Tag: Churchill Downs

Triple Crown race tracks and how they ride

May 13, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

While everyone is looking at who will be entered in the upcoming Preakness Stakes (besides Orb) one of the big factors in the race is the track itself. Like all of the Triple Crown race tracks, Pimlico has it’s own “personality” — although whether this is fact or fiction is up for debate. Let’s take […]

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Calvin Borel racks up 1,100 wins at Churchill Downs

June 2, 2012.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Calvin Borel owns Churchill Downs these days. On May 31st he won his 1,100th win on the famed track leading wire to wire on Tank’s Letter, a horse trained by his brother, Cecil. Calvin currently has 4,960 lifetime wins so far. While 1,100 wins is impressive, Borel has a way to go to catch up […]

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