Pierre-Charles Boudot

{{Infobox horseracing personality

|name = Pierre-Charles Boudot

|image = Pierre-Charles Boudot 2014.jpg

|caption = at the Kyoto Racecourse in 2014

|occupation = Jockey

|birth_place = Paray-le-Monial, France

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|12|21}}

|death_place =

|death_date =

|race = 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)

|awards = French flat racing Champion Jockey 3 times (2015, 2016, 2020)

|honours =

|horses = Waldgeist, Persian King,Order Of Australia (horse) The Revenant, Watch Me

}}

Pierre-Charles Boudot (born 21 December 1992){{cite web |title=Interview with Pierre-Charles Boudot |url=http://britishchampionsseries.com/2013/05/28/interview-with-pierre-charles-boudot/ |website=British Champions Series |accessdate=10 April 2021 |date=28 May 2013}} is a French flat racing jockey.

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.{{cite web |title=Enable beaten by Waldgeist to miss historic third Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/06/sport/enable-prix-de-larc-de-triomphe-longchamp-spt-intl/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=10 April 2021 |date=7 October 2019}}

In May 2021 Boudot has been suspended for three months by the France Galop as he is under investigation over rape allegation. {{Cite news|title=Jockey Boudot suspended after indictment|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/57126772|access-date=2021-05-15}}

Biography

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.{{Cite web |date=2016-07-21 |title=Pierre-Charles Boudot, une carrière ventre à terre |url=http://www.equidia.fr/live/pierre-charles-boudot-une-carriere-ventre-a-terre/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Equidia Live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726065755/http://www.equidia.fr/live/pierre-charles-boudot-une-carriere-ventre-a-terre/ |archive-date=26 July 2016 |language=fr-FR}} 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).{{Cite web |date=2016-12-30 |title=Pierre-Charles Boudot a dépassé les bornes |url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Hippisme/Actualites/pierre-charles-boudot-a-depasse-les-bornes/764568 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=L'Equipe.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101200408/http://www.lequipe.fr/Hippisme/Actualites/pierre-charles-boudot-a-depasse-les-bornes/764568 |archive-date=1 January 2017 }} On 21 March 2017 he celebrated his thousandth victory,{{Cite web |title=Pierre-Charles Boudot - jockey {{!}} Zone-Turf.fr |url=https://www.zone-turf.fr/jockey/pierre-charles-boudot-47052/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=ZoneTurf.fr |language=fr}} 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.