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by Marty McGee of DRF.com Borel may jump off Mine That Bird HORSE RACING NEWS - A potential conflict could lead to jockey Calvin Borel snubbing his Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird once again. Borel is tentatively scheduled to ride Mine That Bird in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park on Aug. 1, but there is a possibility Borel could vacate the mount in favor of Warrior's Reward, a promising 3-year-old who runs Saturday in the $200,000 Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park. Ian Wilkes, trainer of Warrior's Reward, said he has received a two-race commitment from Borel and his agent, Jerry Hissam, for the Dwyer and the $500,000 Jim Dandy on Aug. 1 at Saratoga. Hissam said Tuesday he had no comment. Borel, widely credited for a sensational ride in guiding Mine That Bird to his 50-1 upset in the May 2 Kentucky Derby, got off the gelding to ride Rachel Alexandra two weeks later in the Preakness. Rachel Alexandra won the Preakness, while Mine That Bird, ridden by Mike Smith, rallied to be second. Borel then got the mount back on Mine That Bird for the June 6 Belmont Stakes. Mine That Bird, the 5-4 favorite, made a bold move at the top of the stretch before fading to third behind Summer Bird and Dunkirk. Chip Woolley, trainer of Mine That Bird, has been planning on Borel riding his stable star in the West Virginia Derby, and even had Borel breeze the gelding an easy half-mile Monday morning at Churchill Downs. Woolley said Tuesday morning at Churchill that he had not yet heard from Hissam or Borel about the Aug. 1 situation but that he intended to ask for a firm commitment, one way or another, "probably in the next day or two." Woolley said he was "okay with Calvin getting on Rachel Alexandra for the Preakness because I really felt in my heart she wasn't going to run, but she did, so we went along with it. This deal here's a little different, though." Warrior's Reward, a Medaglia d'Oro colt owned by A. Stevens Miles, has won 2 of 5 starts and most recently finished a close second in the Grade 3 Northern Dancer Stakes on the June 13 Stephen Foster undercard at Churchill. In his previous race, Warrior's Reward earned a 113 Beyer Speed Figure in winning a May 1 allowance at Churchill. Borel rides frequently for Wilkes, the longtime protege and business associate of trainer Carl Nafzger, for whom Borel won the 2007 Derby aboard Street Sense. Wilkes trains a large stable and therefore is the source of far more business for Borel than Woolley, whose stable is based in New Mexico. Both the Jim Dandy and West Virginia Derby serve as preps for the $1 million Shadwell Travers Stakes, set for Aug. 29 at Saratoga. Mine That Bird and Warrior's Reward are both being pointed to the Travers. by Marty McGee of DRF.com Theriot returns following 30-day suspension HORSE RACING, Jamie Theriot returned to riding Monday night at Indiana Downs with three off-the-board finishes. Theriot will ride the final four days at Churchill, starting with nine mounts on the 11-race Thursday night card. Theriot was suspended 30 days, from May 30 to June 28, for his role in the May 23 spill at Arlington Park in which jockey Rene Douglas was critically injured. Theriot had one of the best days of his 14-year career when riding six winners on the June 18, 2008, card at Churchill. * Apprentice rider Stephanie Slinger will have the first three mounts of her career Thursday night at Churchill. Slinger, 22, has galloped horses for Hall of Fame trainers Lukas and Bobby Frankel in preparation for her new career. Her first mount is on Pish Posh in the second race. by Steve Andersen of DRF.com English import has star potential HORSE RACING, HOLLYWOOD PARK - INGLEWOOD, Calif - A weekday program in Brighton, England, is not the first place scouts look for a Del Mar stakes prospect. Cleisthenes, who makes his American debut at Hollywood Park on Thursday, may be the exception. A Kentucky-bred by Pleasantly Perfect, Cleisthenes dusted seven rivals in a six-furlong maiden race on May 12, setting off a rapid chain of events that led to him being acquired privately by Michael Talla and winding up in trainer John Sadler's Hollywood Park stable a few weeks later. In Thursday's seventh race, an optional claimer over a mile on turf, Cleisthenes will be tested in advance of a potential start in the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar July 22. Not only is Thursday's race Cleisthenes's first start in the United States and first start against winners, but it comes against several promising 3-year-olds who could also appear in the Oceanside. Sadler is undeterred. He has trained Cleisthenes for nearly a month, and thinks the gelding is genuine. "We like him a lot," Sadler said. "This is not going to be a secret. He's breezed really nicely." Previously trained by William Haggas, Cleisthenes was purchased for $25,000 at the 2007 Keeneland September yearling sale. The six-length win at Brighton is his only start. The purchase price to get him to the United States was not disclosed, Sadler said. "You would say he's an expensive gelding," Sadler said. "He looks good, but he's got to go out there and do it." Cleisthenes is part of a field of 10 that includes the multiple stakes winner Backbackbackgone, entered for an $80,000 claiming price, and the recent maiden race winners Fort Sumter, Gretsky, I'll Show Them, Margarita Shot, and Savu. Savu, trained by Neil Drysdale, won a maiden race over 1 1/16 miles on June 20 despite racing wide throughout. Savu is by Storm Cat, out of Fiji, the 1998 champion female turf horse. Rainbow Goose was a troubled second in an optional claimer June 11, his first start in California and first start for trainer Jack Carava. Rainbow Goose was away slowly and ran wide on the final turn. Carava is considering the Oceanside Stakes for Rainbow Goose "if he comes back and everything looks good."