What is L Viel's strike rate?

L Viel has won 125 of 1,177 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.6% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does L Viel do best at?

Compiegne by strike rate: 16 wins from 117 runners (13.7%) since 2008. 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.

Who rides most for L Viel?

Angelo Gasnier, with 145 runners since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 16 (11%).

What is L Viel's Fair A/E?

0.82, from 1,016 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.

Trainer profile

L Viel

1,177 runners in the lifetime window · 279 individual horses

As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Oct 2024

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

125–1,177

Wins / Runs

10.6%

Strike rate

n=1,177

325 (28%)

Placed

0.82

Fair A/E

n=1,016 · 0.92 incl. margin

−182.00

£1 level stake

n=1,122 at SP · −16.2%

£5.15m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

6.3%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 60 runners a season, winning with 11% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.82).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,177 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Nov–Dec 39.4% when favourite Angelo Gasnier: 11% from 145 Sends off the favourite in 9% of races

The read

A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 4.7% (n=86, Fair A/E 0.61). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 6.2% strike, Fair A/E 0.70 and −128.40 to a £1 stake over 241 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Angelo Gasnier rides 12% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (11%, A/E 0.66). The yard also reads well on Good to Soft going (26.4%, n=53) and over 1m5f – 2m (16.5%, n=91). The record reads poorly in Class 1 — 5.6% over 233 runners, 5pts below the baseline. 13 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Prix du President de la Republique Handicap) at Auteuil (FR) (Apr 2015, £78,488). The stable star of the record: Kirsch Du Layon (FR) — 5 wins from 9 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Nov–Dec.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.6% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

9.5%−1.1

n=398 · A/E 0.71 · £1 −146.00

New recruits · first run for the yard

6.9%−3.7

n=58 · A/E 0.50 · £1 −15.80

Debutants · first career start

10.9%+0.3

n=220 · A/E 0.74 · £1 +36.40

First-time headgear · true-first definition

4.7%−5.9

n=86 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −32.60

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

5.3%−5.3

n=19 · A/E 0.70 · £1 −4.00

When favourite

39.4%

n=109 · A/E 0.89 · £1 +87.90

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

6.2%−4.4

n=241 · A/E 0.70 · £1 −128.40

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

5.6%−5.0

n=233 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −78.30

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.6% 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 Good to Soft going 26.4% vs 10.6% · n=53

With Alexandre Roussel 19.4% vs 10.6% · n=36

With David Berra 17% vs 10.6% · n=88

In Class 1 5.6% vs 10.6% · n=233

In Group / Graded races 5.6% vs 10.6% · n=233

Over 1m5f – 2m 16.5% vs 10.6% · n=91

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 572 52 9.1% −184.10

Chase 359 38 10.6% −83.90

Flat 246 35 14.2% +86.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Soft 654 55 8.4% −269.90

Heavy 359 42 11.7% −11.50

Standard (AW) 65 5 7.7% +17.60

Good to Soft 53 14 26.4% +71.00

Good 35 4 11.4% −7.90

Good to Firm 3 1 33.3% +4.50

Firm 1 0 0% —

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Auteuil (FR) 616 41 6.7% −304.90

Compiegne 117 16 13.7% −6.40

Enghien (FR) 87 8 9.2% −11.70

Deauville (FR) 49 4 8.2% +21.40

Saint-Cloud (FR) 41 2 4.9% −18.30

Cagnes-Sur-Mer 28 5 17.9% −2.40

Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 23 3 13% −6.90

Chantilly (FR) 23 3 13% −1.00

Angers 21 2 9.5% +2.30

Clairefontaine 17 1 5.9% −3.00

Nantes 16 6 37.5% +38.80

Chateaubriant 16 2 12.5% −6.70

Longchamp (FR) 14 1 7.1% −8.20

Le Lion-D'Angers 12 2 16.7% +16.00

Senonnes-Pouance 11 3 27.3% +9.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 233 13 5.6% −78.30

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 114 43 37.7% 0.85 +82.90

2nd–3rd fav 244 41 16.8% 1.05 +35.40

4th–6th fav 372 16 4.3% 0.49 −181.60

7th+ in betting 392 13 3.3% 0.96 −118.70

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.

