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Josef Vana

49 runners in the lifetime window · 22 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2024 90% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
5–49
Wins / Runs
10.2%
Strike rate
n=49
10 (20%)
Placed
1.78
Fair A/E
n=48 · 1.49 incl. margin
+10.70
£1 level stake
n=48 at SP · +22.3%
£196k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
33.3%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
10.5%+0.3
n=19 · A/E 1.85 · £1 +16.60
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−10.2
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Debutants · first career start
13.3%+3.1
n=15 · A/E 2.74 · £1 +3.60
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−10.2
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−10.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−10.2
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.2% 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
On Soft going 5.6% vs 10.2% · n=36
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 13.9% vs 10.2% · n=36
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
Chase 22 3 13.6% +0.20
Hurdle 22 2 9.1% +15.50
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 36 2 5.6% −16.40
Heavy 9 2 22.2% +2.10
Good to Soft 4 1 25% +25.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 22 1 4.5% −10.90
Compiegne (FR) 15 2 13.3% +19.60
Cheltenham 2 0 0% −2.00
Chantilly (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 2 2 100% +11.00
Vichy (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Dieppe (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Nancy (FR) 1 0 0% —
Enghien (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Clairefontaine (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 18 0 0% −18.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 5 3 60% 4.17 +13.60
4th–6th fav 14 1 7.1% 0.92 −2.90
7th+ in betting 28 1 3.6% 1.24 +1.00
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
81.8% completed · 44 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 22 81.8% 3 1 0 0 0
Hurdle 22 81.8% 1 1 2 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
Dschingis First (GER) 6 0 2 14 Oct 23
Fafintadenient (GB) 6 2 4 2 May 17
Stafettino (GER) 5 1 1 12 Sep 18
Ange Pitou (FR) 4 2 2 28 May 24
Andoins (FR)from D Bressou 4 0 0 6 Sep 19
Deauveline (FR) 4 0 0 21 Jun 18
Sternkranz (GER)then Josef Vana Jr 3 0 1 20 Jun 19
Dusigrosz (FR) 3 0 0 7 May 18
Nordstrand (GER) 1 0 0 15 May 23
Bitcoin (GER) 1 0 0 11 Apr 22
Accelerator (FR)from Yannick Fouin 1 0 0 10 Aug 19
Champ De Bataille (FR)from F-M Cottin 1 0 0 6 Apr 19
All 22 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 22 horses listed, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from F-M Cottin (2) and J S Bolger (2); 15 had their first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard, most often for Josef Vana Jr (2); 20 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
JFMAMJJASOND
100·02200001400100
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
RiderRWSR£1
J Vana Jr 19 3 15.8% +26.70
Jan Kratochvil 12 2 16.7% +1.00
Josef Bartos 11 0 0% −10.00
Vaclav Janacek 2 0 0% −2.00
Cristian Demuro 2 0 0% −2.00
Umberto Rispoli 1 0 0% −1.00
Pavel Slozil 1 0 0% −1.00
Josef Vana 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
5
Archived wins
£196k
Prize money
2017
Best season · 2 wins
Fafintadenient (GB) — Prix du Mont-Dore (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) Compiegne (FR) · Apr 2017
£26,667
Stafettino (GER) — Prix des Rouges Terres (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) Compiegne (FR) · Sep 2017
£21,744
Fafintadenient (GB) — Prix Quo Vadis (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Apr 2015
£20,465
Notable horses
Fafintadenient (GB) Ange Pitou (FR) Stafettino (GER)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Soldier Hollow (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 11.4% of 1,917 runs since 2011 (268 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8% from 488. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.9% from 383.
Sakhee (USA) 33.3% · 2–6
Progeny have won 11.1% of 3,981 runs since 2008 (296 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 611. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.2% from 139.
It's Gino (GER) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 13.7% of 973 runs since 2013 (130 horses). Strongest on Good going: 23.6% from 225. Weakest on Soft going: 10% from 311. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 16.8% from 143.
Adlerflug (GER) 50% · 2–4
Progeny have won 14.5% of 585 runs since 2013 (108 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 18.6% from 172. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 10.7% from 103.
Bernebeau (FR) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10% of 771 runs since 2008 (78 horses).
Galileo (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,201 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.4% from 890.
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 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

all 49 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Josef Vana's 49 archived runners, from 14 November 2008 to 28 May 2024, newest first — 5 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 May 24 Auteuil (FR) Ange Pitou (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix de la Muette (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (5yo) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 12 ran 11th 42/1
23 Apr 24 Compiegne (FR) Ange Pitou (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix du Mont Dore (Hurdle) () (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 9 ran 8th 21/1
03 Jan 24 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Ange Pitou (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix des Iles de Lerins (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo) (Turf)19f · Heavy · 9 ran 1st 9/2
24 Dec 23 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Ange Pitou (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix du Cap Ferrat (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf)17f · Very Soft · 13 ran 1st 13/2
14 Oct 23 Auteuil (FR) Dschingis First (GER)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Soulange-Bodin (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)19.5f · Very Soft · 17 ran 5th 39/10
05 Sep 23 Auteuil (FR) Dschingis First (GER)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Jean Bart (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 11 ran 3rd 9/1
15 May 23 Compiegne (FR) Nordstrand (GER)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Quomodo (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo) (Turf)19f · Heavy · 13 ran UR 42/1
15 May 23 Compiegne (FR) Dschingis First (GER)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix du Cher (Hurdle) () (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Heavy · 9 ran 6th 57/1
08 Apr 23 Nancy (FR) Dschingis First (GER)J: Josef Bartos Prix Jean Prouve (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 10 ran 3rd —
04 Jul 22 Clairefontaine (FR) Dschingis First (GER)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Vivaldi-Jumping (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 8 ran 4th 30/1
31 May 22 Compiegne (FR) Dschingis First (GER)J: Pavel Slozil Prix Melinoir (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 10 ran 4th 34/1
11 Apr 22 Compiegne (FR) Bitcoin (GER)J: Josef Bartos Prix d'Aumale (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Heavy · 12 ran 7th 29/1
06 Sep 19 Auteuil (FR) Andoins (FR)J: Josef Bartos Prix Gelas (Chase) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran 10th 18/1
10 Aug 19 Dieppe (FR) Accelerator (FR)J: Josef Bartos Prix Ville de Martigny (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)19.5f · Soft · 10 ran 6th 73/10
20 Jun 19 Auteuil (FR) Andoins (FR)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Katko (Chase) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 8 ran F 13/2
20 Jun 19 Auteuil (FR) Sternkranz (GER)J: Jan Kratochvil Prix Mehariste (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo) (Turf)22f · Heavy · 7 ran 2nd 23/1
28 May 19 Auteuil (FR) Sternkranz (GER)J: Josef Bartos Prix Aristole (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo) (Turf)22f · Very Soft · 12 ran 8th 70/1
28 May 19 Auteuil (FR) Andoins (FR)J: Josef Bartos Prix Samour (Chase) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 9 ran 4th 27/1
06 May 19 Auteuil (FR) Sternkranz (GER)J: Josef Bartos Prix de Penthievre (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 9 ran F 44/1
06 Apr 19 Auteuil (FR) Andoins (FR)J: Josef Bartos Prix Andre Girard (Chase) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 8 ran 4th 15/2

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's strike rate?
Josef Vana has won 5 of 49 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Josef Vana's Fair A/E?
1.78, from 48 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).