Stephane Pasquier, 37, is one of the top French jockeys currently riding. He began as an apprentice to Robert Collet, who gave him his first ride in December 1994. He won his first Group 3 in May 2001, and his career progressed on an upward curve to the summit of a win in the 2006 Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe on Rail Link for trainer Andre Fabre. Pasquier was crowned French champion jockey in 2007 and received the "Cravache d'Or" following 185 wins in the season. Further success was to follow on the Criquette Head-Maarek-trained filly Special Duty on whom he won the Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket in 2009 and then in 2010, both the English and French 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and Longchamp. In 2013, Pasquier enjoyed further Group 1 success, winning the Qatar Prix Lagardère with Karakontie and the Prix du Moulin and the Prix d'Ispahan with Maxios. Pasquier’s star mount in 2014 was Karakontie once again, on whom he won the French 2,000 Guineas, the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains and the Breeders’ Cup Mile in the silks of Smoking Sun’s connections, the Niarchos family. He finished tied for third in the 2014 French jockey’s championship with 115 winners. No stranger to Singapore where he rode from 2001 to 2002, riding 10 winners from 124 rides, Pasquier will aim to go one better in the SIA Cup after finishing second aboard Smoking Sun last year.