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!!!

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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

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!!!

His win on Free Spirits Joy in the supper derby was a pretty big win. He definatly knew where the lilly pads were at LAD . Took the short cut to the winners circle wiring the high dollar Cal shippers.Supper derby may not have had graded status at that time but I think it was million dollar race and He could have won a bonus because he won the wo LAD preps leading up to the Super Derby.

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How many "ELITE JOCKEYS" are there in racing these days???