Benoit de la Sayette: the rise of a prodigal talent 'born to be a top jockey'

Born to ride: Benoit de la Sayette steers Haqeeqy home in the Unibet Lincoln last monthCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Four summers ago at the tail end of a cross-country race in the heart of France, the style shown in a finish aboard his pony Dough Boy was there for all to see.

Benoit de la Sayette has been talked of as a major talent since the days when he and Augustin Madamet – now apprentice to Andre Fabre in Chantilly – were chasing one another around the pony racing circuit.

But the impact he has made since, over little more than six months with a professional licence in Britain, has outstripped even what his most ardent supporters could have imagined.

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Scott BurtonFrance correspondent

Published on 20 April 2021inNews

Last updated 17:57, 20 April 2021

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