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 2.17 seconds, 2 1/4 lengths ahead of Hard Spun. Curlin, the lightly raced morning-line favorite, rallied on the outside for third.

With the victory, Street Sense ended the 23-year streak in which no winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile had ever returned in his 3-year-old season to win the Kentucky Derby. The horse also became the first 2-year-old champion since Spectacular Bid in 1979 to win the race.

"This is the epitome of anybody in the horse business's racing career: to have a horse that crosses the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby," said owner James Tafel, 83, who bred the colt and has been with trainer Carl Nafzger since 1985.

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