[I still care]

He’s a rip.

The first time I ever saw him was right after his first win, and I thought, who is that guy. He has ten loads of personality.

The second thought was, what country is he from? He certainly has only a passing acquaintance with English. (He’s from Louisiana).

He seems a genuinely nice guy.

[ICAB9USA]

re: He’s a rip.

The first time I ever saw him was right after his first win, and I thought, who is that guy. He has ten loads of personality.

The second thought was, what country is he from? He certainly has only a passing acquaintance with English. (He’s from Louisiana).

He seems a genuinely nice guy.

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Yes.... as you say, he certainly has "ten loads of personality".

He is a great guy from southern Louisiana............ and his victory may give some small solace to those folks in that region for what may be coming their way from The Gulf.

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p.s. If you have done so already, please check out the great pics of him and his wife on this thread. Both of their smiles speak of a great, warm, and good relationship.

[GnuHere]

He should write a book - but it doesn’t sound like he’d have the time or interest, even to speak to a ghost writer, lol.

[ICAB9USA]

re: With the win, Borel is only the ninth jockey in the 136-year history of the race to win the Kentucky Derby at least three times.

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Emile Borel noted French mathematician and politician:

“ What was the probability of Calvin pulling off three Kentucky Derbys in four years? Hmmm.

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”Borel was born in in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron. Along with René-Louis Baire and Henri Lebesgue, he was among the pioneers of measure theory and its application to probability theory. The concept of a Borel set is named in his honor. One of his books on probability introduced the amusing thought experiment that entered popular culture under the name infinite monkey theorem or the like.” --- wiki