Benoit de la Sayette sets sights on Gold Cup after linking up with Caius Chorister owner

Benoit de la Sayette: rode out his claim on Thursday evening

Benoit de la Sayette: has been contracted to ride for owner Clive WashbournCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Benoit de la Sayette can look forward to a debut ride in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot after being contracted to ride for owner Clive Washbourn.

The 21-year-old, who was champion apprentice in Britain in 2022, will have the mount on Caius Chorister, who is being aimed at the royal meeting after going down by just a head to Sweet William in the Henry II Stakes at Sandown last week.

De la Sayette has partnered the David Menuisier-trained mare only once, when runner-up at Epsom last spring, but is set to wear the increasingly familiar white and blue silks of Washbourn on the five-year-old a fortnight on Thursday.

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Kitty TriceBloodstock journalist

Published on 1 June 2024inBritain

Last updated 09:00, 1 June 2024

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