If Borel is going to ride first call for Ian Wilkes he better be hustling in the mornings to pick up more mounts. Wilkes has a very low win percentage at Gulfstream over the last five years (21-237, 9%, $1.18 ROI). He was 3-59 in 2011.
106 riders have won more races than Calvin Borel in 2011. Anyone who followed Oaklawn last year can guarantee that him not riding there in 2012 is a terrible development for bettors. His mounts were wildly overbet and that led to his meet-low $1.27 ROI (for any rider with >120 mounts).
Borel is a VERY average rider who has put three great rides forth on the biggest stage. Those rides seem to have people thinking that they are the norm for him when they were anything but. Gulfstream for him in 2011-2012 will look a lot like his 2 recent failed Saratoga experiments.
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