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Desormeaux Spoils Borel's Guarantee

NEW YORK -- The other Cajun jockey, the one who didn't follow Paris Hilton on Letterman's couch, the one who spent the week heeding Belmont's killer track rather than offering bold guarantees, wasn't about to holler, "Told you so."Kent Desormeaux had said Calvin Borel was naïve of the circumstances -- meaning he had no...

Different Kind of Bird Steals Show

NEW YORK (AP) -- This was a Belmont for the Birds.It was Summer Bird, not Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel, who came roaring down the long stretch and won the final jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday. More Coverage: Belmont Stakes Order of Finish The upset ended Borel's bid to become the first jockey to win a...

2009 Belmont Stakes Results

In a thrilling finish, a Bird won the 2009 Belmont Stakes, but it wasn't Mine That Bird. Jockey Calvin Borel's historic bid to sweep the Triple Crown with two different horses was derailed, as Summer Bird upstaged the Kentucky Derby champ in the "Test of the Champion." Kent Desormeaux, the Hall of Fame jockey who was...

Hopes, Dreams Riding on Mine That Bird

NEW YORK -- Chip Woolley sometimes looks like he wants to dart out of a room as fast as he can. He fidgets with his welterweight-sized belt buckle, adjusts his 10-gallon black hat, scuffs his cowboy boats on the marble floor and nervously smoothes the mustache that frames his mouth like parentheses. Put the cowboy on the...

Boy Meets Girl, Girl Beats Boy

BALTIMORE -- When it was all over and the fantastic filly Rachel Alexandra did what everyone thought she'd do and won the Preakness, a gaggle of us hemmed in rider Mike Smith of Jockeys' TV show fame, as well as horse racing Hall of Fame fame, and asked him about the winner of the Triple Crown's middle jewel. After all, no...