Distance

DistanceRWSR£1

2m1f – 2m4f 766 78 10.2% −213.60

1m2f – 1m4f 145 20 13.8% +54.50

2m5f – 3m 137 11 8% −34.20

1m5f – 2m 91 15 16.5% +44.90

1m – 1m1f 20 1 5% −15.60

6f – 7f 10 0 0% −10.00

Over 3m 8 0 0% −8.00

By season

By seasonRWSR£1

2008 10 1 10% —

2009 12 6 50% −1.00

2010 30 2 6.7% +2.70

2011 100 19 19% +45.40

2012 105 16 15.2% +38.50

2013 108 18 16.7% −20.30

2014 89 12 13.5% −10.80

2015 70 12 17.1% +72.60

2016 88 2 2.3% −70.90

2017 49 3 6.1% −14.40

2018 66 5 7.6% −26.10

2019 108 9 8.3% −50.40

2020 65 4 6.2% −39.20

2021 81 6 7.4% −3.30

2022 82 3 3.7% −56.90

2023 66 4 6.1% −33.80

2024 48 3 6.3% −14.10

Handicaps

HandicapsRWSR£1

Handicaps 367 30 8.2% −74.20

Field size

Field sizeRWSR£1

8-10 runners 291 21 7.2% −113.60

11-13 runners 256 22 8.6% −82.40

14-16 runners 241 17 7.1% −48.70

5-7 runners 158 17 10.8% −52.40

2-4 runners 115 39 33.9% +157.00

17+ runners 114 7 6.1% −46.80

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

77.6% completed · 931 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 359 76.3% 34 3 48 0 0

Hurdle 572 78.3% 20 3 96 1 4

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

Saint Anjou (FR) 35 4 14 13 Apr 23

Celtior (FR) 34 3 7 28 Feb 22

Saint Pistol (FR) 30 3 11 19 May 19

Hokusai Vallis (FR)then L & M Viel 27 1 6 19 Oct 24

Tiptop Ville (FR) 24 4 9 16 Mar 14

Rosa D'Anjou (FR) 22 3 8 14 Sep 12

Defi D'Anjou (FR) 21 3 12 27 Oct 15

Nisaro De Cimbre (FR) 19 2 6 25 May 17

Mick Passoa (FR) 18 2 12 28 Oct 16

Astaragood (FR) 17 3 6 19 Nov 19

La Limagne (FR)from J-P Gauvin 17 1 3 19 Oct 19

Kimriver (FR) 15 2 5 30 Oct 21

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 279 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 6 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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 60 horses listed, 18 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from F Vermeulen (2) and J-P Gauvin (2); 42 had their first archived run for this yard.

13 have since run for another yard, most often for L & M Viel (5) and David Pipe (2); 47 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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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 riderAngelo Gasnier

12% of all rides
11% SR · A/E 0.66

RiderRWSR£1

Angelo Gasnier 145 16 11% −20.10

David Berra 88 15 17% −40.70

Matheo Viel 75 8 10.7% −2.10

Gianni Siaffa 67 6 9% −14.20

Mlle Elise Chayrigues 55 9 16.4% +51.00

Thomas Viel 51 4 7.8% −13.60

Johnny Charron 47 8 17% −11.20

Maxime Guyon 41 6 14.6% −10.30

Alexandre Roussel 36 7 19.4% −0.70

Bertrand Lestrade 33 4 12.1% −13.40

Mr Guillaume Viel 32 4 12.5% −8.90

Arnaud Duchene 31 1 3.2% −8.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

130

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£5.23m

Prize money

2011

Best season · 19 wins

In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.

Saint Pistol (FR) — Prix du President de la Republique (Chase) Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Apr 2015 · Grade 3

£78,488

Celtior (FR) — Prix Beugnot (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Feb 2019 · Listed

£40,541

Follow Me Soldier (FR) — Prix de la Rochelle (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo ) (Turf) Compiegne (FR) · Apr 2021

£40,179

Notable horses

Kirsch Du Layon (FR) Saint Anjou (FR) Tiptop Ville (FR) Jarry D'Honneur (FR) Celtior (FR) Saint Pistol (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Saint Des Saints (FR) 9.8% · 11–112

Progeny have won 15% of 5,357 runs since 2008 (643 horses).

Martaline (GB) 3.7% · 2–54

Progeny have won 14.2% of 7,347 runs since 2008 (723 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.

Kapgarde (FR) 2.8% · 1–36

Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,630 runs since 2008 (725 horses).

Racinger (FR) 8.8% · 3–34

Progeny have won 10.2% of 591 runs since 2013 (75 horses).

East Of Heaven (IRE) 16% · 4–25

Progeny have won 9.3% of 118 runs since 2008 (29 horses).

