2007 Kentucky Derby - Street Sense : Full Broadcat

When Street Sense won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last November by 10 lengths, the overpowering victory was attributed by many to a pronounced inside bias on the Churchill Downs dirt track. In the 133rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday, jockey Calvin Borel returned Street Sense to the spot that had served him so well -- next to the rail -- and with a powerful, sustained drive, the two proved the earlier victory was no fluke. Rolling past one horse after another with stunning ease from 19th place, Street Sense collared the fast and stubborn leader Hard Spun with an eighth of a mile to go and ran away to victory in America’s greatest horse race before a crowd of 156,635. Even before Street Sense reached the finish, Borel, a jockey who mucks out stalls in the morning for his brother, trainer Cecil Borel, began to wave to the crowd with his right hand. Street Sense won the 1 1/4 -mile first leg of the Triple Crown in a solid 2 minutes seconds, 2 1/4 lengths ahead of Hard Spun. Curlin, the ligh