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APR 2017

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eyecareinstitute.com mortons.com 30 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 4.17 FLASHBACK On the cover: A jubilant Calvin Borel atop 2007 Derby winner Street Sense. Inside: "Reins in His Veins" gave us a bi- ographical look at Borel, from the bush tracks in his native Louisiana to the Derby winner's circle at Churchill Downs. "You wake up ev- ery morning to find a horse like Street Sense. That's every jock's dream," said Borel, who'd go on to win the roses again with Mine That Bird in '09 and Super Saver in '10. "It's like a disease, like a drug. You get addicted to it." Last year, it probably shouldn't have come as a surprise that Borel came out of retirement in August after retiring…in March. Speaking of Street Sense, a short piece fo- cused on Louisville attorney Paul Rutherford, who, in the early 2000s, volunteered to help around trainer Carl Nafzger's barn. By 2007, Rutherford was walking alongside Street Sense on the track before and after races. "He's a great horse," Rutherford said. "I'm gonna be buried in my Street Sense hat." There was a profile of Donnie Richardson, known as "Churchill's Setup Man." In 1990, Thomas Meeker, then president of Churchill Downs, needed to liven up the place, so he brought in Richardson, whose expertise and logistics put the track "into the top echelon of American racing" by increasing the number and quality of Thoroughbreds running. "I was lucky," Richardson said. "I was born just a block from the racetrack over on Heywood Avenue, and the best education I ever got was working on the racetrack in almost every kind of job." We also covered the Grand Gala, which was a post-Derby event at the Galt House that attracted African-American celebrities, including Michael Jordan, Gabrielle Union and Earth, Wind & Fire. "We realized there were no people of color who were celebrities at the Derby," organizer Rohena Miller said. Outside: C-J headlines from Derby Week 2008: "All Guts, No Glory: Group seeks to honor nearly forgotten black jockeys"; "Early turnaround costs Belle of Louisville race"; "Soaked at the Oaks"; "Memory of Barbaro follows Matz"; "Big Brown delivers"; "Infield: Wild, Wacky, Weird." — Robert Mudd April 2008

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