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Calvin Borel has ridden thousands of Thoroughbred horses in competition. The small man's hands are strong from years of work as a jockey, and knobby as if broken bones had knit back together ...

BALTIMORE -- That wasn't just Calvin Borel winning the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. That was your brother. Your sister. Your mailman. Your neighbor. The way Borel guided Street Sense to victory was ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Calvin Borel to complete his improbable middle-aged trek from career journeyman to Kentucky Derby legend, all it took was borrowing from Yogi Berra. It was just some deja vu all ...

This was a Belmont for the Birds. It was Summer Bird, not Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel, who came roaring down the long stretch and won the final jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday. For a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Calvin Borel is back on Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and he's thinking about another Triple Crown victory. "We're gonna win, no questions asked," Borel predicted after a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jockey Calvin Borel's nickname is "Bo-rail," a moniker he earned by hugging the fence whenever he gets a chance. Jockey Calvin Borel celebrates aboard Street Sense at Churchill ...

It’ll be a long road back, but Calvin Borel said he thinks he has just the horse to get him there. Borel — the three-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey from St. Martin Parish — may have plenty of ...

As a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, who has largely spent his jockey career as a regular on the Kentucky circuit, Brian Hernandez Jr. felt an obvious connection with Calvin Borel. So when 18-1 shot ...

BALTIMORE -- The star of one of the biggest horse races in the world is not a horse. That's a little like Boeing having its inaugural run of the 747 and everybody writing about the pilot. Saturday, in ...

Calvin Borel makes his living riding the rail. It's the shortest way around a racetrack, yet few jockeys are as comfortable down there as he is. Of course, the rail doesn't mean much if you don't have ...