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R Houthoofd

140 runners in the lifetime window · 15 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Mar 2015 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)
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.
6–140
Wins / Runs
4.3%
Strike rate
n=140
13 (9%)
Placed
0.89
Fair A/E
n=136 · 0.89 incl. margin
−33.90
£1 level stake
n=138 at SP · −24.6%
£124k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 30 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.89).

Deterministic profile computed from 140 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 4.5%
The read

The yard also read well off a 8-14-day break (9.7%, n=31). The record read poorly on Standard (AW) going — 0% over 33 runners, 4.3pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard over 6f – 7f: Fair A/E 0.46 across 56 runners (1.8% strike, −31.70 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.5%+0.2
n=44 · A/E 1.52 · £1 −2.70
New recruits · first run for the yard
6.7%+2.4
n=15 · A/E 1.34 · £1 +3.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.3
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4%−0.3
n=25 · A/E 1.57 · £1 −13.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.3% 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 8-14-day break 9.7% vs 4.3% · n=31
On Standard (AW) going 0% vs 4.3% · n=33
Off a 31-60-day break 0% vs 4.3% · n=30
Over 6f – 7f 1.8% vs 4.3% · n=56
With a new jockey booking 6.2% vs 4.3% · n=81 · A/E 1.52
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 46 2 4.3% −21.50
Standard (AW) 33 0 0% −33.00
Soft 29 1 3.4% −16.50
Good to Soft 24 2 8.3% +29.30
Heavy 8 1 12.5% +7.80

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Chantilly (FR) 38 1 2.6% −14.70
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 38 2 5.3% −19.00
Deauville (FR) 30 1 3.3% −13.00
Longchamp (FR) 19 1 5.3% −3.20
Saint-Cloud (FR) 9 0 0% −9.00
Lyon Parilly 2 0 0% −1.00
Senonnes-Pouance (FR) 1 0 0% —
Fontainebleau (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Vichy 1 1 100% +28.00
Le Croise-Laroche (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 14 1 7.1% 0.70 −6.50
4th–6th fav 18 2 11.1% 0.91 +22.50
7th+ in betting 105 3 2.9% 1.06 −48.90
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
Calbuco (FR)from B Dutruel · then Ecurie Des Plages 27 2 4 3 Nov 14
Nilson (GER)from C Boutin · then Ecurie Des Plages 21 1 1 26 Feb 15
Sun Sea Bird (FR)from M Boutin · then Ecurie Des Plages 17 0 1 26 Oct 14
Usbeke (GER)from S Smrczek · then N Sauer 13 2 2 19 Aug 14
Orpen's Art (IRE)from Ecurie Prince Rose 12 1 2 19 Sep 14
Vetriano (IRE)from T Callejo-Solana 8 0 1 26 Dec 14
Snow Wide (BEL) 8 0 0 30 Sep 13
Minor Swing (FR)from J-M Beguigne 7 0 1 8 Mar 14
Rogalt (IRE)from H P Rosport 7 0 0 18 Apr 12
San Martin (GB)from P Monfort · then Ecurie Des Plages 5 0 0 10 Mar 15
Tigreville (FR)from F Chappet 5 0 0 19 Sep 14
S Grillo (GB)then Ecurie Des Plages 4 0 1 7 Mar 15
All 15 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 15 horses listed, 13 arrived from another yard in our archive; 2 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard, most often for Ecurie Des Plages (6); 7 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 flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Ronan Thomas 29 1 3.4% −12.20
David Breux 13 1 7.7% +10.30
Vincent Vion 7 0 0% −7.00
Nicolas Larenaudie 7 0 0% −7.00
Thomas Messina 7 0 0% −7.00
Sebastien Maillot 6 0 0% −6.00
Mlle Zoe Pfeil 4 0 0% −4.00
Theo Bachelot 4 0 0% −4.00
Gerald Mosse 4 0 0% −4.00
Antoine Hamelin 4 0 0% −4.00
Anthony Crastus 4 1 25% +25.00
Christophe Soumillon 4 0 0% −4.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
6
Archived wins
£124k
Prize money
2014
Best season · 2 wins
Orpen's Art (IRE) — Prix Asso-Jockeys.Com (Prix de Cagney) (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf) Deauville (FR) · Aug 2011
£25,000
Calbuco (FR) — Prix de la Ville de Vichy (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) Vichy · Jul 2013
£19,870
Calbuco (FR) — Prix De La Vieille Route (Claimer) (4yo+) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · Oct 2012
£9,583
Notable horses
Calbuco (FR) Usbeke (GER) Nilson (GER) Orpen's Art (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Big Shuffle (USA) 8.8% · 3–34
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,088 runs since 2008 (134 horses).
Kendor (FR) 7.4% · 2–27
Progeny have won 11% of 734 runs since 2008 (89 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 16.1% from 161.
Russian Blue (IRE) 0% · 0–17
Progeny have won 8% of 375 runs since 2008 (46 horses).
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,818 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Namid (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 8.2% of 4,102 runs since 2008 (276 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.4% from 164. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 0.8% from 119.
Zero Problemo (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 4.8% of 63 runs since 2008 (11 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 140 · newest first

