Robert Frederick "Fred" Herbert (1887 – June 8, 1955) was a Canadian-born jockey, sometimes given the sobriquet "Brusher".

From a riding career that lasted fifty years until he retired in 1947, his first big race win came aboard Donau in the 1910 Kentucky Derby.

[1][2] Fred Herbert was the first Canadian jockey to win the Kentucky Derby but opportunities to earn a living in American horse racing were severely restricted when the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison.

Also, an April 28, 1922 Daily Racing Form article reported Herbert had ridden in Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.

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