DOB: 12.01.1971 Main trainers: Andre Fabre Royal Ascot wins: 10

Frenchman Olivier Peslier has the knack of landing big prizes at home and abroad.

He capped a memorable year in 1998 by winning his country's biggest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, for the third consecutive time.

That triumph on Sagamix followed victories with Helissio and Peintre Celebre.

Earlier in 1998, Peslier won the Epsom Derby with a perfectly-timed challenge on Luca Cumani's High-Rise.

The jockey picked up his first Classic three years earlier with a superb ride on Winged Love in the Irish Derby at the Curragh.

He has won the French champion jockey title four times, although Dominique Boeuf pipped him by one winner last year.

The son of a stonemason, Peslier has carved out a reputation as a man for the big occasion.

Peslier shares a friendly rivalry with the Italian-born jockey Frankie Dettori, who is four weeks his senior.

The Frenchman's one success at last year's Royal Ascot came on Bank's Hill in the Group One Coronation Stakes.

The same partnership went on to win at the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf.