Flavien Prat retains constructing on an extremely profitable 2024 as he took dwelling the week’s largest prize, the Gr. I Breeders’ Cup Traditional and only one race later, the Gr. I Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. However that is not all. Prat was named the winner of the Invoice Shoemaker Award for the primary time as Excellent Jockey of the two-day occasion held at Del Mar Thoroughbred Membership.
The panel of racing specialists voted Prat Jockey of the Week for October 28-November 3.
The weekly honor acknowledges jockeys for important using accomplishments and who’re members of the Jockeys’ Guild, the group which represents greater than 1050 energetic, retired and completely disabled jockeys in the US.
Prat began the week on Thursday, opening day of the Bing Crosby Meet at Del Mar. Using for coach Phil D’Amato, Prat was aboard King of Gosford within the Let It Experience Stakes for three-year-olds. King of Gosford closed from fourth to win by 2-1/4 lengths in 1:34.76 for one mile on the turf.
On Saturday, four-time Eclipse Award coach Chad Brown gave a leg as much as Prat on Sierra Leone within the day’s premier race, the Gr. I Breeders’ Cup Traditional. Prat was using Sierra Leone for the fourth time since taking up the using project after the three-year-old’s nostril loss within the Gr. I Kentucky Derby.
Breaking from publish place 11 within the area of 14, Sierra Leone raced in eleventh, 13 lengths off the new tempo set by the Japanese runner Derma Sotogake. Sierra Leone started to advance on the five-furlong marker as race favourite Fierceness took over the lead with three furlongs to run however Sierra Leone caught him as the sector turned for dwelling. He made the lead on the eighth pole to win by 1-1/2 lengths in 2:00.78 for the mile and one-quarter. The win was the second within the Traditional for Prat having received aboard Flightline in 2022.
“Really, I used to be a bit nervous that I received there too quickly, however as soon as I received the lead, I requested him to make his transfer and that was it,” Prat stated to the Breeders’ Cup press.
Prat wasted no time posting a win within the subsequent race, the Gr. I Filly and Mare Turf. Canadian coach Kevin Attard gave a leg as much as Prat on Moira, the 2022 Canadian Horse of the 12 months. Off as third favourite within the area of 12, Moira assumed command on the prime of the stretch to win by one-half size in 2:14.95 for one and three-eighths mile over Nice Britain invader and race favourite, Cinderella’s Dream.
On successful the Traditional and Filly and Mare Turf again to again, Prat commented to the Breeders’ Cup press: “It is nice clearly. I believed I had some good probabilities earlier and yesterday, it did not occur. I stored my head up and simply went on the market and was attempting to journey good races. These horses rewarded me.”
Earlier this 12 months, Prat set a brand new single season file for stakes wins at Saratoga with 18, 14 being graded.
Different nominees for Jockey of the Week have been Martin Garcia who received the Gr. I Juvenile, Brian Hernandez, Jr. who received the Gr. I Distaff, Drayden Van Dyke with a win within the Gr. I Filly and Mare Dash and Corridor of Famer John Velazquez who received the Gr. I Dash.
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