The latest 50 of 140 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 28 April 2011 to 10 March 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Mar 15 Saint-Cloud (FR) San Martin (GB)J: David Breux Prix Canot (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf)10.5f · Very Soft · 9 ran 9th 34/1
08 Mar 15 Senonnes-Pouance (FR) Cheviot (USA)J: Mathieu Androuin Prix des Forets (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf)6.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 10th —
07 Mar 15 Saint-Cloud (FR) S Grillo (GB)J: David Breux Prix de Crecy Saint-James (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)8f · Heavy · 17 ran 2nd 43/1
26 Feb 15 Chantilly (FR) Nilson (GER)J: Ronan Thomas Prix de Noisy sur Oise (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)7f · Standard · 17 ran 16th 31/1
26 Feb 15 Chantilly (FR) S Grillo (GB)J: Ronan Thomas Prix de Bruyere sur Oise (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)7f · Standard · 16 ran 14th 227/10
13 Feb 15 Chantilly (FR) S Grillo (GB)J: Fabrice Nicoleau Prix du Carrefour Masson (Claimer) (5yo+) (Polytrack)8f · Standard · 15 ran 8th 114/10
26 Dec 14 Deauville (FR) S Grillo (GB)J: Michelle Swinnens Prix de Medavy (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)7.5f · Standard · 16 ran 10th 218/10
26 Dec 14 Deauville (FR) Vetriano (IRE)J: Michelle Swinnens Prix de la Bourdonniere (Claimer) (4yo+) (Lady Riders) (Polytrack)7.5f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 50/1
26 Dec 14 Deauville (FR) San Martin (GB)J: Michelle Swinnens Prix du Chenet (Conditions) (4yo+) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 74/1
02 Dec 14 Deauville (FR) Nilson (GER)J: David Breux Prix de Genneville (Handicap) (3yo+) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 26/1
03 Nov 14 Chantilly (FR) Calbuco (FR)J: Ronan Thomas Prix de la Route Droite (Claimer) (3yo+) (Turf)5f · Very Soft · 8 ran 2nd 154/10
26 Oct 14 Longchamp (FR) Sun Sea Bird (FR)J: Cyril Herouin Prix de la Garance (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf)7f · Very Soft · 10 ran 9th 43/1
10 Oct 14 Chantilly (FR) Sun Sea Bird (FR)J: Sebastien Maillot Prix de l'Allee Ardent (Handicap) (4yo+) (Polytrack)7f · Standard · 16 ran 13th 26/1
07 Oct 14 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Nilson (GER)J: David Breux Prix du Moulin de Maisons-Laffitte (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf)6f · Soft · 17 ran 14th 60/1
07 Oct 14 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Calbuco (FR)J: Ronan Thomas Prix du Moulin de Maisons-Laffitte (Handicap) (3yo+) (Turf)6f · Soft · 17 ran 13th 34/1
06 Oct 14 Chantilly (FR) San Martin (GB)J: Mlle Cecile Lassois Prix de l'Allee du Mail (Claimer) (4yo+) (Amateur Riders) (Polytrack)7.5f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 85/1
06 Oct 14 Chantilly (FR) The Doyle Machine (IRE)J: David Breux Prix de Thiers sur Theve (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf)6f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 17th 55/1
22 Sep 14 Chantilly (FR) Princes Lyn (FR)J: Mlle Zoe Pfeil Prix du Parc du Manoir (Maiden) (3yo) (Young Jockeys & Apprentices) (Polytrack)9f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 80/1
19 Sep 14 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Tigreville (FR)J: Ioritz Mendizabal Prix du Pavillon de la Muette (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)5f · Good · 9 ran 9th 14/1
19 Sep 14 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Orpen's Art (IRE)J: Jeremy Moisan Prix du Pavillon de la Muette (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)5f · Good · 9 ran 8th 38/1

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 R Houthoofd's strike rate?
R Houthoofd has won 6 of 140 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.3% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does R Houthoofd do best at?
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) by strike rate: 2 wins from 38 runners (5.3%) 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.
What is R Houthoofd's Fair A/E?
0.89, from 136 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).