On
the Cover: Mine That Bird, Horse Racing,
photographed by:
Bill Frakes / SI
[Mine That Bird's appearance on the SI cover is the first for
horse-racing since Smarty Jones won the 2004 Derby and was the
May 10, 2004 cover boy.]
Mine That Bird and Calvin Borel make Derby history
Churchill Downs, KY (May 2,
2009) --Jockey Calvin Borel scored a huge upset in the Kentucky
Derby, threading 50-1 longshot Mine That Bird to a characteristic
rail-hugging victory. The win was not only Borel’s second Derby in
three years — he won on Street Sense in 2007 — but came on the heels
of a 20-length triumph in the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) on heavy
favorite Rachel Alexandra May 1.
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Mine
That Bird shocks Derby at 50-1
Jay Privman,
Daily Racing Form
5/2/2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Bennie Woolley
Jr. was running a horse in the Kentucky Derby for the first time,
and he wasn't going to let a little thing like a broken leg keep him
from making the walk over from the barn area before the race. He
came over alongside a 50-1 shot, largely ignored by the raucous
crowd along the outside rail. But minutes later Woolley became,
improbably, a Derby winner.
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Mine That Bird Pulls 2nd
Biggest Upset in Kentucky Derby History
by
Denis Cummings
May 2, 2009 - Mine That Bird, a 50-1 longshot,
pulled a shocking upset in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, winning by 6 3/4
lengths.
On a sloppy track at Churchill Downs, 50-1 Mine That Bird shocked
the horse racing world with a convincing 6 3/4-length victory in the
135th running of the Kentucky Derby. Pioneerof the Nile was second,
followed by Musket Man and Papa Clem.
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Calvin Borel and Mine that Bird Provide Minor Miracle for
Horse Racing Fans
May 03, 2009 by Chris Houston
My wife, son and I were watching the
Kentucky Derby simulcast at the track yesterday. Never in my wildest
dreams would I have predicted that Calvin Borel aboard Mine That
Bird would cross the finish line first. A 50-1 choice, Mine that
Bird wasn't even on my radar. In fact, I had placed $5 to win and
place on Pioneerof The Nile just because most people had backed off
the one time pre-race favorite. It seemed like a good bet and I won
21 dollars when it finished second to the biggest longshot to win
the Derby since 1913.
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 Calvin
2009
Boy, that Cajun boy sure can ride…
In the Derby, he did hide
With his horse, he was dead last
It seems the chance was nearly past…..
But, then, all at once, the duo jetted
(Man, I wish that I had betted….)
Past the field, on the rail
He surely had no room to fail
And when he hit the finish line
That little man was so sublime…
In knowing that he took the chance
When others did sit out the dance
He won the roses, that’s for sure
And the joy, it was so sweet and pure
All could see it in his grin
How wonderful to win………..again.
- Patsy Shannon 2009 - Morris, MN
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One reaction to Mine That Bird's Derby
win? Complete shock
Tim Layden –
Sports Illustrated –
CNN
Friday, May 1
Oaks Day at Churchill Downs, hence the
barns get empty early. I do a quick tour of the usuals: Mullins,
Baffert, Jones (who gets uncharacteristically testy when asked for
the 1,236th time about running Friesan Fire in the Derby off
seven weeks' rest).
It's about 9:30 a.m. This was almost exactly the
time on a Friday morning five years earlier when I traipsed across
the barn area and did a perfunctory, just-in-case interview with
retired music impresario Jerry Moss (still he coolest man in
racing) about his horse, Giacomo. A day later Giacomo won the
Kentucky Derby at 49-1 odds and I was eternally thankful for my
detour.
But there were a couple horses in that field I had
nothing on. On this day I have to walk a mile and a half back to my
hotel, change clothes and walk back to the track. I have notes to
transcribe. I look at my chicken scratching: I can identify two Twin
Spires horses, about whom I have done zero reporting -- Flying
Private and Mine That Bird. As I walk back past Papa John's
Cardinal Stadium, I look at the racing records. I'm safe. Neither of
these dogs is winning the Kentucky Derby.
At 6:15 on Friday evening, the splendid filly,
Rachel Alexandra, wins the Kentucky Oaks by a ridiculous 20 ¼
lengths. Her rider is Borel, the loveable Cajun who won the Derby
two years ago on Street Sense and is a legend among riders
for his gutsy, rail-skipping style, especially at Churchill Downs. I
look to see who Borel is riding in the Derby.
