What if Calvin Borel was a trainer?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Here is what I expect from Mine That Bird ....

[philcski]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Here is what I expect from Mine That Bird ....

Pretty ironic that Calvin rode that one, too.

Great statistics. We were at CD one day and Calvin won 6 of 11 races, of which 5 paid $12 or more, every single one of them the same way he won his two Derbies. It's pretty hard to have a positive ROI as a jock, eventually the takeout catches up. He probably is pretty close to break even on all mounts at CD.

[Smooth Operator]

LMAO ... crafty old local boy Cal makes monkeys out of all the hot-shot jocks ... again.



And how 'bout that Pletch? He sure gets 'em to fire on Derby day.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by philcski

Pretty ironic that Calvin rode that one, too.

Yeah.

I realize he beat the pants off of 18 suspects today ... and I know the track surface was funny ... but I still don't get Mine That Bird.

Kelly Leak has run just TWO lifetime races on dirt ...

He was a clear 3rd beaten only 7.5 lengths to This One's For Phil and Wolfson in the 115 Beyer race .. and last time out he won the Sunland Derby cozily with the runaway Ky Derby winner off the board in behind him.

I guess they go Preakness with him?

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Here is what I expect from Mine That Bird ....

The interesting thing about rock and Borel is that the horse had showed no early speed at all. While MTB had previously shown early foot and was taken back....way way back.

[MISTERGEE]

i think if it was not for borel the horse would have been 300-1, the only reason besides numbers or silk colors or I just bet all the longshots is that borel drew a little $

[ezgoerbaby]

I was there the day Rockamundo won. Was shocking. He physically looked fantastic though we didn't bet him. Ever since that day, my dad always picks Calvin's horses (he only bets jockeys), especially when they have long odds. He did pick Mine That Bird yesterday for that reason alone, but no money on it. I can't pick a Derby winner that's not favored to save my life however. I picked MTB to finish dead last earlier this week. I'm still laughing at myself...it seems a whole lot of people on horse racing message boards should learn how to do that too...the bitterness is almost overwhelming.

Horses in his stable...

I Love My Mama
Fine H Two O
Re Re Bias
Bo's Rail
Meddulah Omlimgatuh
Wake Up Durkin

[eajinabi]

How in the world did Rocamundo be 10-1 on Ky Derby day and flopped horribly only to be 9-1 on preakness day.