Skip to content
Trainer profile

Josef Vana Jr

104 runners in the last 5 seasons · 42 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 11 days ago 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2020→)
from 1 Jan 2022
3–104
Wins / Runs
2.9%
Strike rate
n=104
24 (23%)
Placed
0.51
Fair A/E
n=99 · 0.40 incl. margin
−73.30
£1 level stake
n=100 at SP · −73.3%
£348k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 3% of them.

Deterministic profile computed from 104 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 28 Oct 2026
The read

The market has consistently overbet the yard on Soft going: Fair A/E 0.27 across 67 runners (1.5% strike, −57.20 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Grand Prix De La Ville De Nice - Bernard Secly at Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) (Jan 2023, £61,327).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2%−0.9
n=51 · A/E 0.38 · £1 −42.20
New recruits · first run for the yard
5.6%+2.7
n=18 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −10.20
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.9
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.9
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
0%
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−2.9
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
4.2%+1.3
n=24 · A/E 1.44 · £1 −11.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.9% 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
On Heavy going 5.4% vs 2.9% · n=37
At Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 4.9% vs 2.9% · n=41
On Soft going 1.5% vs 2.9% · n=67 · A/E 0.27
In Hurdle races 3.8% vs 2.9% · n=53 · A/E 0.58
In Chase races 2% vs 2.9% · n=51 · A/E 0.41
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 53 2 3.8% −37.30
Chase 51 1 2% −36.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 67 1 1.5% −57.20
Heavy 37 2 5.4% −16.10

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 41 2 4.9% −22.10
Auteuil (FR) 23 1 4.3% −15.20
Compiegne (FR) 22 0 0% −22.00
Dieppe (FR) 6 0 0% −6.00
Fontainebleau (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Pau (FR) 2 0 0% −1.00
Lyon Parilly (FR) 2 0 0% —
Clairefontaine (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Nancy (FR) 1 0 0% —
Vichy (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Le Lion-D'Angers (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 24 1 4.2% −11.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
2nd–3rd fav 12 1 8.3% 0.55 −5.10
4th–6th fav 23 1 4.3% 0.58 −15.20
7th+ in betting 61 1 1.6% 0.56 −49.00
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
81.7% completed · 104 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 51 80.4% 4 4 2 0 0
Hurdle 53 83% 2 0 7 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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Suroit (FR)from D Cottin 9 1 2 26 Apr 25
Capivari (FR)from Josef Vana · then M Seror 9 0 3 8 Dec 23
Lord Dragon (FR) 8 0 1 21 May 23
Sternkranz (GER)from Josef Vana 7 0 1 23 Mar 26
First Polar (FR)from Mme P Butel & J-L Beaunez 5 1 3 17 Oct 26
Gap Pierji (FR) 5 0 0 29 May 25
Kapteen (FR)from Robert Collet 4 0 2 26 May 26
Passion Return (IRE) 4 0 2 19 Dec 22
Billy Jango (IRE) 3 0 1 7 Aug 26
Le Petit Nice (FR)from R Chotard 3 0 2 15 Jul 26
Mandinko (FR)from Daniela Mele 3 0 0 7 Apr 25
Edinson (FR)from R Chotard 3 1 2 3 Jan 24
All 42 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 42 horses listed, 20 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Daniela Mele (4) and Davide Satalia (2); 22 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 41 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 3
Only 3 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
110006000·000
A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderJosef Bartos
43% of all rides
4.4% SR · A/E 0.87
RiderRWSR£1
Josef Bartos 45 2 4.4% −23.10
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2020→
3
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£380k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 1 win
Suroit (FR) — Grand Prix De La Ville De Nice - Bernard Secly (Chase) (Turf) Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) · Jan 2023 · Grade 3
£61,327
First Polar (FR) — Prix du Morbihan (Hurdle) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Apprentice & Young Jockeys) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · May 2025
£9,884
Edinson (FR) — Prix Pierre Thomas (Hurdle) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Turf) Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) · Jan 2024
£8,000
Notable horses
Suroit (FR) First Polar (FR) Edinson (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kapgarde (FR) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,617 runs since 2008 (724 horses).
Kamsin (GER) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 9.6% of 840 runs since 2008 (110 horses).
Linda's Lad (GB) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,313 runs since 2008 (183 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.8% from 212.
Yeats (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,825 runs since 2008 (705 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.
Dragon Dancer (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 8.9% of 570 runs since 2008 (80 horses). Strongest on Good going: 12% from 158.
Karaktar (IRE) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 12.7% of 724 runs since 2008 (146 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 9.6% from 260. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18.6% from 140.
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 28 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 126 · newest first

