Charles B. Borel

Charles Bernard Borel
Charles Bernard Borel
	Borel in 1911
Occupation	Jockey
Born	October 14, 1883; Le Locle, Switzerland
Died	March 15, 1960 (aged 76); Los Angeles, California
Major racing wins
	Delaware Handicap (1913); Futurity Stakes (1913); Clark Handicap (1915); Hudson Stakes (1915); Toboggan Handicap (1915) American Classic Race wins:; Kentucky Derby (1917)
Significant horses
	Omar Khayyam,

Charles Bernard Borel (October 14, 1883 – March 15, 1960) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey best known for winning the 1917 Kentucky Derby.

Biography[]

He was born in Le Locle, Switzerland on October 14, 1883.

Borel rode for prominent stable owners such as Harry Payne Whitney and James Butler. For Whitney he notably won the 1913 Futurity Stakes with Pennant,^[1] and for Butler, finished second in the 1915 Kentucky Derby aboard . He then won the 1917 Derby with Omar Khayyam, the first foreign-bred horse to win the prestigious race.^[2]

By the mid-1930s, a retired Charles Borel made his home in Los Angeles, California where he was an exercise rider at Santa Anita Park.

He died on March 15, 1960, in Los Angeles, California.^[3]

References[]

^ "Saratoga Form Chart". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1913-08-31. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
^ "1917 Kentucky Derby". Churchill Downs Inc. 1917-05-12. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
^ "Charles B. Borel". The New York Times. March 16, 1960.

[1] "Saratoga Form Chart". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1913-08-31. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

[2] "1917 Kentucky Derby". Churchill Downs Inc. 1917-05-12. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

[3] "Charles B. Borel". The New York Times. March 16, 1960.

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