Career Profile Christophe Soumillon was born on June 4th 1981, and brought up in Brussels. In 1996 he moved to Chantilly to become apprentice to Cedric Boutin. His first winner arrived in 1997 and he has made rapid progress since then, becoming champion apprentice in 1999. In April 2000 he won five races in one day (equalling the French record) at Saint-Cloud, including the Group Two Prix du Muguet aboard Fabre's Dansili. He rode at Hollywood and Santa Anita last winter, returning to France to win his first Group 1, the Prix du Jockey-Club on Anabaa Blue for trainer Carlos Lerner. He finished 5th in the French Jockey's Championship with 88 wins from 773 rides. Soumillon's first and only ride at the Dubai World Cup meeting came in 2002 when he gave a faultless display aboard Terre A Terra in the Dubai Duty Free. Soumillon's enjoyed a highly successful season in 2003 on May 11th he won the French 1,000 Guineas on Musical Chimes, with Clodovil winning the French 2,000 Guineas and Dalakhani in the Prix Lupin. Soumillon continued his partnership with the Alain de Royer-Dupre -trained Dalakhani winning the Prix du Jockey-Club and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Soumillon won his first jockey's championship in 2003 with 297 winners.