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.
Platinum has been underpinned by labor-related supply worries since a strike at No. 3 producer Lonmin last month resulted in tragedy when police shot dead 34 protesters at the Marikana mine on Aug. 16, claiming self-defense.