News flash to Calvin Borel...

Originally Posted by cakes44

The left hand turn to start the race and giving up 5-6 lengths in the process hurt him more than anything.

He made up for that with the rail trip down the stretch. What do you want Calvin to do from the 16 hole? Send him and get pinned wide around the first turn?

It was the absolute right move for that type of horse and it paid off. It was his best race yet. He had absolutely no shot of beating Big Brown.