% −24.40

Good 119 10 8.4% −21.90

Good to Soft 77 5 6.5% −40.20

Heavy 41 1 2.4% −28.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Deauville (FR) 146 3 2.1% −112.30

Chantilly (FR) 131 7 5.3% −81.80

Saint-Cloud (FR) 92 2 2.2% −67.40

Longchamp (FR) 84 6 7.1% −35.60

Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 71 8 11.3% +55.10

Auteuil (FR) 16 0 0% −14.00

Cagnes-Sur-Mer 9 0 0% −8.00

Compiegne 8 2 25% −6.00

Enghien (FR) 8 0 0% −8.00

Fontainebleau 6 2 33.3% +16.20

Dieppe 3 0 0% −2.00

Clairefontaine 3 1 33.3% +0.40

Le Croise-Laroche 3 0 0% −3.00

Vichy 1 0 0% −1.00

Lyon-La Soie 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 42 2 4.8% −28.60

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 33 4 12.1% 0.58 −15.40

2nd–3rd fav 83 9 10.8% 0.84 −32.40

4th–6th fav 135 7 5.2% 0.67 −56.90

7th+ in betting 301 5 1.7% 0.53 −164.70

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

Eskandarani (FR) 33 1 5 9 Apr 14

Tinder Ball (FR) 29 1 4 30 Oct 13

Ice Konig (FR)then Jimmy Frost 28 2 8 1 Jul 14

Holy Roman (FR)then E Libaud 26 1 9 6 Jul 13

Macharov (FR) 22 0 5 28 Feb 15

Babel Ouest (FR)from J-F Doucet · then S Smrczek 20 4 7 4 Nov 13

Royal Aspiration (IRE)from F Vermeulen · then Frank Sheridan 16 0 2 15 Mar 16

Hurry Cat (FR)from J-V Toux · then Mlle N Pfohl 16 0 2 21 Aug 12

Man Fieber (FR)from J-M Capitte 15 2 5 20 May 13

American Devil (FR)then E Libaud 14 2 3 6 Oct 13

Gold For Tina (FR) 14 0 2 10 Aug 13

Dieten (FR)from X Nakkachdji 13 0 2 19 Oct 11

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 103 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 3 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.

Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 60 horses listed, 29 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Y Barberot (3) and F Vermeulen (2); 31 had their first archived run for this yard.

32 have since run for another yard, most often for D De Waele (2) and E Libaud (2); 28 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

Go-to riderRonan Thomas

15% of all rides
9.2% SR · A/E 1.45

RiderRWSR£1

Ronan Thomas 87 8 9.2% +11.80

Christophe Soumillon 39 6 15.4% −6.50

Thierry Thulliez 39 2 5.1% −37.00

Anthony Crastus 31 3 9.7% +18.60

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£1.14m

Prize money

2013

Best season · 7 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.

American Devil (FR) — Prix Roland De Chambure () (2yo) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Jul 2011 · Listed

£23,707

Lion D'Anvers (FR) — Prix de Suresnes () (Turf) (Colts) Fontainebleau (FR) · Apr 2013 · Listed

£22,358

Babel Ouest (FR) — Prix Du Mandinet (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) Maisons-Laffitte (FR) · May 2013

£19,870

Notable horses

Babel Ouest (FR) Sumarocca (GB) Ice Konig (FR) Man Fieber (FR) American Devil (FR) Green Ridge (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Epalo (GER) 5.1% · 2–39

Progeny have won 9.9% of 614 runs since 2010 (75 horses).

Kabool (GB) 3% · 1–33

Progeny have won 10% of 150 runs since 2008 (12 horses).

Johann Quatz (FR) 3.4% · 1–29

Progeny have won 10.6% of 283 runs since 2008 (25 horses).

Layman (USA) 17.2% · 5–29

Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,327 runs since 2010 (122 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 13.3% from 279. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.9% from 161.

Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 3.8% · 1–26

Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,883 runs since 2010 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.

Kentucky Dynamite (USA) 9.1% · 2–22

Progeny have won 9.4% of 1,067 runs since 2011 (112 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.8% from 277. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.4% from 145.

