NO QUARTER (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the 2009 Breeders’ Cup, with a stacked field you wouldn’t believe. There was Mine That Bird , with Calvin Borel on board, the little wonder horse who won the Kentucky Derby this year (and who had had a stellar career in Canada with rider Chantal Sutherland guiding him to a number of victories). And Summer Bird , the Belmont Stakes Winner of 2009. And yes, they have the same sire,...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2009, file photo, Jockey Calvin Borel rides Rachel Alexandra to win the Woodward Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Voters will decide between racing's leading ladies for Horse of the Year after Rachel Alexandra skipped the Breeders' Cup Classic won by Zenyatta. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) (Mike Groll - AP)
Zada News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... day before with such ease, galloping home by more than 20 lengths, that longtime experts – even Borel – called her better better than the Derby winner, an homage seldom uttered since the days of Ruffian. [ 2 ] FILE – In this May 1, 2009 file photo, jockey Calvin Borel rides Rachel Alexandra on their way to winning the Kentucky Oaks horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville,...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... left.” Racing against Zenyatta is Mine That Bird, the 2009 Kentucky Derby winner ridden by Calvin Borel, and 2009 Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird ridden by Kent Desormeaux. While the field will definitely be a challenge for the mare, at 5-2 she is the odds on favorite to win the race in the fourth position. With her reputation of coming from the back of the pack in the final...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... Cup winner Awesome Gem, and Pacific Classic runner-up Einstein.Mine That Bird is 0-for-4 since Calvin Borel's rail-hugging ride to victory in the Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds. Borel was aboard for two of those losses; rode in the other defeats."The horse had really dropped off on me and kind of gotten flat," Woolley said Monday.The 3-year-old gelding finished second to filly...
