Jockey Bios

Flavien Prat

Born: August 4, 1992, in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France

Record at Keeneland

Total Wins: 61

Stakes Wins: 17

Career Firsts

First Grade 1 Win: 2013 Total Prix Marcel Boussac-Criterium de Pouliches at Longchamp in France on Indonesienne

First Stakes Win: 2010 Prix Zeddaan at Fountainebleau in France on Captain Chop

First Graded Stakes Win: 2012 Prix Perth (G3) at Saint Cloud in France on Don Bosco

First Career Win: 2008 in France

Starters in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes

Year	Horse	Finish
2022	Zandon	Won
2020	Tiesto	8th

At Keeneland

During the 2024 Spring Meet won the MiddleGround Capital (G2) on Denim and Pearls, the VisitLEX Elkhorn on Silver Knott (GB) and the Baird Doubledogdare (G3) on Raging Sea.

First win came during the 2016 Spring Meet.

Has Grade 1 wins in the First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare on Blowout (GB), the Madison on Just One Tome, the Maker's Mark Mile on Chez Pierre (FR), the Shadwell Turf Mile on Bowies Hero, the Toyota Blue Grass on Zandon, the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Dixiana on Shantisara (IRE) and rode Flightline to win the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.

Career

Triple Crown wins (2): 2019 Kentucky Derby on Country House, 2021 Preakness on Rombauer

Breeders’ Cup wins (5): 2016 Turf Sprint on Obviously (IRE), 2017 Dirt Mile on Battle of Midway, 2019 Juvenile on Storm the Court; 2022 Classic on Flightline; 2023 Juvenile Fillies Turf on Hard to Justify.

North American record is 1,709 wins and earnings exceeding $164 million through May 12, 2024.

Recorded his 1,000^th win in North America Feb. 19, 2021, aboard Clockstrikestwelve at Santa Anita.

Won the 2019 Queen’s Plate at Woodbine on One Bad Boy.

Background

The son of a Standardbred trainer, Prat was 16 when he began riding in France in 2008 and a year later was the nation’s champion apprentice.

In 2009, he started riding periodically during the winter in Southern California before returning home to ride. At Santa Anita, he worked for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella. Prat was 17 when he rode his first winner at Santa Anita in January 2010.

Prat’s first full season in North America was 2015, and he finished second in the standings of the Del Mar summer meet. At Del Mar, Prat earned his first North American Grade 1 win aboard Wild Dude in the Bing Crosby Stakes.

After earning multiple titles as leading rider at meets in Southern California, Prat rode full time at Keeneland’s 2022 Spring Meet.