Olivier Peslier (born 12 January 1973 in Château-Gontier) is a French thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races. He was a retained jockey for Wertheimer et Frère from 2003 to 2014. In his free time, Peslier plays paintball, an unusual hobby for a jockey. Career wins in France * = Champion Jockey 1991 – 46 1992 – 31 1993 – 91 1994 – 116 1995 – 132 1996 – 163 * 1997 – 157 * 1998 – 142 1999 – 147 * 2000 – 162 * 2001 – 148 2002 – 98 2003 – 109 2004 – 123 2005 – 99 2006 – 107 2007 – 94 2008 – 87 2009 – 92 2010 – 105 2011 – 91 2012 - 90 Major wins France Critérium de Saint-Cloud – (1) – Sagacity (2000) Grand Prix de Paris – (2) – Peintre Celebre (1997), Limpid (1998) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud – (3) – Helissio (1996), Fragrant Mix (1998), Plumania (2010) Poule d'Essai des Poulains – (2) – Falco (2008), Make Believe (2015) Poule d'Essai des Pouliches – (4) – Torrestrella (2004), Golden Lilac (2011), Precieuse (2017), Teppal (2018) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – (4) – Helissio (1996), Peintre Celebre (1997), Sagamix (1998), Solemia (2012) Prix du Cadran – (2) – Molesnes (1994), Westerner (2004) Prix de la Forêt – (5) – Bigstone (1994), Poplar Bluff (1995), Etoile Montante (2003), Goldikova (2010), Make Believe (2015) Prix Ganay – (5) – Helissio (1997), Indian Danehill (2000), Fair Mix (2003), Cirrus des Aigles (2012), Pastorius (2013) Prix d'Ispahan – (6) – Bigstone (1994), Loup Sauvage (1998), Sageburg (2008), Goldikova (2010, 2011), Recoletos (2018) Prix Jacques Le Marois – (3) – Vahorimix (2001), Banks Hill (2002), Goldikova (2009) Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère – (2) – Lost World (1993), Loup Solitaire (1995) Prix Jean Prat – (5) – Le Balafre (1993), Turtle Bowl (2005), Lawman (2007), Charm Spirit (2014), Laws of Indices (2021) Prix du Jockey Club – (2) – Peintre Celebre (1997), Intello (2013) Prix Lupin – (2) – Cloudings (1997), Gracioso (1999) Prix Marcel Boussac – (3) – Miss Tahiti (1995), Lady of Chad (1999), Silasol (2012) Prix du Moulin de Longchamp – (3) – Desert Prince (1998), Goldikova (2008), Recoletos (2018) Prix de l'Opéra – (1) – Verveine (1993), Villa Marina (2019) Prix Rothschild – (6) –