Muhtathir (GB) 8% · 2–25

Progeny have won 11.3% of 4,717 runs since 2008 (494 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.9% from 967.

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 4 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 1,191 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,191 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 22 March 2005 to 28 October 2024.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

28 Oct 24 Chantilly (FR) Argyron (IRE)J: Augustin Madamet Prix de la Foret de Pontarme (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)16f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 89/10

21 Oct 24 Compiegne (FR) Jazz Roque (FR)J: Thomas Journiac Prix Bulan (Chase) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)19.5f · Heavy · 12 ran 7th 47/10

19 Oct 24 Auteuil (FR) Hokusai Vallis (FR)J: Johnny Charron Prix Soulange-Bodin (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)19.5f · Heavy · 17 ran 5th 77/10

15 Oct 24 Chantilly (FR) Argyron (IRE)J: Augustin Madamet Prix de l'Hotel de Vermandois (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)13.5f · Standard · 16 ran 1st 12/1

13 Oct 24 Auteuil (FR) Strange Magic (FR)J: Johnny Charron Prix de Nantes (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Fillies) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 5th 36/1

13 Oct 24 Auteuil (FR) Klothilde Du Livet (FR)J: Gabin Meunier Prix Jack Barbe (Hurdle) (Handicap) (4-5yo Fillies & Mares) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 12 ran 6th 68/10

13 Oct 24 Auteuil (FR) Itisparis (FR)J: Mr Guillaume Viel Prix Duc d'Alburquerque (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Amateur Riders) (Turf)22f · Heavy · 10 ran F 12/1

08 Oct 24 Auteuil (FR) Lowry (FR)J: Clement Lefebvre Prix Isopani (Hurdle) (AQPS Conditions) (3yo) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 16 ran 6th 23/1

04 Oct 24 Saint-Cloud (FR) Argyron (IRE)J: Augustin Madamet Prix d'Auffargis (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)14f · Very Soft · 15 ran 8th 11/1

04 Oct 24 Saint-Cloud (FR) Alabaa (GB)J: Augustin Madamet Prix de l'Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)14f · Very Soft · 15 ran 5th 8/1

02 Oct 24 Auteuil (FR) Journee D'La Femme (FR)J: Alexis Gautron Prix Laniste (Chase) (AQPS Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)22f · Heavy · 7 ran 5th 21/1

28 Sep 24 Auteuil (FR) Hokusai Vallis (FR)J: Leo-Paul Brechet Prix Grandlieu (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (6yo+) (Turf)19.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 9th 42/1

11 Sep 24 Compiegne (FR) Strange Magic (FR)J: Kevin Nabet Prix Roman Oak (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf)17f · Very Soft · 12 ran 8th 11/2

10 Sep 24 Auteuil (FR) Jazz Roque (FR)J: Dylan Lecomte Prix Mortemart (Hurdle) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 18 ran PU 14/1

10 Sep 24 Auteuil (FR) Lady Du Saphir (FR)J: Dylan Lecomte Prix le Gourzy (Hurdle) (Claimer) (3yo) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 11 ran 6th 84/10

25 Jul 24 Clairefontaine (FR) Katika D'Engilbert (FR)J: Dylan Lecomte Prix du Restaurant le Vieux Honfleur (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 13 ran F 10/1

15 Jun 24 Auteuil (FR) Rose Secrete (FR)J: Clement Lefebvre Prix Rigoletto (Chase) (Listed Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)22f · Very Soft · 14 ran 4th 21/1

15 Jun 24 Auteuil (FR) Journee D'La Femme (FR)J: Gabin Meunier Prix Xavier de Chevigny (Chase) (AQPS ) (5-6yo) (Turf)22f · Very Soft · 10 ran 6th 13/1

08 Jun 24 Auteuil (FR) Hokusai Vallis (FR)J: Johnny Charron Prix Hardatit (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 16 ran 12th 10/1

01 Jun 24 Auteuil (FR) Grand Clermont (FR)J: Clement Lefebvre Prix Jean Victor (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 15 ran 12th 12/1

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 Viel's strike rate?: L Viel has won 125 of 1,177 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.6% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does L Viel do best at?: Compiegne by strike rate: 16 wins from 117 runners (13.7%) since 2008. 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.
Who rides most for L Viel?: Angelo Gasnier, with 145 runners since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 16 (11%).
What is L Viel's Fair A/E?: 0.82, from 1,016 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.