Summer Bird, left, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, leads, Mine That Bird, second from right, ridden by Calvin Borel and Dunkirk, right, ridden by John R. Velazquez to the finish line during the 141st ...

Calvin Borel has spent the last 25 years grinding out a living as a jockey by getting to the track early, staying late and taking whatever work he could get.

Dining at the White House while meeting the Queen of England and joking with President Bush, jockey Calvin Borel should have been asked to make a few remarks. “We the people …” would have ...

That was the case when Blasi, who has enjoyed the honor of ponying the Kentucky Derby victor to the winner’s circle since 2006, ranged up to collect Calvin Borel and Mine That Bird in 2009.

Nov. 5, 2010 -- Jockey Calvin Borel is restrained after the Marathon race at the Breeder's Cup horse races at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Borel and Javier Castellano exchanged punches ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Calvin Borel is back on Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and he's thinking about another Triple Crown victory. "We're gonna win, no questions asked," Borel predicted after a ...

At 50-1, Mine That Bird stages 2nd biggest upset in Derby’s 135 years. Calvin Borel riding Mine That Bird reacts after winning the 135th Kentucky Derby. The 50-1 shot won by 6 3/4 lengths, the ...

When Calvin Borel rode Mine That Bird to a Kentucky Derby victory, even casual fans could appreciate that he had delivered a brilliant, daredevil ride, squeezing through the tiniest of spaces ...

Jockey Calvin Borel saluted emphatically Saturday after 50-1 sleeper Mine That Bird left the rest of the Kentucky Derby field in his wake at Churchill Downs. (Mct/The Minnesota Star Tribune ...

Calvin Borel has guaranteed victory for his Kentucky Derby winning mount Mine That Bird in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, a triumph that would make him the only jockey to sweep the Triple Crown on two ...

Calvin Borel insists his life will remain the same despite a whirlwind week in which he won the Kentucky Derby, met Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and attended a state dinner at the White House.