Posts tagged Mine That Bird
Woodward Stakes preview
Sep 4th
Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers once said that: “If you can accept losing, you can’t win.” Four weeks ago, when Quality Road lost out in a tight finish to Blame in the Grade One Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, Todd Pletcher would probably have said that he could have done without [...]
Calvin Borel off Mine That Bird ride for Woodward Stakes
Sep 2nd
This will probably be a week that Calvin Borel will prefer to forget. First Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver was a dismal 10th of 11, beaten 24 lengths, in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. Twenty-four hours later Borel rode the same 10 furlongs in the Personal Ensign Stakes and for eight of them [...]
Calvin Borel still the super saver
May 4th
For a jockey who has made a reputation by taking the shortest route, Calvin Borel certainly had to take the long one in terms of his career. Life may begin at 40 but not many sportsmen really believe that yet, at 43, Borel won the Kentucky Derby for the third time in just four years [...]
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