Flavien Prat set the single-season stakes record on Dec. 7, breaking the previous record of 79 set by Irad Ortiz Jr. in 2022, and tied Jerry Bailey for the single-season graded stakes record with 55. Prat earned his record 80th stakes win aboard Poster in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct for trainer Eoin Harty.
Prat rode at a 45% winning clip last week and 73% in-the-money with five wins from 11 starts and $544,426 in earnings. With 223 wins and $36,758,216 in earnings this year, Prat leads the North American jockey standings by $5 million over Irad Ortiz Jr. in second.
Poster, an undefeated 3-year-old colt by Munnings, moved into the top 100 in the 2-year-old division and is now ranked 43rd with $241,628 in earnings after his win in the Remsen. The Godolphin homebred added another graded stakes win to his leading owner’s resume and banked 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve…
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