cravache d'or

The rules were changed for the timetable of the 2022 French Flat jockeys' championship, the Cravache d'Or, with the Association des Jockeys Executive Committee validating the advisory vote in favour of a date change on Friday. Originally, the valid dates for the Flat championship were from Jan. 1-Dec. 31st, but beginning in 2022, the Cravache d'Or will begin on Mar. 1st and end on Oct. 30th. The other French jockeys' championships-the Cravache d'Or obstacle for National Hunt jockeys and the Etrier d'Or for apprentices will remain Jan. 1-Dec. 31. The...

Des Ailes (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), the first foal out of 2014 G1 Prix de Diane and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches victress Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), puts her unbeaten record on the line and jumps up into group-race company for the first time in Sunday's G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks). A debut winner at Hanshin on Mar. 15, she added the Listed Sweetpea S. at Tokyo on May 3 to her resume. Both those starts were over 1800 metres, and she adds another three furlongs on Sunday...

Courtesy of a double at Compiegne on Wednesday, Christophe Soumillon became the winning-most jockey in French racing history, his tally of 3,315 victories taking him past the figure set by Yves Saint-Martin. Belgian-born Soumillon, 38, already held one notable record, his total of 305 victories in 2017 being the highest ever achieved in France in one year. Having collected his first Cravache d'Or (the prize given to France's champion jockey) in 2003, Soumillon currently has 10 championships to his name (he tied with Pierre-Charles Boudot in 2015) and he is...