Mine That Bird Wins Kentucky Derby

Calvin Borel rides Mine That Bird to a victory in the 135th Kentucky Derby horse race

Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby in a huge upset. The win was the second Derby victory in three years for jockey Calvin Borel, who rode Street Sense to victory in 2007.

Calvin Borel was in a familiar place, along the rail and urging Mine That Bird to fly through the mud. Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. was someplace he never imagined — the Kentucky Derby, with his horse in the lead. Together they pulled off one of the greatest upsets in 135 years of America’s most famous horse race.
“It was a Street Sense move,” Borel said Saturday, referring to the same rail-hugging ride he gave that colt to win the Derby two years ago. “They can only go so fast, so far. When I hollered at him, he just went on.”
Sent off at 50-1 odds, Mine That Bird pulled away in the stretch to score a 6 3/4-length victory at Churchill Downs, the second-biggest upset in Derby history. His margin was the largest since Assault won by eight lengths in 1946.

- from AP