MIAMI - Calvin Borel added his name to an exclusive list of jockeys who have won both the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby on the same weekend when he guided Rachel Alexandra and Mine That Bird to one-sided victories earlier this month at Churchill Downs. That list, which numbers seven, also includes first-year Calder steward Don Brumfield.

Brumfield posted his Oaks-Derby double 43 years ago, in 1966, when he captured the Oaks aboard Native Street and the Derby the following afternoon with Kauai King, who also went on to win the Preakness two weeks later.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Red Lead ran a big race to finish second to Mythical Power at 36-1 in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lone Star Derby last Saturday, and his connections are looking to give him a shot at another graded stakes down the road. Trainer Brandon Bridges said a goal is the Grade 2, $750,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs Sept. 19.

Red Lead was making just his third start in the Lone Star Derby, and he dueled with stakes winner Mayor Marv early, then held well late when overtaken in the stretch by the impressive Mythical Power.

BALTIMORE - Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird made a journey of nearly 10 hours from Louisville, Ky., to Baltimore in a horse trailer, and arrived just before 7 p.m. Tuesday at a racetrack he had never seen. Many horses would have an easy morning the following day, perhaps walking the shed row, grazing, and doing little else. Not Mine That Bird. He was up and at 'em and out to the track just before 7:30 on Wednesday morning, standing in the starting gate before galloping about 1 1/2 miles. So much for a light day.

The Maryland-based mare La Chica Rica reaffirmed her affinity for Mountaineer Racetrack when she captured the $75,000 Hancock County Handicap for the second straight year on Tuesday night.

Ridden by Deshawn Parker for trainer Crystal Pickett, the 6-year-old La Chica Rica ($3.40) opened up a five-length lead, then got a bit leg weary in deep stretch but still had enough to hold off late-charging Hadavision by 1 1/4 lengths. Ruffaroundtheedges finished third at 12-1.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In 1984, Wesley Ward won the Eclipse Award as champion apprentice jockey. Now, a young rider coming up under his tutelage is hoping to match that achievement.

That apprentice is Christian Santiago Reyes, a 19-year-old native of Puerto Rico who is off to a blazing start in his riding career.

Through last weekend, Santiago Reyes - riding often for successful trainer Ward - had won with 7 of 30 mounts (23 percent). Six of those winners have come at Churchill Downs, placing him eighth in the standings, easily best among apprentices.

No need to focus on what might have been, when what actually is seems to be progressing so well. Yes, had things worked out a little differently, Giant Oak might be on the Triple Crown trail this very minute. But after a somewhat disappointing Fair Grounds campaign, and a second to Derby third-place finisher Musket Man in the Illinois Derby, Giant Oak was taken out of consideration for the classics to focus on a summer turf campaign. And from the look of his Arlington Park Polytrack work pattern, Giant Oak is coming up to the May 23 Arlington Classic in excellent shape.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Mythical Power was sprawled in his stall out sleeping on a recent morning, dreaming, perhaps, of what lies ahead after his smashing win in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lone Star Derby. The developing colt turned in a career performance in 1 1/16-mile race Saturday at Lone Star Park, earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 101. What's in store for him next is to be determined, said his trainer, Bob Baffert, but it appears Mythical Power might be an exciting 3-year-old for the second half of 2009.

BALTIMORE - Trainer Gary Stute got some unsolicited advice Sunday night concerning his method for bringing Papa Clem up to the Preakness Stakes. But this was not some loudmouth railbird barking out his two cents. This was unsolicited, Hall of Famer kind of advice.

"Jack Van Berg called me, and asked why I was working Papa Clem," Stute said Monday morning. "He said he never worked anything between the Derby and the Preakness."

MIAMI - The Calder racetrack is widely recognized as being a little deeper and a little slower than most. Many local trainers believe that factor provides a distinct advantage when they prepare their horses to ship and run out of town.

A stewards' hearing for trainer Steve Asmussen concerning a horse in his care who tested positive for lidocaine in May 2008 was postponed on Tuesday after a key witness in the case was unable to travel to Lone Star Park for the hearing because of inclement weather. A new hearing date has yet to be set, but both sides were hoping to determine one as soon as Wednesday.