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Trainer profile

L & M Viel

100 runners in the last 5 seasons · 34 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 6 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2024→)
from 1 Jan 2022
5–100
Wins / Runs
5%
Strike rate
n=100
30 (30%)
Placed
0.59
Fair A/E
n=100 · 0.49 incl. margin
−36.30
£1 level stake
n=100 at SP · −36.3%
£261k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
2.9%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.59). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 11% off breaks of two months or more (35 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 100 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 11.4%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 11.4% (n=35, Fair A/E 1.54). The yard also reads well in Chase races (10%, n=30). The record reads poorly off a 15-30-day break — 0% over 33 runners, 5pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard in Flat races: Fair A/E 0.42 across 50 runners (4% strike, −30.40 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 Prix Hopper at Compiegne (FR) (Apr 2025, £55,785).

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% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
11.4%+6.4
n=35 · A/E 1.54 · £1 +26.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
6.3%+1.3
n=16 · A/E 0.87 · £1 +3.10
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.0
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.0
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−5.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
10%
n=10 · A/E 0.46 · £1 −7.30
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
10.5%+5.5
n=19 · A/E 1.14 · £1 +2.80
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.3%+9.3
n=7 · A/E 5.41 · £1 +15.30

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 0% vs 5% · n=33
In Chase races 10% vs 5% · n=30
With a new jockey booking 2.1% vs 5% · n=47
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 7% vs 5% · n=43
On Standard (AW) going 3% vs 5% · n=33
In Flat races 4% vs 5% · n=50 · A/E 0.42
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 50 2 4% −30.40
Chase 30 3 10% +14.10
Hurdle 20 0 0% −20.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 33 1 3% −21.20
Soft 29 1 3.4% −6.70
Heavy 26 2 7.7% −4.20
Good to Soft 7 1 14.3% +0.80
Good 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 19 1 5.3% +0.10
Deauville (FR) 19 1 5.3% −7.20
Compiegne (FR) 18 2 11.1% +7.00
Chantilly (FR) 14 0 0% −14.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 7 1 14.3% +0.80
Clairefontaine (FR) 5 0 0% −5.00
Nantes (FR) 4 0 0% −4.00
Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Argentan (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Dax (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Saint-Malo (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Angers (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Pau (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Craon (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 7 1 14.3% +15.30
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 2 18.2% 0.87 −0.50
2nd–3rd fav 13 0 0% 0.00 −13.00
4th–6th fav 33 1 3% 0.41 −21.20
7th+ in betting 43 2 4.7% 1.37 −1.60
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
Stepaside Bell (FR)from L Viel 13 0 5 19 Sep 26
Argyron (IRE)from L Viel 13 2 8 25 Aug 26
Symbole (FR)from F Vermeulen 9 0 1 30 Jan 26
Grand Clermont (FR)from L Viel · then David Pipe 8 2 4 28 Nov 25
Hokusai Vallis (FR)from L Viel · then Hugo Merienne 7 0 3 2 Oct 25
Harlem Schuffle (FR) 6 1 4 2 Oct 26
Journee D'La Femme (FR)from L Viel 4 0 0 2 Oct 26
Allons A Vassy (FR)from A Chaille-Chaille & F Pamart 3 0 0 9 Sep 26
Jazz Roque (FR)from L Viel 3 0 0 27 Jul 26
Flute En Sol (FR)from L Viel 3 0 2 3 Oct 25
Lowry (FR)from L Viel 3 0 0 17 May 25
Nils Georges Allen (FR) 2 0 0 14 Oct 26
All 34 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 34 horses listed, 16 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from L Viel (11); 18 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 31 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 5
Only 5 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
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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
A Madamet 29 2 6.9% −9.40
Dylan Lecomte 24 2 8.3% +17.40
Enzo Crublet 4 0 0% −4.00
Pierre Dubourg 4 0 0% −4.00
G Viel 4 0 0% −4.00
Clement Lefebvre 3 0 0% −3.00
Hugo Lebouc 3 0 0% −3.00
Ylan Follin 3 0 0% −3.00
M Bars Hugonot 2 0 0% −2.00
Mme Maryline Eon 2 0 0% −2.00
Thomas Gaullier 2 0 0% −2.00
Alexis Gautron 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2024→
5
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£261k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 3 wins
Harlem Schuffle (FR) — Prix Hopper (Chase) (4yo) (Turf) Compiegne (FR) · Apr 2025 · Grade 3
£55,785
Grand Clermont (FR) — Prix Moncourt (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Oct 2024
£24,652
Grand Clermont (FR) — Prix Hamilton (Chase) (Claimer) (5yo+) (Turf) Compiegne (FR) · Nov 2025
£9,504
Notable horses
Argyron (IRE) Grand Clermont (FR) Harlem Schuffle (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Iffraaj (GB) 15.4% · 2–13
Progeny have won 10.6% of 13,950 runs since 2008 (1,089 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.6% from 489.
Sidestep (AUS) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 9% of 652 runs since 2008 (65 horses).
Sea The Moon (GER) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 12.1% of 4,538 runs since 2008 (500 horses).
Maresca Sorrento (FR) 25% · 2–8
Progeny have won 10.1% of 1,431 runs since 2008 (182 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.2% from 323.
Martaline (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 14.2% of 7,340 runs since 2008 (723 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
Born To Sea (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 9.1% of 4,271 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 12.1% from 960. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 864. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 723.
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 20 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 100 · newest first

