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The running odds and betting line for Pimlico Park and Mine That Bird
Mine That Bird | May 14, 2009 | 10:34 am
2009 Preakness Stakes Entries At Pimlico Race Track
Horse Trainer Odds Jockey
Mine That Bird Bennie Woolley Jr. Live Odds Calvin Borel
Friesan Fire Larry Jones Live Odds Gabriel Saez
Musket Man Derek Ryan Live Odds Eibar Coa
Pioneer of the Nile Bob Baffert Live Odds Garrett Gomez
General Quarters Thomas R. McCarthy Live Odds Julien Leparoux
Papa Clem Gary Stute Live Odds Rafael Bejarano
Flying Private D. Wayne Lukas Live Odds Alan Garcia
Big Drama David Fawkes Live Odds John Velazquez
Luv Gov William Komlo Live Odds TBA
Take The Points Todd Pletcher Live Odds Edgar Prado
Terrain Albert Stall Jr. Live Odds TBA
Rachel Alexandra Steve Asmussen Live Odds Calvin Borel
Tone It Down D. Wayne Lukas Live Odds Kent Desormeaux
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Breeders’ Rewarded for Oaks, Derby Successes
Mine That Bird | May 4, 2009 | 4:33 pm

Dolphus C. Morrison and Lamantia, Blackburn & Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds will be $100,000 richer as a result of the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby wins by Rachel Alexandra and Mine That Bird, respectively.

“It is especially exciting to see Kentucky bred win two of the premier races in the world,” said Lisa Underwood, executive director of KHRC. “To have Kentucky horses win both the Oaks and Derby is a real boost to our industry and to the people who work hard to continue this great racing tradition in Kentucky.”

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Mine That Bird confirms Preakness Stakes Entry
Mine That Bird | May 4, 2009 | 3:36 pm

Mine That Bird to race in Preakness Stakes May 16th

Calvin Borel rides 50-1 longshot Mine That Bird to victory in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

Mine That Bird to victory in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. (Rob Carr/Associated Press)

Mine That Bird will take his chances in the Preakness Stakes in two weeks.

A spokesman confirmed the three-year-old gelding would compete in the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown at Baltimore on May 16.

“I’ve never been to Baltimore, but it looks like I won’t be able to say that in a few days,” trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. said Monday.

Woolley said the horse will remain at Churchill Downs in Louisville at least until May 12 before shipping to Baltimore. He jogged a mile at Churchill on Monday morning and will have light jogs each of the next two days.

Woolley said there are no plans for the horse to have a full workout before the Preakness.

Kentucky-bred Mine That Bird, named Canada’s top two-year-old in 2008 when he raced at Woodbine in Toronto, was a huge upset winner in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon.

The horse made an explosive run over the final two furlongs, racing down the rail to win after going off at 50-1 in the first leg of U.S. thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown.

It was the second-biggest upset in Derby history, behind 1913’s Donerail, and it sent the Churchill Downs crowd — especially those who had bet on the Kentucky-bred gelding — into a frenzy.

Mine That Bird was almost unbeatable as a two-year-old at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack, winning four times in five races. But when he went to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last fall, Mine That Bird was a disappointing 12th.

The Preakness is limited to 14 starting horses.

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Mine That Bird – Horse History and Track Information
Mine That Bird | May 3, 2009 | 2:24 pm
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)
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The Morning After: Basking in the Derby Glow
Mine That Bird | May 3, 2009 | 2:17 pm

On a cool, wet May 3 morning in the barn area of Churchill Downs, the owners and trainer of Mine That Bird were basking in the limelight while still trying to absorb what had transpired the previous day when the 3-year-old gelding posted a stunning 6 3/4-length victory over Pioneerof the Nile in the Kentucky Derby.

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