Calvin Borel

Was the biggest win of his career and it was so fun to see him jubilated coming back to the winner's circle...as a fellow Louisianian, I loved seeing Calvin get this win, especially late in his career...although he is illiterate, he is such a nice and positive guy...always smiling and seemingly happy....I'm really glad for him and I enjoyed every second of his celebration going into the winner's circle...that was great (although he just nosed me out of several hundreds of dollars)...

The live crown at CD gave him a fabulous standing ovation, which was I'm sure special for him because he was in the spot light for really the first time....aside form that, he is having a wonderful meet at CD...like 3rd in the standings, which puts him ahead of some solid riders that get better mounts than he does.

He is not an elite rider, though...his seat is compromised now because of his age and the thing he has going for him is the fact that he isn't scared to go up the rail to save ground and he tries everytime he jumps on a horses back (unlike some of the prima donas that ride).

Way to geaux, Calvin!!!