Calvin Will Show Up for the Belmont, We Think!

Gotta make this quick, headed to a Belmont Stakes gala (cocktails in Garden City, oo la la!) ... So there's all these jockeys at the Belmont Cafe this morning, staying out of the rain even though their Belmont mounts are out on the track stretching their legs, galloping and foolin' around in the slop with their exercise riders getting drenched. Prado, Garcia, Velazquez, Maragh, and a few others I probably didn't recognize. Oh, and a couple of Hall of Famers were goofing off as well. ``He's no'' Angel Cordero Jr. and Jorge Velasquez were in the house and acting like children, chasing each other around the tables and yukking it up. Pletcher, Dale Romans, a bunch of jock agents also were on the scene on the day before the Belmont.

Missing? CALVIN ``CROWN'' BOREL!!!! Mr. Famous is hanging in a ritzy hotel on Central Park with his fiance and God bless, Calvin, enjoy the hell out of this week. However, you've won the Derby on Mine That Bird, the Preakness on the filly Rachel Alexandra and you're back on the Bird for the Belmont seeking to become the first jockey to win your own Triple Crown. And you take the week off from riding? No mounts all week at Belmont? You don't want a race over the 1 1/2-mile oval that has done in so many jocks who mistime their move in the longest race they will ever compete in? Not smart, Calvin. Yes, you guaranteed a victory with this great little gelding, but c'mon -- Letterman, the Garden, Wall Street over the racetrack on a week like this? Bad move from this view. Love Chip Woolley, love the horse. Don't love your week away from the track.