About Charles Bernard Borel
Lived 1883 – 1960 (aged 76). Charles Bernard Borel was an American and Swiss jockey.
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, and for Butler, finished second in the 1915 Kentucky Derby aboard Pebbles. He then won the 1917 Derby with Omar Khayyam, the first foreign-bred horse to win the prestigious race.
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.
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Who was Charles Bernard Borel?
Swiss-American jockey (1883-1960)
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Charles Bernard Borel was born on 14 October 1883 in Le Locle.
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Charles Bernard Borel died on 15 March 1960 in Los Angeles.
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Charles Bernard Borel was a jockey.
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Charles Bernard Borel was American and Swiss.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Charles Bernard Borel. https://biography.guide/charles-bernard-borel/
MLA: "Charles Bernard Borel." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/charles-bernard-borel/.
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