What is R Martens's strike rate?

R Martens has won 24 of 234 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.3% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does R Martens do best at?

Saint-Cloud (FR) by strike rate: 4 wins from 40 runners (10%) 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 Martens's Fair A/E?

1.57, from 214 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

R Martens

234 runners in the lifetime window · 76 individual horses

As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Oct 2021 95% of runners on the flat

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.

24–234

Wins / Runs

10.3%

Strike rate

n=234

61 (26%)

Placed

1.57

Fair A/E

n=214 · 1.29 incl. margin

+83.20

£1 level stake

n=228 at SP · +36.5%

£632k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

13.3%

KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 20 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 10% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.57).

Deterministic profile computed from 234 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026

The read

It is weakest at Longchamp (FR) (3.3% over 30 runners) — the widest gap in the record. New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 5% (n=40, Fair A/E 0.84). The yard also read well on Good to Soft going (17.9%, n=39). The market has also underrated the yard off a 15-30-day break: Fair A/E 1.68 across 53 runners (13.2% strike, +48.90 to a £1 stake). The record read poorly on Standard (AW) going — 4.7% over 43 runners, 5.6pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Grand Handicap de l'Hippodrome des Princes de Conde Longines at Chantilly (FR) (Jun 2019, £31,532).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.3% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

9%−1.3

n=100 · A/E 1.34 · £1 −1.70

New recruits · first run for the yard

5%−5.3

n=40 · A/E 0.84 · £1 +0.80

Debutants · first career start

10.3%+0.0

n=39 · A/E 2.48 · £1 +38.10

First-time headgear · true-first definition

14.3%+4.0

n=7 · A/E 3.20 · £1 +0.60

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

16.7%+6.4

n=6 · A/E 3.11 · £1 +4.60

When favourite

14.3%

n=7 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −2.30

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

7.4%−2.9

n=27 · A/E 1.48 · £1 +39.90

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

7.4%−2.9

n=27 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −7.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.3% 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

With Franck Blondel 18.2% vs 10.3% · n=44

On Good to Soft going 17.9% vs 10.3% · n=39

At Longchamp (FR) 3.3% vs 10.3% · n=30

On Standard (AW) going 4.7% vs 10.3% · n=43

With new recruits 5% vs 10.3% · n=40

Off a 15-30-day break 13.2% vs 10.3% · n=53

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 223 23 10.3% +83.00

Chase 6 1 16.7% +5.20

Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 60 7 11.7% +43.50

Soft 58 5 8.6% −17.40

Standard (AW) 43 2 4.7% −24.40

Good to Soft 39 7 17.9% +60.50

Heavy 30 3 10% +25.00

Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Saint-Cloud (FR) 40 4 10% +25.00

Deauville (FR) 40 3 7.5% −14.70

Longchamp (FR) 30 1 3.3% −5.00

Chantilly (FR) 28 6 21.4% +72.40

Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 21 4 19% +29.60

Marseille Borely 20 3 15% +5.70

Vichy 11 0 0% −10.00

Cagnes-Sur-Mer 10 0 0% −10.00

Toulouse 8 2 25% +8.40

Lyon Parilly 5 0 0% −5.00

Marseille Pont-de-Vivaux 4 0 0% −4.00

Fontainebleau 4 0 0% −4.00

Auteuil (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00

Clairefontaine 2 0 0% −2.00

Strasbourg (FR) 2 1 50% +4.80

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 27 2 7.4% −7.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 9 1 11.1% 0.75 −4.30

2nd–3rd fav 38 5 13.2% 1.05 +5.30

4th–6th fav 55 9 16.4% 2.21 +26.20

7th+ in betting 126 8 6.3% 1.67 +56.00

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

Octoking (FR) 27 4 8 10 Sep 20

Soleil D'Octobre (FR) 19 4 7 8 Oct 20

Actually In Love (FR) 10 1 3 10 Aug 21

Karyfanny (FR)from S Labate 10 1 5 5 Jul 19

The Live Freedom (FR)then D Souchon 8 1 3 12 Sep 21

Ode One (FR) 8 1 5 19 May 20

Assirem (FR)then James Ewart 8 1 1 4 Apr 14

Estarquefigue (FR)then S Labate 8 0 3 31 Mar 13

Black Night (FR) 7 0 1 14 Apr 21

Greatolo (FR)from T Larriviere 5 0 0 11 Jul 19

The First Spirit (FR) 5 1 2 25 Mar 14

Makhzen (FR)from H Billot · then F Foresi 4 1 2 1 Jul 21

The 60 most-raced of 76 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 60 horses listed, 25 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from M Boutin (4); 35 had their first archived run for this yard.

20 have since run for another yard, most often for S Labate (3) and F Foresi (2); 40 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

Go-to riderFranck Blondel

19% of all rides
18.2% SR · A/E 2.63

RiderRWSR£1

Franck Blondel 44 8 18.2% +46.30

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£718k

Prize money

2017

Best season · 6 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.

Octoking (FR) — Grand Handicap de l'Hippodrome des Princes de Conde Longines (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) Chantilly (FR) · Jun 2019

£31,532

Octoking (FR) — Grand Handicap de ParisLongchamp (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) Longchamp (FR) · May 2018

£30,973

Octoking (FR) — Grand Handicap de l'Hippodrome des Princes de Conde (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) Chantilly (FR) · May 2017

£28,120

Notable horses

Octoking (FR) Soleil D'Octobre (FR) Aksil (FR) Actually In Love (FR) Karyfanny (FR) The Live Freedom (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Kingsalsa (USA) 12.8% · 5–39

Progeny have won 9.3% of 2,989 runs since 2008 (284 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.7% from 110.

