Bye Bye Birdie: Borel and The Bird Breakup

Mine that Bird and Calvin Borel might be breaking up.

Over a women.

Borel is going to ditch the Bird for a bitch, I mean for a fine fast filly. The filly is no slow she dog.

That's right the giant killing love story is being broken up. The usual sad story, a women has come between them Borel and his Bird.

A fine filly named Rachel Alexandria has broken the Bird's heart.

Being gelded wasn't bad enough, this poor bird had to be clipped again. 

Can't a Bird get a break? Wasn't winning the Kentucky Derby enough?

Talk about being dissed. Talk about getting no respect. This poor pony has become the Rodney Dangerfield of racehorses.

When was the last time a jockey ditched his Derby winning beast of burden? Even if the Filly is mighty fine.

Borel betrayed the Bird loudly saying he'd ride that girl [Rachel Alexandria] all night long. 

Borel made him a Free Bird. Borel belted out Bye Bye Baby its been a sweet love. Yeah, And though this feeling I can't change please don't take it so badly Bird because the Bird knows he's not to blame.

And the Bird heard. Horses have big ears. Horses have feelings. Farms and stalls are filled with gossip. Imagine all the neighing and the braying the bashing and the gnashing of snaky horse tongues wiggling and wagging.

All belittling the betrayed Bird.

Where's the love?

But beware the vengeance of a Bird betrayed. Beware the Bird scorned. Remember their wrath in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds? Well Jessica Tandy sure does.

Perhaps Borel will feel some that bitter Bird bath raining down on him?

Sebastian Sholes, fisherman in diner: Hell, maybe we're all getting a little carried away with this. Admittedly a few birds did act strange, but that's no reason to...

The sad Bird has to take the hit song from Bye Bye Birdie to heart and hum it as prepares for the Baltimore race with a broken heart.

Gray skies are gonna clear up,
Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
It's not your style;
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
Ya' decide to smile!
Pick out a pleasant outlook,
Stick out that noble chin;
Wipe off that "full of doubt" look,
Slap on a happy grin!
And spread sunshine all over the place,
Just put on a happy face!
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face

Rachel Alexandria's entry will drive the Bird back to the at least the third or fourth favorite in the Preakness. The Bird did have a miracle flight on that muddy Kentucky clay. Borel did ride that rail wonderfully to glory and flew his Bird perfectly.

It will be a hard act to follow. The Bird was a 50-1 longshot who was dismissed by most of the Handicapping professionals and horse gambling amateurs.

But the Bird flew fast and flew far that lucky day.

The Bird in Baltimore will be about 5-1.

The Bird likely will spend his day in Baltimore running behind that fast filly's fine behind.

But if you bite on the Bird again, and he flies fast and far, blasting by Borel and his new Babe it will be a sizzling payout in Charm City.

Not 50-1. No that lightening has already struck. But a winner would still bring enough Benjamens and Black Eyed Susans to do an Edgar Allan Poe like pub crawl of that old pirate place Fells Point.

Poe liked Birds, too. Remember that Raven rapping, rapping, and tapping at his chamber door?

Just don't check out like old Poe, a horse racing fan. Moderation in all things especially betting favorites like 2-1 Rachel Alexandria and the Preakness infield.

The Bird will either be a one hit wonder,  a Bye Bye Birdie, or else the Bird will fly to the Belmont from Baltimore to do battle for the Triple Crown.

Maybe this generation's Seabiscuit, the Bird, is about to be born.

Perhaps you will be dancing at The Horse You Rode In On, the Fells Point Pub where a beastly intoxicated Poe was last spotted singed with laudanum, life, and strong spirits of the night.

But if the Bird battles back and bites Borel buy a round and do the Poe Shuffle singing...

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird
B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a don't you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a...

Then book a trip with the big Bird to Belmont.

Or else rip up your losing ticket and say that damn Bird will win nevermore.