Pierre-Charles Boudot (born 21 December 1992)[1] is a French flat racing jockey.

Pierre-Charles Boudot
at the Kyoto Racecourse in 2014
OccupationJockey
Born (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 31)
Paray-le-Monial, France
Major racing wins
Major race wins:
Grand Prix de Paris (2014, 2020)
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2018, 2020)
Coronation Stakes (2019)
Prix de Diane (2019, 2020)
Poule d'Essai des Poulains (2019)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2019)
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2020)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2020)
Breeders' Cup Mile (2020)
Racing awards
French flat racing Champion Jockey 3 times (2015, 2016, 2020)
Significant horses
Waldgeist, Persian King, The Revenant, Watch Me

He was French flat racing Champion Jockey in 2015, 2016 and 2020. Boudot rode Waldgeist to win Europe's biggest race the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2019.[2]

In May 2021 Boudot has been suspended for three months by the France Galop as he is under investigation over rape allegation. [3]

Biography edit

A native of Paray-le-Monial in Saône-et-Loire, son of trainer Marc Boudot, Pierre-Charles Boudot trained at AFASEC, with André Fabre as his apprentice master.[4] He won his first Group race in 2010 (with Brigantin in the Gr.3 Prix de Lutèce) and his first Group 1 in 2014 in the Grand Prix de Paris, riding Gallante.

In 2015, he won his first Cravache d'Or, then claimed the title the following year, reaching the 300-win mark (out of 1530 starters), beating Christophe Soumillon's French record (228 wins in 2013) and the European record held by Germany's Peter Schiergen (271 wins in 1995).[5] On March 21, 2017, he celebrated his thousandth victory,[6] but at the end of the year, he was dispossessed of his European record by rival Christophe Soumillon, who took it to 306. In 2019, he wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with his favorite horse Waldgeist.

Major wins edit

  France


  Great Britain


  United States

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Interview with Pierre-Charles Boudot". British Champions Series. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Enable beaten by Waldgeist to miss historic third Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe". CNN. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Jockey Boudot suspended after indictment". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Pierre-Charles Boudot, une carrière ventre à terre". Equidia Live (in French). 21 July 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Pierre-Charles Boudot a dépassé les bornes". L'Equipe.fr. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Pierre-Charles Boudot - jockey | Zone-Turf.fr". ZoneTurf.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2023.