Spirit One (FR) 12.8% · 5–39

Progeny have won 10.4% of 1,074 runs since 2008 (128 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 199. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 16.5% from 158. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 216.

Great Journey (JPN) 16% · 4–25

Progeny have won 5.8% of 969 runs since 2008 (105 horses).

Milanais (FR) 10% · 1–10

Progeny have won 5% of 218 runs since 2008 (30 horses).

Creachadoir (IRE) 12.5% · 1–8

Progeny have won 7.9% of 827 runs since 2008 (86 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.8% from 161.

Samson Happy (JPN) 0% · 0–8

Progeny have won 8.5% of 47 runs since 2008 (7 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 15 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 261 · newest first

The latest 50 of 261 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 22 March 2005 to 19 October 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

19 Oct 21 Deauville (FR) I Dare (FR)J: Mickael Barzalona Prix du Pin au Haras (Handicap) (2yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 15 ran 14th 19/1

30 Sep 21 Fontainebleau (FR) I Dare (FR)J: Mickael Barzalona Prix des Acacias (Claimer) (2yo) (Turf)6f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2nd 10/1

13 Sep 21 Auteuil (FR) Windy Welly (FR)J: Geoffrey Re Prix Finot (Pouliches) (Hurdle) () (3yo Fillies unraced over obstacles) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 12 ran PU 42/1

12 Sep 21 Longchamp (FR) The Live Freedom (FR)J: Sebastien Maillot Qatar Handicap des Arc Trials (Handicap) (4yo+) (New Course: 2nd Post) (Turf)7f · Good · 16 ran 11th 18/1

24 Aug 21 Deauville (FR) I Dare (FR)J: Eddy Hardouin Prix de Caen (Conditions) (2yo) (Straight Course) (Turf)6f · Good · 6 ran 5th 30/1

10 Aug 21 Deauville (FR) Actually In Love (FR)J: Mickael Barzalona Prix du Mesnil-Eudes (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)6.5f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 9/1

10 Aug 21 Deauville (FR) Rio D'Octobre (FR)J: Vincent Cheminaud Prix du Secours Populaire (Handicap) (3yo+) (Straight Course) (Turf)8f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 12th 24/1

15 Jul 21 Chantilly (FR) The Live Freedom (FR)J: Mickael Barzalona Prix de l'Etang de la Loge (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)8f · Very Soft · 14 ran 1st 43/5

01 Jul 21 Longchamp (FR) Makhzen (FR)J: Christophe Billardello Prix de la Place Sainte-Catherine (Handicap) (4yo+) (New Course: 2nd Post) (Turf)7f · Very Soft · 15 ran 12th 16/1

26 Apr 21 Chantilly (FR) Rio D'Octobre (FR)J: Vincent Cheminaud Prix de l'Aire Cantilienne (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf)8f · Good · 15 ran 1st 175/10

14 Apr 21 Saint-Cloud (FR) Black Night (FR)J: Mme Perrine Cheyer Prix du Lieu Marmion (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)7f · Soft · 18 ran 9th 17/1

06 Apr 21 Saint-Cloud (FR) Rio D'Octobre (FR)J: Vincent Cheminaud Prix de Malidor (Handicap) (3yo) (Turf)10f · Good · 15 ran 7th 28/1

05 Apr 21 Chantilly (FR) Feel The Fever (FR)J: Mickael Barzalona Prix de la Mare Landry (Handicap) (3yo Fillies) (Turf)9f · Good · 12 ran 4th 73/10

03 Apr 21 Saint-Cloud (FR) Isidro (FR)J: Mme Marie Velon Prix Du Languedoc (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)10f · Good · 16 ran PU 15/1

11 Mar 21 Saint-Cloud (FR) Isidro (FR)J: Ioritz Mendizabal Prix de la Gascogne (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)10f · Very Soft · 16 ran 10th 9/2

23 Dec 20 Cagnes-Sur-Mer (FR) Seventy (FR)J: Morgan Regairaz Prix Wutzeline (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Fillies) (Turf)16.5f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 17/1

30 Nov 20 Deauville (FR) Miami Beet (FR)J: Mme Perrine Cheyer Prix l'Ancre (Handicap) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack)9.5f · Standard · 15 ran 10th 9/1

27 Nov 20 Saint-Cloud (FR) Black Night (FR)J: Christophe Billardello Prix de Gonneville (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf)8f · Heavy · 18 ran 5th 33/1

13 Nov 20 Saint-Cloud (FR) Makhzen (FR)J: Christophe Billardello Prix de Rodez (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)7f · Heavy · 17 ran 8th 10/1

13 Nov 20 Saint-Cloud (FR) Black Night (FR)J: Christophe Billardello Prix d'Ures (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)7f · Heavy · 17 ran 10th 15/1

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 Martens's strike rate?: R Martens has won 24 of 234 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.3% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does R Martens do best at?: Saint-Cloud (FR) by strike rate: 4 wins from 40 runners (10%) 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 Martens's Fair A/E?: 1.57, from 214 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.