Jockey Calvin Borel was on top of the racing world when he won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness stakes last month. After a questionable ride in the Belmont aboard Mine That Bird, Borel seemed to lose a little bit of that luster.
In the Fleur de Lis Handicap at Churchill on Saturday, the "King of the Rail" reclaimed his throne when he guided Miss Isella through the tightest of holes to victory.
When you watch the race at first, you wonder how Borel guided the gray filly through the eye of the needle. And when you watch the head on replay, you marvel at the skill in which he operates.
Very few would have the stones to put any horse in a tight spot but Borel appears to do it with such confidence and ease, you wonder how he doesn't win every race.
There will certainly be many races in which Borel makes some questionable decisions but on this day and in that race, he left little doubt who owns the rail. Calvin Bo-Rail himself.
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