Flavien Prat

Flavien Prat is the son of a trainer. He has ridden in places like Germany, Italy, and his native France as well as the United States.

In 2009, Prat began riding periodically during the winter in Southern California before returning home shortly thereafter. 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 Grade 1 win in the United States aboard Wild Dude in the Bing Crosby Stakes and also recorded the first four-win day of his career on Sept. 4.

Prat's first graded stakes victory came aboard Catch a Flight in the Grade 3 Precisionist Stakes at Santa Anita Park on May 2, 2015. He earned his first Breeders' Cup win in 2016 when he guided Obviously to victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and also recorded a pair of third-place finishes from  eight Breeders' Cup starters in 2016.

In 2017, Prat picked up multiple Grade 1 wins with Paradise Woods and Moonshine Memories and also won Grade 1s with Avenge and Ransom the Moon leading up to the Breeders' Cup. On Breeders' Cup Friday, Prat secured his second victory at the World Championships when he guided Battle of Midway to a win in the Las Vegas Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

Prat the regular rider of multiple Grade 1 winner Bellafina, who finished fifth as the favorite in the Longines Kentucky Oaks contender Bellafina. While Bellafina did not live up to expectations in the Oaks, Prat landed an even bigger prize the following day when Country House won the 2019 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve via the disqualification of Maximum Security.

Country House's Derby win was Prat's first win in any Triple Crown race. His best previous finish was third in the 2017 Kentucky Derby with Battle of Midway.