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Borel suddenly riding rails to stardom

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Friday, June 5, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Taped to the door of Cecil Borel's tackroom at Churchill Downs is a family history contained in two faded photographs. They're dated April 23, 1972. The place is Breaux Bridge, a modest map dot amid the Cajun country of southern Louisiana. Another time, another world. The top picture is an action shot. Teenage Cecil is riding Fast Tom to victory in a classic bush-track race: two horses running a match race between wooden rails, with fans close by on either side. According to ...

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