Mine That Bird. Hmmmmmmm.
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 Tough Day for
Durkin
By JOE DRAPE -
NY Times- May 2, 2009
It’s hard enough for bettors to focus on a 50-1 shot
like Mine That Bird. “Who’s that horse?” is a common refrain when a
long shot enters the picture. But for a race caller who must keep
track of 19 horses, the job is doubly difficult.
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Canadian champion horse
Mine That Bird talk of racing world after Derby win
Copyright © 2009
The
Canadian Press. - May 3, 2009
Even as a modest US$9,500 purchase, Mine That Bird
acted like he was something special.
David Cotey bought Mine That Bird in 2008 unsure exactly what he had
but the trainer from Mississauga, Ont., said it was clear the horse
wasn't lacking confidence.
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Mine That Bird's former
owner/trainer David Cotey is thrilled
posted by
Brisnet Editorial on May 03,
2009
David Cotey, the former owner and trainer of Mine That Bird, spoke
with the Woodbine press office about the gelding's Kentucky Derby
(G1) triumph:
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Westerners crash winner's circle
'Couple of buddies' realize a dream
By Marcus Green •
courier-journal.com •
May 3, 2009
Longtime friends and New Mexico horsemen Mark Allen
and Dr. Leonard Blach bought their first thoroughbred last
September, with hopes of racing him at the Derby.
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Record Breaking 50-1 payout at the Kentucky
Derby
Danielle Almond
–
gambling on line magazine.com
May 3, 2009 - The 135th running of the Kentucky Derby
took place on Saturday with a total of 153,563 turning up despite
horrible weather to watch the races. An outsider, Mine That Bird,
won which gave one of the biggest payoffs in the Derby’s history at
50-1.
Eventually paying off $103.20 Mine the Bird is the second biggest
ever paying out horse since Donerail in 1913 who paid out at
$184.90.
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Mine That Bird No Upset
Compared to Chris Antley in 1999
Burton DeWitt Co-Editor of
Sportscolumn.com
Sunday, May 3, 2009 - Mine That Bird should not have
been in the Derby, flat-out had no business being there.
Shipped in from Sunland Park, a tiny B-circuit in New Mexico, after
twice losing a race there. Twice.
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all handicappers shied away from the bird
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Triple Crown drought will
continue
NTRA-Blog May 3, 2009
I'm going to go out on a limb here, which is
appropriate because we're talking about a bird here, and say that
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will not sweep the Triple
Crown.
Call it a hunch.
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Kentucky Derby runner-up
trainer Baffert: 'I thought I had it' The winner: 50-1 shot Mine That
Bird pulls upset | Dream becomes reality
By Jessie Halladay,
USA TODAY - 5/4/2009
LOUISVILLE — For a moment Pioneerof the Nile
had the lead in the Kentucky Derby and trainer Bob Baffert thought
he was watching his fourth successful Run for the Roses. "I thought
I had it," he said Saturday as he stood in the paddock at Churchill
Downs after the race.
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Derby-Winning Connections
Give Roses to Fans
May 3, 2009 - Visitors to Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby
Museum May 3, the day after the 135th “Run for the Roses” got a
surprise gift from the team behind Mine That Bird, the 50-1 longshot who won the Kentucky Derby
Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
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Mine
That Bird’s Rose Garland at the Barbaro Statue Today
LOUISVILLE, KY. (May 3, 2009) – Kentucky Derby fans
who visited Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum on the day
after the 135th “Run for the Roses” got a surprise gift from the
team behind Mine That Bird, the 50-1 longshot that won America’s
greatest race on Saturday.
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Kentucky Derby 135 Sunday Wrap-Up: Mine That
Bird Well After Upset
by
Churchill Downs Notes Team
| May 03, 2009
The morning after the stunning victory in the
$2,177,200 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) by Mine
That Bird was a busy one for his owners and trainer – and for the
3-year-old gelding that won the roses with his last-to-first rally
along the rail on Churchill Downs’ one-mile dirt oval.
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Underdog Mine That Bird gives horse racing a
lift
By Mike Lopresti,
Gannett
LOUISVILLE — All those who bet big on Mine
That Bird to win the Kentucky Derby, is the party still going?
For you, the recession is over.
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Mayor Declares "Mine That Bird" Day - The
Signed Executive Order
Whereas, Mine That Bird, the
son of 2004 Belmont Stakes winner Birdstone, became the ninth
gelding to win the Kentucky Derby and just the second in the last 80
years; and ...
