Calvin H. Borel [b. November 8, 1966] was the winning jockey in the 2009 Kentucky Derby. The winning date was May 2, 2009. The winning horse was Mine That Bird [foaled May 10, 2006]. The winning time was 2 minutes 02.66 seconds.
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The winning jockey in the 2009 Derby wasn't African American. Instead, it was a white rider who'd been the winning jockey in 2007. The winning jockey was Calvin H. Borel [b. November 8, 1966]. The winning horse was Mine That Bird [foaled May 10, 2006], at 2 minutes 02.66 seconds.
Issac Burns Murphy raced in the Kentucky Derby 11 times and won the event in 1884 on Buchanan, on Riley in 1890 and on Kingman in 1891. He had 1,412 starts with 628 wins which is a record that will last forever.
Henry Moreno [May 12, 1930 - February 1, 2007] won the Kentucky Derby in 1953. He rode Dark Star [b. 1950] to victory. Horse and rider covered the 1-1/4 mile [2 kilometers; 10 furlongs] dirt track in 2:02.00 minutes. Out of 22 lifetime races, U.S. Racing Hall of Famer Native Dancer [March 27, 1950 - November 16, 1967] lost only one race, his Kentucky Derby bid against Dark Star.
Eddie Arcaro [February 19, 1916 - November 4, 1997] is considered the best rider to have ever played at the Kentucky Derby. Specifically, Arcaro is a five-time Kentucky Derby winner. He in fact is considered the greatest jockey in American horse racing history. That honor comes from the fact of his being one of only two jockeys to win the Derby five times. But he also is the only jockey to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice: in 1941 on Whirlaway, and in 1948 on Citation.
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