The latest 50 of 100 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 30 October 2024 to 14 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
14 Oct 26 Nantes (FR) Alambrisco (FR)J: Matthieu Chailloleau Prix De Distre17.5f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 20/1
14 Oct 26 Nantes (FR) Sigurd Man (FR)J: Matthieu Chailloleau Prix Des Conscrits17.5f · Heavy · 15 ran 11th 28/1
14 Oct 26 Nantes (FR) Noz A ' K (FR)J: Maximilien Justum Prix Courant D'air12f · Heavy · 5 ran 5th 28/1
14 Oct 26 Nantes (FR) Nils Georges Allen (FR)J: Hugo Lebouc Prix Courant D'air12f · Heavy · 5 ran 4th 4/1
13 Oct 26 Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) Denham Risk (FR)J: A Menard-ledauphin Prix Blanpain De Saint-mars17f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 7th 20/1
02 Oct 26 Dax (FR) Harlem Schuffle (FR)J: Ylan Follin Prix Jp. Loiseaux - Grande Course De Haies De Dax19f · Soft · 7 ran 5th 9/2
02 Oct 26 Dax (FR) Journee D'la Femme (FR)J: M Bars Hugonot Prix Jp. Loiseaux - Grande Course De Haies De Dax19f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 14/1
01 Oct 26 Argentan (FR) Etole De Beaum (FR)J: Maximilien Justum Prix D'ecouche9.5f · Good · 13 ran 2nd 25/1
01 Oct 26 Argentan (FR) Nils Georges Allen (FR)J: Hugo Lebouc Prix Cadoudal12.5f · Good · 7 ran 3rd 11/1
26 Sep 26 Auteuil (FR) Darlida (FR)J: Ylan Follin Prix GrandlieuClass 1 · 19.5f · 16 ran PU 66/1
21 Sep 26 Angers (FR) Style De Way (FR)J: Mr Guillaume Viel Prix Richmond Brissac - Challenge Apgo15f · Good · 14 ran 7th 20/1
19 Sep 26 Senonnes-Pouance (FR) Stepaside Bell (FR)J: Hugo Lebouc Prix De La Roche Aux FeesClass 4 · 10.5f · Good · 11 ran 10th 5/1
09 Sep 26 Compiegne (FR) Allons A Vassy (FR)J: Ylan Follin Prix World Citizen (chmpt Paris Turf Des Apprentis & Jeunes Jockeys)19f · Heavy · 13 ran — 28/1
09 Sep 26 Compiegne (FR) Harlem Schuffle (FR)J: Theo Chevillard Prix The Stomp19f · Heavy · 10 ran 8th 66/1
05 Sep 26 Craon (FR) Stepaside Bell (FR)J: Augustin Madamet Prix De La Communaute De Communes Du Pays De Craon (Prix Albert Ganne)Class 4 · 11f · Heavy · 16 ran 7th 10/1
25 Aug 26 Deauville (FR) Argyron (IRE)J: Mr Paul Lotout Prix Guy du Faur de Pibrac - Handicap Challenge - Challenge ApgoClass 4 · 12.5f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 10/1
18 Aug 26 Saint-Malo (FR) Harlem Schuffle (FR)J: M Bars Hugonot Prix Pontavice19.5f · Soft · 9 ran 2nd 9/2
17 Aug 26 Clairefontaine (FR) Allons A Vassy (FR)J: Mme Earine Dubourg Px Des 40 Ans Des Restos (Px M.D'AREXY - CHALL.DE L'obst. Equinaxy)18.5f · Soft · 8 ran 8th 10/1
01 Aug 26 Clairefontaine (FR) Argyron (IRE)J: G Viel La Cantine Des Fanfarons-px Previthal Fegentri World Championship For Gentleman Riders Handicap4 · 11f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 5th 8/1
27 Jul 26 Clairefontaine (FR) Kingman D'amsyl (FR)J: Dylan Lecomte Genybet - Prix Rideo19.5f · Very Soft · 14 ran PU 33/1

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 L & M Viel's strike rate?
L & M Viel has won 5 of 100 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 5% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is L & M Viel in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 5 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is L & M Viel's Fair A/E?
0.59, from 100 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).