Regular jockey for Rachel Alexandra has just won the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award for 2010. The trophy is a 1 foot high bronze sculpture of George Woolf.
Borel enjoyed a banner season in 2009. He was on Rachel Alexandra for all 8 of her victories last year, starting with the Martha Washington, Fair Grounds Oaks, Fantasy, Kentucky Oaks, Preakness, Mother Goose, Haskell, and Woodward. He also famously rode the 50-1 longshot Mine That Bird from last place weaving through horses and riding on the rail to save ground to win the Kentucky Derby decisively by 6-3/4 lengths. That was the second biggest upset in the history of the Kentucky Derby.
Santa Anita Park (in Arcadia, California) sponsors the Woolf Award which is given annually to a single jockey whose career and personal character reflects high standards on and off the track. The award is named after Hall of Fame jockey George Woolf, nicknamed "The Iceman" for his calm demeanor before and during a race. He was legendary as a one of the all-time great riders early last century before he was killed in a spill at Santa Anita in 1946. George Woolf began racing thoroughbred horses professionally since 1928 and was most famously one of the jockeys for Seabiscuit, . Since 1950, the award is presented annually, and since 1985 jockey members of the Jockeys' Guild have voted for their peers since. Other finalists this year were Garrett Gomez, Randall Meier, Gallyn Mitchell and DeShawn Parker.
George Woolf
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