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Mine That Bird Wins Kentucky Derby With Strong
New Mexico Connection
by- Ty Wyant -
Ruidoso Downs Racetrack & Casino
RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (May 3, 2009) —
Mine That Bird’s stunning upset in the 135th Kentucky Derby at
Churchill Downs had strong ties to New Mexico racing. Mine That
Bird, a 50-1 longshot in the Kentucky Derby, is owned by Mark
Allen’s Double Eagle Farm and Dr. Leonard Blach’s Buena Suerte
Ranch. Each of those operations is located in Roswell New Mexico.
The gelding’s trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. races a stable on the
Ruidoso Downs-Zia Park-Sunland Park circuit.
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Mine
That Bird not certain for Preakness
By Jay Privman -
Daily
Racing Form
5/3---LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mine That Bird, the
shocking winner of the 135th Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill
Downs, is not a certainty to head to the second leg of the Triple
Crown, the May 16 Preakness Stakes, trainer Chip Woolley said Sunday
morning, though co-owner Mark Allen said, "If he's doing good, we
will run."
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The Morning After: Basking in the Derby Glow
By Ron Mitchell - May 3,
2009
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 Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
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No
positive steroid test results reported at the Derby, Oaks
The Canadian Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. May 4, 2009— Mine That Bird won the
Kentucky Derby without the help of anabolic steroids and, for the
first time in the 135-year history of the race, officials have the
tests to prove it.
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Mine that Bird Will Go to the
2009 Preakness, But Who Will Join Him?
May 04, 2009 by Aida Ekberg
Mine That Bird's win in the Kentucky Derby was one in
a million; he was at 50-1 odds, but only because hardcore gamblers
like to take chances on the longshots for the Kentucky Derby. This
was the year to do it, too, with a weakened field and horrendous
track conditions. But still, he was an incredibly unlikely winner.
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Borel
takes advantage with long shot
AP
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Calvin Borel built his reputation
as a jockey by taking whatever work would come his way, be it $5,000
claimers or $1 million superstars.
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From worst to 1st: 50-1
shot shocks Derby field
Mine That Bird surges from last place, is
2nd-biggest long shot ever to win
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - May 4, 2009 - The cowboy and his
horse beat them all. Four Hall of Fame trainers.
The ruler of Dubai. Two very sentimental favorites.
Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. hitched Mine That Bird to the back of his
pickup and drove to the Kentucky Derby from New Mexico. With an
inspired ride on the rail from Calvin Borel, it all added up to one
of the greatest upsets in 135 years of America’s most famous horse
race.
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Many factors led to
eye-popping win
By Andrew Beyer -The
Washington Post
WASHINGTON - 5/4/2009 - After Mine That Bird
won the Kentucky Derby, all reports of the race noted the 50-1
payoff was the second highest in the race's history. Even so, most
casual fans probably did not appreciate the magnitude of this
incomprehensible upset.
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How did this happen? Mine
That Bird Wins The Kentucky Derby
Bill Finley is an
award-winning racing writer whose work has appeared in The New York
Times, USA Today and Sports Illustrated. Contact Bill at
wnfinley@aol.com.
To call the result of the Kentucky Derby an upset
doesn't begin to explain what happened Saturday at Churchill Downs
when a 53-1 shot named Mine That Bird romped home by 6 3/4 lengths.
This was a lot more than an upset; it was the most inconceivable
result in the 135-year history of the race. An impossibility, that's
what this was.
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What We Learned: Kentucky
Derby
Sports Illustrated - Mark
Beech > INSIDE HORSE RACING
Here are my five quick thoughts from an
improbable, electrifying Kentucky Derby.
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He's in it! Kentucky Derby
winner Mine That Bird to run in Preakness
BY JERRY
BOSSERT - NY Daily News
May 4, 2009 - Mine That Bird stunned the world
Saturday when the 50-1 shot won the Kentucky Derby. Now he is going
to try to do it again.
Despite speculation that Mine That Bird would skip the May 16
Preakness, trainer Bennie (Chip) Wolley Jr. announced Monday that
the 3-year-old will be in Baltimore for the second jewel of the
Triple Crown and a chance at history.
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KENTUCKY
DERBY WINNER MINE THAT BIRD WILL RUN
Louisville, KY
– May 4, 2009 – The connections of Mine That Bird unanimously agreed
today that they will enter the
134th running of the
Preakness® Stakes on May 16.
