Rachel Alexandra takes Calvin Borel to Victory!

Girls Rule!!!

Isn't it great... Girls rule! Rachel Alexandra brings in the win at the Preakness!!! Calvin Borel has done it again!!! And a beauty she is! Pretty exciting stuff.

Calvin Borel... Amazing!

Today I heard Calvin Borel speak during a television interview in which he said he loved to ride since the age of 2 years old. Can you imagine that? As a little kid he could make his horse do his bidding such as kneeling or lying down. He said his father didn't press him to go to school because he loved to ride. Calvin has no more than a 9th grade education and yet he has managed to accomplish his dreams.

Horse racing has been his life. My husband said he saw Calvin run at Louisiana Downs about 20 years ago. He was the top jockey there in those days. Now at 42 years of age he's one of the top jockeys in the world.

Today I'm sitting here watching the hype before the Preakness. I'll watch it, but will spend a lot of the race worrying about one of these beautiful horses getting hurt. It is exciting nevertheless. Calvin Borel won the Kentucky Derby a few weeks ago on Mine That Bird (a gelding) with a 50-1 odds of winning. Borel loves to take the inside and squeezed along the rail to bring Mine That Bird from last place at the beginning of the race to the finish line about 10 lengths ahead of all the other horses. Imagine a little, uneducated Cajun boy from south Louisiana winning the Kentucky Derby two years in a row. Absolutely amazing.

Today Calvin is riding Rachel Alexander, a filly, that has 2-1 odds. Rachel Alexander won the Kentucky Oaks with Borel atop her a few weeks ago. She was 20 lengths ahead of all the other horses. Calvin was just sitting atop her, no pressure, just out for a great ride! Let's see if the little girl can beat out all the male horses with Calvin Borel riding her. She is a favorite.
Read more about Calvin Borel at Wikipedia