It's a no brainer, and I'm not even thinking twice, if I'm running the
LOOKIN AT LUCKY camp. Go get Calvin Borel right now and forget about
it. As Countdown intimated earlier this spring from first-hand
knowledge, Bob Baffert and his family have a long appreciation and
almost disbelief about the magic of Calvin Borel on Derby Day. Three
strikes and you're out for Garrett Gomez -- questionable rides in the
Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Rebel and Santa Anita Derby. No matter how
fantastic of a rider Gomez is, and I think he's the world's No. 1 on a
day-in, day-out basis, Borel simply rides the Derby and that Churchill
Downs oval like no other.
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