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Borel also won on a sloppy track in 2009 when 50-1 shot Mine That Bird splashed home first.
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In third place was Revolutionary, ridden by Calvin Borel and trained by Todd Pletcher, who saddled five horses in this Derby.
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The last Kentucky Derby run on a track listed as sloppy was in 2010, when Calvin Borel rode 8-1 Super Saver to victory.
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Borel also was nearly unstoppable in 2009 aboard Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, winning the Preakness, Woodward, Haskell, Mother Goose, and Kentucky Oaks.
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If Borel can capture a fourth Kentucky Derby, it will take him within one win of the all-time record by a jockey in America's most iconic horse race.
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Borel is one of the biggest personalities in horse racing.
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And those are just the injuries Borel can remember.
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As it witnessed in 2009, when Mr. Borel brought the gelding Mine That Bird from dead-last to win the Kentucky Derby, Louisville knows that success doesn't come at a consistently breakneck pace.
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Borel is the only jockey to win the Derby three times in a four-year span, standing in the winner's circle in 2007 with Street Sense, 2009 with Mine That Bird and 2010 with Super Saver.
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Borel, Executive Vice President of DuPont.
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