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Borel takes advantage with long shot

Associated Press

Saturday, May 2, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Calvin Borel built his reputation as a jockey by taking whatever work would come his way, be it $5,000 claimers or $1 million superstars. So Borel didn't worry too much when he got his first look at tiny, unproven Mine That Bird, Borel's mount in the Kentucky Derby. Big or small, fast or slow, Borel knew his job was to do more than just jog the unheralded gelding around muddy Churchill Downs. "You got a hole, you got a shot," Borel said. "I rode him like a good horse." Bore ...

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