[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11561-11562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                COMMENDING LOUISIANA JOCKEY CALVIN BOREL

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 129, submitted 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 129) commending Louisiana jockey 
     Calvin Borel for his victory in the 135th Kentucky Derby.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any 
statements related to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 129) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 129

       Whereas Calvin Borel, born and raised in St. Martin Parish, 
     Louisiana, began riding match horse races in the State of 
     Louisiana at the age of 8;
       Whereas Mr. Borel began his professional career as a jockey 
     at the age of 16;
       Whereas Mr. Borel has won more than 4,500 career starts;
       Whereas Mr. Borel won the 135th Kentucky Derby by a 6\3/4\ 
     length, the greatest winning margin since 1946;
       Whereas Mr. Borel is the only jockey since 1993 to win the 
     Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby in the same year; and
       Whereas in 2 minutes and 2.66 seconds, Mr. Borel and Mine 
     that Bird completed the race

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     and placed first place, making it Mr. Borel's second Kentucky 
     Derby victory: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate commends Calvin Borel and Mine 
     that Bird, for their victory at the 135th Kentucky Derby.

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