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L Metais

75 runners in the lifetime window · 24 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 2011
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
2–75
Wins / Runs
2.7%
Strike rate
n=75
8 (11%)
Placed
0.80
Fair A/E
n=64 · 0.69 incl. margin
+2.70
£1 level stake
n=64 at SP · +4.2%
£133k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 6.3%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−2.7
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−2.7
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
5.6%+2.9
n=18 · A/E 2.65 · £1 +28.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.7
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.7
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
6.3%+3.6
n=32 · A/E 1.90 · £1 +34.70
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−2.7
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.7% 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
With claiming riders up 6.3% vs 2.7% · n=32
In Flat races 0% vs 2.7% · n=40
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 40 0 0% −34.00
Hurdle 26 1 3.8% +1.70
Chase 9 1 11.1% +35.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 35 1 2.9% +13.00
Good 17 0 0% −15.00
Heavy 11 1 9.1% +14.70
Good to Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 23 1 4.3% +25.00
Enghien (FR) 12 1 8.3% +11.70
Saint-Cloud (FR) 10 0 0% −9.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 9 0 0% −9.00
Longchamp (FR) 8 0 0% −8.00
Deauville (FR) 5 0 0% −3.00
Chantilly (FR) 4 0 0% −2.00
Nimes (FR) 1 0 0% —
Saint-Malo (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontainebleau (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 7 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 6 0 0% 0.00 −6.00
4th–6th fav 12 0 0% 0.00 −12.00
7th+ in betting 46 2 4.3% 1.78 +20.70
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
Cherma (USA)then D Windrif 10 0 0 27 Dec 10
Takyro (FR)from J-P Pelat · then J-P Delaporte 10 0 3 18 Sep 10
Secret Agent (FR)from D Windrif · then D Windrif 6 0 0 24 Nov 10
Val Heureux (FR) 6 1 1 24 Nov 10
Ryve (FR) 4 0 0 1 Nov 11
Malkia (FR)then J Clais 4 0 0 11 Oct 10
Black Beauty I (FR)then T Civel 4 1 1 6 Oct 10
Galant De Giverny (FR)then C G Diard 4 0 0 25 Sep 10
Bizertin (FR)then D Allard 3 0 0 11 Oct 10
Dulciscover (FR) 2 0 0 10 Nov 10
Philiccio (FR)then J-L Bertin 2 0 1 8 Nov 10
Ashkhale D'Orchis (FR) 2 0 0 2 Sep 10
All 24 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 24 horses listed, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive; 18 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard, most often for D Windrif (2); 15 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Anthony Cardine 11 1 9.1% +12.70
Damien Devesse 11 1 9.1% +32.00
Maxime Guyon 7 0 0% −7.00
Alexandre Roussel 6 0 0% −4.00
Raphael Desanti 5 0 0% −5.00
Elwis Lequesne 5 0 0% −5.00
Gerald Mosse 3 0 0% −1.00
Brice Raballand 3 0 0% −3.00
Dominique Boeuf 3 0 0% −3.00
Mlle Nathalie Desoutter 2 0 0% −2.00
J Andreu 1 0 0% —
Thierry Jarnet 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
2
Archived wins
£144k
Prize money
2010
Best season · 2 wins
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.
Black Beauty I (FR) — Prix De Bayonne (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) Enghien (FR) · Oct 2010
£9,345
Val Heureux (FR) — Prix Ouistreham (Chase) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Jun 2010
£9,345
Notable horses
Val Heureux (FR) Black Beauty I (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Cherokee Run (USA) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 11.9% of 185 runs since 2008 (21 horses).
Take Risks (FR) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 9.8% of 935 runs since 2008 (91 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.6% from 110. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.2% from 115. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.5% from 174. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.6% from 152.
Robin Des Pres (FR) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since 2008 (229 horses).
Kahyasi (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,120 runs since 2008 (185 horses).
Bedawin (FR) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 5% of 80 runs since 2008 (19 horses).
Blackdoun (FR) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 6.6% of 242 runs since 2008 (39 horses).
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 22 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 78 · newest first

The latest 50 of 78 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 13 June 2006 to 1 November 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Nov 11 Nimes (FR) Ryve (FR)J: J Andreu Prix Oteuil19f · Good · 4 ran 3rd —
27 Dec 10 Deauville (FR) Cherma (USA)J: Mr Adrien Desespringalle Prix De Rucqueville (Claimer) (4yo+) (Gentlemen Riders) (Fibresand)9.5f · Standard · 16 ran 4th 46/1
24 Nov 10 Enghien (FR) Val Heureux (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix Styrax (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf)17f · Heavy · 15 ran 7th 23/1
24 Nov 10 Enghien (FR) Secret Agent (FR)J: Elwis Lequesne Prix Leopold D'Orsetti - Grande Course De Haies D'Enghien (Hurdle) (4yo+) (Turf)19f · Heavy · 11 ran 9th 31/1
14 Nov 10 Auteuil (FR) Secret Agent (FR)J: Elwis Lequesne Prix General Donnio (Chase) () (5yo+) (Turf)21.5f · Heavy · 10 ran F 9/1
10 Nov 10 Enghien (FR) Dulciscover (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix Du Simplon (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 16 ran PU 104/1
10 Nov 10 Enghien (FR) Val Heureux (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix Bison Fute (Chase) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 9 ran 6th 11/1
08 Nov 10 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Philiccio (FR)J: Mlle Nathalie Desoutter Prix De Rolleboise (Claimer) (4yo+) (Lady Riders) (Turf)12f · Heavy · 14 ran — 73/10
23 Oct 10 Enghien (FR) Matchd'Ouilly (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix Paiute (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 20 ran PU 102/1
23 Oct 10 Enghien (FR) Secret Agent (FR)J: Elwis Lequesne Grand Steeple-Chase D'Enghien (Chase) (5yo+) (Turf)25f · Very Soft · 14 ran 4th 76/1
22 Oct 10 Auteuil (FR) Dulciscover (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix Hipparque (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo+ Colts & Geldings) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 14 ran F 60/1
22 Oct 10 Auteuil (FR) Val Heureux (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix Lyonnais (Chase) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 9 ran 7th 12/1
11 Oct 10 Saint-Cloud (FR) Malkia (FR)J: Williams Saraiva Prix Mister Riv (Claimer) (2yo) (Turf)7f · Very Soft · 18 ran — 37/1
11 Oct 10 Saint-Cloud (FR) Bizertin (FR)J: Dominique Boeuf Prix Boxing Day (Claimer) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)8f · Very Soft · 16 ran — 38/1
10 Oct 10 Auteuil (FR) Val Heureux (FR)J: Alexis Poirier Prix Gerard Philippeau (Hurdle) (Claimer) (4yo) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 17 ran — 14/1
06 Oct 10 Enghien (FR) Black Beauty I (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix De Bayonne (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)16.5f · Heavy · 19 ran 1st 227/10
06 Oct 10 Enghien (FR) Ryve (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix De Biarritz (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo Fillies) (Turf)16.5f · Heavy · 19 ran — 86/1
28 Sep 10 Enghien (FR) Secret Agent (FR)J: Elwis Lequesne Prix De Beaune (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 16 ran 5th 14/1
25 Sep 10 Auteuil (FR) Galant De Giverny (FR)J: Anthony Cardine Prix Le Gourzy (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 17 ran — 66/1
25 Sep 10 Auteuil (FR) Black Beauty I (FR)J: Damien Devesse Prix Le Gourzy (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 17 ran 8th 40/1

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 Metais's strike rate?
L Metais has won 2 of 75 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 2.7% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is L Metais's Fair A/E?
0.80, from 64 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).