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The saddle with which Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel won three Kentucky Derbies is up for sale at Leland's Auction, a leading online sports auction house. Borel's three Kentucky Derby trophies from ...

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 ...

In the Cajun country of southwestern Louisiana, horse racing has been a passion since the rise of the back-country bush tracks in the early 1800s. Cajun land has been a breeding ground for so many ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Calvin Borel never wanted anything more than to ride racehorses. Not play with the other kids. Not take up a sport. Not even go to school. Not nuthin', as Borel himself might say in ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- A Cajun, a cowboy and a tough little gelding have teamed up to make this Triple Crown season one to remember. Borel has guaranteed victory in the 11/2-mile Belmont, and isn't about to back ...

“Calvin’s a one-of-a-kind guy,” said Carl Nafzger, the trainer of Street Sense whom Borel rode to victory in the 2007 Kentucky Derby. “He really, really loves to ride because he’s a horseman who loves ...

Dining at the White House while meeting the Queen of England and joking with President Bush, jockey Calvin Borel should have been asked to make a few remarks. “We the people …” would have been the ...

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 ...

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 ...