{"id":202041,"date":"2025-06-21T08:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202041\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:12:11","slug":"the-worst-given-to-one-of-my-horses-since-i-started-training-trainer-slams-jockey-over-royal-ascot-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202041\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The worst given to one of my horses since I started training’ – trainer slams jockey over Royal Ascot ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

French trainer Jerome Reynier<\/a> has launched an extraordinary criticism at his US-based compatriot Flavien Prat<\/a>, who rode stable star Facteur Cheval<\/a> to be sixth behind Ombudsman in Wednesday’s Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes.<\/p>\n

The six-year-old son of Ribchester was travelling as well as anything early in the straight but failed to sustain his challenge and faded late on, with the 32-year-old jockey describing Facteur Cheval as a non-stayer.<\/p>\n

But Reynier believes Facteur Cheval’s chances were seriously compromised by Prat’s decision to ride the gelding closer to the pace on his first try at a mile and a quarter.<\/p>\n

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