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| Christophe Soumillon |
Stats Updated Through: 2/2/2009
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| 2008 Stats: | | Starts | | 1 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 0-1-0 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $1,000,000 (339) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 0% (100%) |
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Born: June 4, 1981 in BelgiumResident: He lives near Chantilly, north of Paris, with about 20 pet dogs, most of which are Jack RussellsFamily: He is married to Sophie, who is a former beauty queen and was Miss France in 1998, and they have a daughter, Charlie, born in September 2005 ... His father, Jean-Marc, was a jump jockey.Scored his first Breeders’ Cup win in the 2005 Turf aboard the German-bred Shirocco.
In 2006, he has enjoyed two notable successes in Britain; on Shirocco in the Coronation Cup and Hurricane Run in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond. But his antics as he crossed the line in the King George, when he stuck out his tongue and pointed to his backside, have put a strain on his relationship with Fabre.
In 1996 he moved to Chantilly to become apprentice to Cedric Boutin. His first winner was Bruno, who defied odds of 75-1 at Maisons-Laffitte on Nov. 7, 1997 ... In 1999 became French champion apprentice.
Soumillon won on his first ride for Andre Fabre, Sobieski, on March 3, 2000. In April they landed their first Pattern race together, with Berine’s Son in the Prix de Fontainebleau, and eight days later Soumillon won five races in one day (equalling the French record) at Saint-Cloud, including the group 2 Prix du Muguet aboard Fabre’s Dansili.
He rode at Hollywood and Santa Anita over the winter of 2000-'01 then returned to Europe. The highlight was winning the Prix du Jockey-Club – the French Derby – on Anabaa Blue for trainer Carlos Lerner.
Soumillion's 2003 season was highlighted by his five wins at Longchamp on Arc day, winning three group 1 races, including two classics aboard Fabre-trained 3-year-olds – Musical Chimes won the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French 2,000) and Clodovil lifted the colt’s equivalent, the Poule d’Essai des Poulains. He also landed the Prix Lupin on Dalakhani and later, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Soumillon finished the season as champion jockey in France with a total of 207 victories.
The 2004 season saw further success for Soumillon, with group 1 wins in the Prix de Diane on the Jean-Marie Beguigne-trained Latice, and in the Prix Jacques Le Marois aboard the Robert Collet-trained Whipper. But he finished in second place in the French jockeys’ table with 165 wins ... He regained the title in 2005 riding a national record 226 winners in France, including seven group 1 victories.
In 2006, he is involved in a close battle with his great rival, 2004 champ Ioritz Mendizabal, for the French title. On Oct. 15, he led by 150 wins to 139. Highlights of his season in France have been the Prix du Jockey-Club triumph on Darsi and three group 1 successes aboard Mandesha. He enjoyed another career day at Longchamp on Sept. 10 with five wins, including a group 1, two group 2s and a group 3.
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Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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