Videos tagged with "borel"

RACHEL ALEXANDRA - 2009 Preakness Stakes [03:22]
Calvin Borel made the right choice and history was made May 16 at Pimlico, when for the first time, the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner not only ran in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) but won the race in convincing fashion. Rachel Alexandra won the middle jewel of the Triple Crown by a length over Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird. The week following her win in the Oaks, Rachel Alexandra was purchased by Jess Jackson and Harold McCormick and transferred from trainer Hal Wiggins to Steve Asmussen. Borel, who had ridden both Rachel Alexandra in the Oaks and Mine That Bird in the Derby, was asked to continue riding the filly and he agreed. Mine That Birds trainer, Chip Woolley, picked up Mike Smith on the Derby winner. It made for one of the most intriguing Preakness Stakes ever, and after drawing post 13, Borel knew he would have to send the filly from the outset, which he did. Big Drama, under John Velazquez, who had the rail, was an obvious pacesetter and he went with the filly as the field went down the stretch the first time and through the first turn. They went the opening quarter in :23.13 and the half in :46.71. Borel was able to open up just a bit on the backstretch but he had used the daughter of Medaglia dOro a great deal to get the lead and knew he had to try and slow the pace a bit. "I was comfortable early, but down the backside they started to pick it up," Borel said. Big Drama, who had skipped the Derby, was still in second down ...
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super saver winner of the kentucky derby 2010.wmv [00:50]
winner of the kentucky derby
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2001 Phoenix BC Stakes [01:14]
Borel rode Bet On Sunshine, the 1.30-to-1 second choice for owner David Holloway and trainer Paul McGee. The winning purse of $166470 raised Bet On Sunshine's earnings to $1402667 while giving him his 21st career victory. Bred in Florida by Janet Gomez, Bet On Sunshine is the lone stakes winner produced by the winning In Reality mare My Own Sunshine, a half sister to stakes winners Silver Sunsets, Made Glorious, and Isaiah. ... keeneland horse racing bet on sunshine snow ridge erlton calvin ...
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The Historic Campaign of Rachel Alexandra [09:45]
and won from the far outside post. She again destroyed females in the Mother Goose, then went on to win the Haskell beating Belmont Winner Summer Bird. To cap off her unprecedented season, she defeated older males in the Woodward Stakes, the first time a female ever won that race. ... "Rachel Alexandra" "Rachel Alexandra race videos" preakness oaks haskell "mother goose" "woodward stakes" "summer bird" "mine that bird" "steve assmussen" "calvin borel" "super filly" filly "2009 horse of the year" ...
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Rachel Alexandra - DEMOLISHING THE FIELD - Part 2 [03:01]
t be running in the Breeders Cup. She would have WHOOPED them! Please also look at all her fabulous statistics in Wikipedia! en.wikipedia.org She is first in the NTRA poll for Horse Of The Year. Others are: Zenyatta, Summer Bird, Mine That Bird, Gio Ponti, Einstein, Forever Together, Careless Jewel, Zensational, and Quality Road. ... Rachel Alexandra horse racing Kentucky+Oaks Preakness Mother +Goose Haskell Woodward Breeders+Cup Ladies+Classic Zenyatta Summer+Bird Calvin Borel 2009 ...
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