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CAST 

SKEET ULRICH
(Chip Woolley)

CHRISTIAN KANE
(Mark Allen)

WILLIAM DEVANE
(Leonard "Doc" Blach)

MADELYN DEUTCH
(Alex)

TODD LOWE
(Kelly)

CALVIN BOREL
 (Himself)

DAVID ATKINSON
(Bill Woolley)

BRUCE WAYNE ECKELMAN
(Bob Baffert)

HUGO PEREZ
(Miguel)

SUNDAY REST
(Mine That Bird)


FILMMAKERS
 

JIM WILSON
(Producer/Director/Writer)

FAITH CONROY
(Co-Producer/Writer)

TIM SUHRSTEDT
(Director of Photography)

WILLIAM ROSS
(Composer)

HOMETRAILERPHOTOSCAST & CREWTHEATERSTOUR PRESSSYNOPSIS

 

CALVIN BOREL 
 
(Himself)

Jockey Calvin Borel was born in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, and began riding at rural racetracks near his hometown of Catahoula when he was 8 years old. Through a career spanning 30 years, Borel earned the nickname ‘Calvin Bo-Rail’ for his often-used strategy of riding along the rail, which helped him defy 50-to-1 odds in the 2009 Kentucky Derby aboard racehorse Mine that Bird.

In 2006, Borel’s career surged as he won both the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill

Downs on 91-to-1 long shot Seek Gold, and his first Breeders’ Cup race on Street Sense in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Borel is the only jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times in a four-year span, aboard Street Sense in 2007, Mine That Bird in 2009, and Super Saver in 2010. In 2007, Borel became the sixth jockey in history to win six races on a single Churchill Downs’ scorecard.

Two days after his win at the 2007 Kentucky Derby, Borel was invited to the White House, where he dined with then-President George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth II. In 2010, he received the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award.  

Since beginning his career in 1983, Borel has won more than 5,000 races – with more than 1,000 of those wins at Churchill Downs. On August 11, 2013, Borel was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame.