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Trainer profile

L & M Viel

113 runners in the lifetime window · 39 individual horses
As at 9 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Runners today
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2024→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
7–113
Wins / Runs
6.2%
Strike rate
n=113
34 (30%)
Placed
0.76
Fair A/E
n=113 · 0.63 incl. margin
−10.30
£1 level stake
n=113 at SP · −9.1%
£297k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.4%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.76). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 11% off breaks of two months or more (38 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 113 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 9 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 10.5%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 10.5% (n=38, Fair A/E 1.41). The yard also reads well in Chase races (9.7%, n=31). The record reads poorly off a 15-30-day break — 2.6% over 38 runners, 3.6pts below the baseline. 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 6.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
10.5%+4.3
n=38 · A/E 1.41 · £1 +23.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
5.9%−0.3
n=17 · A/E 0.83 · £1 +2.10
Debutants · first career start
4.5%−1.7
n=22 · A/E 1.20 · £1 +4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
4.5%−1.7
n=22 · A/E 1.17 · £1 +4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−6.2
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%+4.3
n=19 · A/E 1.14 · £1 +2.80
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.3%+8.1
n=7 · A/E 5.41 · £1 +15.30

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.2% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 2.6% vs 6.2% · n=38
On Soft going 2.7% vs 6.2% · n=37
In Chase races 9.7% vs 6.2% · n=31
In Flat races 7% vs 6.2% · n=57 · A/E 0.75
This filter uses derived form angles computed for 75.6% of the archive so far (as at 9 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.
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 57 4 7% +1.60
Chase 31 3 9.7% +13.10
Hurdle 25 0 0% −25.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 37 1 2.7% −14.70
Standard (AW) 35 2 5.7% −10.20
Heavy 28 2 7.1% −6.20
Good to Soft 9 2 22.2% +24.80
Good 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Deauville (FR) 21 2 9.5% +3.80
Compiegne (FR) 19 2 10.5% +6.00
Auteuil (FR) 19 1 5.3% +0.10
Chantilly (FR) 14 0 0% −14.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 7 1 14.3% +0.80
Nantes (FR) 5 0 0% −5.00
Clairefontaine (FR) 5 0 0% −5.00
Fontainebleau (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Angers (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
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
Lignieres (FR) 2 1 50% +24.00
Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 7 1 14.3% +15.30
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 2 18.2% 0.87 −0.50
2nd–3rd fav 14 0 0% 0.00 −14.00
4th–6th fav 36 2 5.6% 0.74 −11.20
7th+ in betting 52 3 5.8% 1.63 +15.40
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
Argyron (IRE)from L Viel 14 2 8 1 Nov 26
Stepaside Bell (FR)from L Viel 13 0 5 19 Sep 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
Dofida (FR) 3 0 0 6 Nov 26
Nils Georges Allen (FR) 3 0 1 5 Nov 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
All 39 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 39 horses listed, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from L Viel (11); 22 had their first archived run for this yard.

4 have since run for another yard; 35 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
2 from 10
Only 10 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, lifetime
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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
G Viel 5 0 0% −5.00
Hugo Lebouc 5 0 0% −5.00
Ylan Follin 5 0 0% −5.00
Enzo Crublet 4 0 0% −4.00
Pierre Dubourg 4 0 0% −4.00
Anthony Renard 3 0 0% −3.00
Clement Lefebvre 3 0 0% −3.00
Mme Mia Bars-Hugonot 3 1 33.3% −0.30
Thomas Gaullier 2 0 0% −2.00
Leo Roussel 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2024→
7
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£297k
Prize money
2026
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
Decla (FR) — Prix De Bricquebec-en-cotentin Deauville (FR) · Nov 2026
£10,100
Notable horses
Argyron (IRE) Grand Clermont (FR) Harlem Schuffle (FR) Decla (FR) Nebrasca De Thaix

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Iffraaj (GB) 14.3% · 2–14
Progeny have won 10.5% of 13,995 runs since 2010 (1,093 horses).
Sidestep (AUS) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 9% of 655 runs since 2019 (65 horses).
Sea The Moon (GER) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 12% of 4,587 runs since 2018 (505 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15% from 814.
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 7,348 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 4,295 runs since 2016 (312 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 868. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 725.
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 9 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 112 · newest first

The latest 50 of 112 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 30 October 2024 to 9 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
09 Nov 26 Nantes (FR) Neo Baie (FR)J: Anthony Renard Grande Course De Haies De l'Ouest17.5f · Heavy · 8 ran 6th 33/1
07 Nov 26 Deauville (FR) Decla (FR)J: A Menard-ledauphin Prix De Bricquebec-en-cotentin12.5f · Standard · 9 ran 1st 12/1
06 Nov 26 Fontainebleau (FR) Alambrisco (FR)J: Anthony Renard Prix De La Grotte Des ErmitesClass 5 · 17.5f · Soft · 11 ran 7th 14/1
06 Nov 26 Fontainebleau (FR) Denham Risk (FR)J: Anthony Renard Prix Du DebucherClass 3 · 19f · Soft · 9 ran 5th 12/1
06 Nov 26 Fontainebleau (FR) Dofida (FR)J: Ylan Follin Prix De La Fontaine Aux BichesClass 5 · 17.5f · Soft · 9 ran 8th 12/1
05 Nov 26 Lignieres (FR) Nils Georges Allen (FR)J: Hugo Lebouc Prix Des Lignieroises Et Des Lignierois Stakes12f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 2nd 4/1
05 Nov 26 Lignieres (FR) Nebrasca De ThaixJ: Yoann Rousset Prix Des Lignieroises Et Des Lignierois Stakes12f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 1st 25/1
01 Nov 26 Toulouse (FR) Argyron (IRE)J: Mme Melanie Bourgeais Prix Pierre De CastelbajacClass 4 · 12f · Soft · 8 ran 6th 5/1
31 Oct 26 Angers (FR) Olleron'k (FR)J: Leo Roussel Prix Tello10f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 18/1
31 Oct 26 Angers (FR) Narcisse Mome (FR)J: Ylan Follin Prix Point BleuClass 3 · 17f · Soft · 13 ran PU 28/1
24 Oct 26 Compiegne (FR) Style De Way (FR)J: Mr Guillaume Viel Prix Colonel D'englesqueville - Fegentri - Chall. De L'obst. Equinaxy20.5f · Heavy · 12 ran 2nd 16/1
22 Oct 26 Les Sables-d'Olonne (FR) Neo Baie (FR)J: Leo Roussel Prix Claude Rouget13.5f · Very Soft · 16 ran 6th 11/1
21 Oct 26 Deauville (FR) Decla (FR)J: Hugo Lebouc Prix Du Bessin12.5f · Standard · 12 ran 7th 16/1
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: Mme Mia Bars-Hugonot Prix Jp. Loiseaux - Grande Course De Haies De Dax19f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 14/1

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 7 of 113 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.2% (as at 9 November 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 — 10 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is L & M Viel's Fair A/E?
0.76, from 113 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 9 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).