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 4 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 634 · newest first

The latest 50 of 634 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 26 February 2005 to 25 February 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

25 Feb 25 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Dream Of Emeraude (FR)J: Maxime Foulon Prix Jean-Gabriel Domergue (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)12f · Very Soft · 16 ran 5th 90/1

24 Jun 16 Deauville (FR) Its In The Rain I (FR)J: Pierre-Charles Boudot Prix de Franconville (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf)5.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran 10th 10/1

05 Jun 16 Chantilly (FR) Its In The Rain I (FR)J: Pierre-Charles Boudot Prix de la Goursaule (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf)6f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 11/1

29 May 16 Saint-Cloud (FR) Eclipse Lunaire (GB)J: Mr Guilain Bertrand Prix du Musee Guimet (Claimer) (4yo) (Amateur Riders) (Turf)8f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 2nd 9/5F

25 May 16 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Eclipse Lunaire (GB)J: Stephane Pasquier Prix des Miramiones (Handicap) (4yo) (Round) (Turf)8f · Heavy · 15 ran 9th 12/1

14 May 16 Auteuil (FR) Duke Is Back (FR)J: Jonathan Giron Prix Fauche le Pre (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 13 ran PU 198/10

28 Apr 16 Chantilly (FR) Pawara (FR)J: Guillaume Trolley De Prevaux Prix Serge Boireau (Prix de la Grande Mare) (Claimer) (Young Jockeys & Apprentices) (3yo) (Polytrack8f · Standard · 16 ran 12th 116/1

15 Apr 16 Enghien (FR) Duke Is Back (FR)J: Jonathan Giron Prix Mehariste (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 8 ran 5th 3/1

11 Apr 16 Saint-Cloud (FR) Eclipse Lunaire (GB)J: Stephane Pasquier Prix du Fantome de l'Opera (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)8f · Very Soft · 16 ran 10th 11/1

30 Mar 16 Enghien (FR) Duke Is Back (FR)J: Nicolas Gauffenic Prix de Borely (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 9 ran 2nd 43/5

16 Mar 16 Enghien (FR) Duke Is Back (FR)J: Brian Beaunez Prix d'Aurillac (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran 4th 3/1

15 Mar 16 Chantilly (FR) Royal Aspiration (IRE)J: Anthony Crastus Prix du Petit Etang (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)7f · Standard · 17 ran 5th 26/1

10 Mar 16 Chantilly (FR) Princesse Made (FR)J: Maxime Guyon Prix de la Remise Neuve (Claimer) (4yo) (Polytrack)7.5f · Standard · 16 ran 2nd 36/5

26 Feb 16 Chantilly (FR) Princesse Made (FR)J: Yohann Bourgois Prix du Carrefour Laversin (Claimer) (4yo) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 17 ran 17th 6/1

26 Feb 16 Chantilly (FR) Slevika (FR)J: Nicolas Larenaudie Prix du Carrefour Laversin (Claimer) (4yo) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 17 ran 3rd 7/1

26 Feb 16 Chantilly (FR) Eclipse Lunaire (GB)J: Stephane Pasquier Prix de la Route Tombray (Handicap) (4yo) (Polytrack)8f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 166/10

25 Feb 16 Chantilly (FR) Royal Aspiration (IRE)J: Anthony Crastus Prix de Noisy sur Oise (Handicap) (5yo+) (Polytrack)7f · Standard · 15 ran 4th 49/1

04 Feb 16 Chantilly (FR) Princesse Made (FR)J: Yohann Bourgois Prix de Molton (Claimer) (4yo) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 3rd 23/10F

04 Feb 16 Chantilly (FR) Eclipse Lunaire (GB)J: Thierry Thulliez Prix de la Route Longue (Handicap) (4yo) (Polytrack)8f · Standard · 17 ran 11th 42/1

18 Jan 16 Chantilly (FR) Eclipse Lunaire (GB)J: Thierry Thulliez Prix du Chemin du Bac (Handicap) (4yo) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 10th 111/10

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 J Van Handenhove's strike rate?: J Van Handenhove has won 31 of 585 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.3% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does J Van Handenhove do best at?: Maisons-Laffitte (FR) by strike rate: 8 wins from 71 runners (11.3%) 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.
Who rides most for J Van Handenhove?: Ronan Thomas, with 87 runners since 2008 — 15% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (9.2%).
What is J Van Handenhove's Fair A/E?: 0.66, from 533 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.