The latest 50 of 126 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 25 June 2020 to 17 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Oct 26 Auteuil (FR) First Polar (FR)J: Gauvain Faivre-Picon Prix Soulange-bodin21.5f · Heavy · 18 ran PU 28/1
17 Oct 26 Auteuil (FR) L'aziza Des Places (FR)J: Gauvain Faivre-Picon Prix Prince D'ecouen - Grand Handicap D'automneClass 1 · 21.5f · Heavy · 18 ran PU 66/1
17 Oct 26 Auteuil (FR) Matmatah (FR)J: Felix De Giles Prix OrcadaClass 1 · 22f · Heavy · 7 ran 5th 80/1
07 Aug 26 Dieppe (FR) Billy Jango (IRE)J: Thomas Journiac Prix Qg Nautic Martin-eglise (Prix Le Roi Thibault)19.5f · Soft · 7 ran 5th 15/2
07 Aug 26 Dieppe (FR) First Polar (FR)J: Maelys Herve Prix Mika Motor Location (Prix D'angers - Chmpt Paris Turf Des Ajj)Class 4 · 19f · Soft · 9 ran 3rd 8/1
15 Jul 26 Clairefontaine (FR) Billy Jango (IRE)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Pole International Du Cheval (Prix Des Ypreaux)Class 3 · 18.5f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 14/1
15 Jul 26 Clairefontaine (FR) Le Petit Nice (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix L'ecole D'equitation Du Pic Longines (Prix Cdt Guy De Pibrac)19.5f · Soft · 9 ran 2nd 11/4
10 Jul 26 Dieppe (FR) MadrileneJ: J Kratochvil Prix Revenge Chase4 · 19.5f · Soft · 8 ran 7th 25/1
26 May 26 Auteuil (FR) L'Aziza Des Places (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix de la Muette (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 10 ran 5th 47/1
26 May 26 Auteuil (FR) Kapteen (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix du Vesinet (Claiming Hurdle) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 12 ran 7th 33/10F
13 Apr 26 Auteuil (FR) Moonraker Chic (GB)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix du Vivarais (Conditions Hurdle) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 9 ran PU 52/1
13 Apr 26 Auteuil (FR) Kapteen (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix des Genets (Claiming Hurdle) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 13 ran 3rd 4/1
23 Mar 26 Compiegne (FR) Moonraker Chic (GB)J: Bastien Marchand Prix de Brissac (Handicap Chase) (Turf)19.5f · Very Soft · 15 ran 12th 30/1
23 Mar 26 Compiegne (FR) Sternkranz (GER)J: Lenka Neprasova Prix Beaute de Cour (Claiming Chase) (Turf)19.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran F 16/5
06 Jan 26 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Tough Times (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Romantisme - Marcel Maschio (Handicap Hurdle) (Turf)20f · Very Soft · 12 ran 2nd 12/1
06 Jan 26 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Ches Demonmirail (FR)J: Clement Lefebvre Prix Jean Fossati (Handicap Chase) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 12 ran 10th 84/10
06 Jan 26 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Jango D'Airy (FR)J: Sertash Nailov-Ferhanov Prix Jean Fossati (Handicap Chase) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 12 ran 4th 17/1
06 Jan 26 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Le Petit Nice (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Jean Fossati (Handicap Chase) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 12 ran 2nd 87/10
06 Jan 26 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Billy Jango (IRE)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix des Iles de Lerins (Conditions Chase) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 10 ran 3rd 22/5
06 Jan 26 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Heros De Ceres (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix du Limousin (Conditions Hurdle) (Turf)17f · Very Soft · 13 ran 10th 19/1

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 Josef Vana Jr's strike rate?
Josef Vana Jr has won 3 of 104 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 2.9% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Josef Vana Jr do best at?
Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) by strike rate: 2 wins from 41 runners (4.9%) since 2022. 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.
Is Josef Vana Jr in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 3 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Josef Vana Jr's Fair A/E?
0.51, from 99 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).