Mine That Bird Stats Updated: 5/3/2009
Trainer: Bennie L. Woolley, Jr. Jockey: Calvin H. Borel
Owner: Double Eagle Ranch and Bueno Suerte Equine
Age/Sex 3-year-old Gelding
2009 Stats:
Starts
3
1st-2nd-3rd
1-1-0
Earnings (Rank)
$1,487,200 (2)
Win % (In-The-Money %)
33% (66%)
In The News:
Racing Career:
Date Purse Race Name Track Grade Finish
05/02/09 $2M Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands Churchill Downs 1 1
03/29/09 $800K Sunland Derby Sunland Park 4
02/28/09 $100K Borderland Derby Sunland Park 2
10/25/08 $2M Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Oak Tree At Santa Anita 1 12
10/05/08 $250K Grey S. Woodbine 3 1
09/14/08 $150K Swynford S. Woodbine 1
08/23/08 $100K Silver Deputy S. Woodbine 1
08/04/08 $41.1K Maiden Claiming Woodbine 1
07/20/08 $66K Maiden Special Weight Woodbine 5
Silks
Strengths: Shown the ability to stretch out in distance by winning 4 straight races in Canada as each distance increased. Extremely tactical and patient, he can sit a close-up second in :45 or :49, a wonderful and rare quality for a 2-year-old.

Weaknesses: Regionally tops at Woodbine. Average margin of victory in just over a length, so he has not put away the competition in short fields historically. Shocked the field at odds of 50-1 by winning the 135th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2, 2009.

Click here for pedigree information courtesy of Equineline.com (PDF)