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Looking
full in Baltimore
By Jay Privman / -
Daily Racing Form
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 5/4/2009- As friendships go, the one
between Bennie Woolley Jr., the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner
Mine That Bird, and Mark Allen, one of Mine That Bird's co-owners,
started in a most unusual way.
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Mine That Bird Second Longest While
Jockeys and Trainers Set Marks
May 5,
2009
Barbara Anne Helberg
In 135 runnings of the Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird
became the second largest longshot behind 1913's Donerail to win.
His jockey and trainer also set historic marks.
For stretches of time in the history of the Kentucky Derby, betted
favorites have been unable to win the classic. Such was the case for
the year 2009, but over the last two seasons, the favorites, Big
Brown in 2008 and Street Sense in 2007, were winners.
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The ride of his life - again
By Marty McGee -
Daily Racing Form
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 5/5/2009- One time might be
dismissed as an aberration. But
twice? That's a trend.
Calvin Borel won the Kentucky Derby last Saturday aboard 50-1 shot
Mine That Bird with a spectacular rail-skimming ride, the second
time in three years that he has elicited praise for his cunning and
skills in the Derby. A relative unknown before taking the 2007 race
aboard Street Sense, Borel has joined an exclusive group by becoming
just the 23rd jockey with two or more Derby wins.
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No way Mine That Bird had chance, or did he?
Derby winner stunk in New Mexico preps, but there were signs of
potential
By Mike Brunker - Horse racing editor -
NBCSports.com
May 5, 2009 - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - There are long
shots in horse racing, and then there are l-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng
shots.
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Local
derby gets boost
By Mary Rampellini -
Daily Racing
Form
5/5/2009 - Since the Sunland Park Derby was
introduced in 2003, track officials have taken aggressive steps to
try and get the race graded status. Their ship might have come in
last Saturday. Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby at 50-1 one
start after finishing fourth in this year's $800,000 Sunland Park
Derby.
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Ties to CSU, Derby winner
By Mike Chambers -
The Denver Post - Posted:
05/05/2009
Mine That Bird wins Kentucky Derby One-time Hollywood
actor Leonard Blach, co-owner of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That
Bird, now has a story that rivals any on the big screen. Namely, how
a no-chance horse gets trucked to the Derby and pulls off one of the
greatest upsets in horse racing history.
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Veterinarian is part owner
of Kentucky Derby winner
By: James M. Lewis -
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
Louisville, Ky. -May 5, 2009- As cameras flashed, a
veterinarian joined the elite crowd inside the winner's circle at
this year's Kentucky Derby as part owner of one the most improbable
winners in the Derby's 135-year history.
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Woolley Soaking Up First
Derby Experience
By Amanda Duckworth - May 5,
2009
As heavy rain fell on Churchill Downs in the
days leading up to the May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands
(gr. I), trainer Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr. took it with a smile,
even though he is currently on crutches after a motorcycle accident
two months ago.
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Unbeaten Hull Joins
Preakness Cast
May 5, 2009 - Hull, who is
unbeaten in three starts by a total of 16 lengths this season for
trainer Dale Romans, will line up for the May 16 Preakness Stakes
(gr. I).
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Breeders' Rewarded for
Oaks, Derby Successes
May 5, 2009 - Dolphus C.
Morrison and Lamantia, Blackburn & Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds will
be $100,000 richer as a result of the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) and
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) wins by Rachel
Alexandra and Mine That Bird, respectively.
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F-T Fall Yearling Sale:
New Derby Mother Lode
By Deirdre B. Biles - May 5,
2009
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale in
October in Lexington isn’t glamorous. It comes at the end of the
yearling selling season, so it generally doesn't attract the best of
the available stock.
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Horse owner revels in
Derby victory - Preakness up next for Roswell horse
Published : Wednesday, 06 May 2009 - by Ian
Schwartz
ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE-KBIM) - As Mine That Bird
prepares in Louisville for the next leg of the Triple Crown, one of
his owners is back home in New Mexico.
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Derby Winner Primes for Preakness
May 6, 2009 - Mine That Bird,
winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) for
Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine, back-tracked to the
paddock tunnel and then ‘loped’ once around a “fast” Churchill Downs
main track Tuesday under exercise rider Charlie Figueroa before the
renovation break.
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Mine
That Bird goes from oddball to champ
By WILL GRAVES - Sports Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 07, 2009)—They weren’t supposed
to be here among the big shots and the sheik, the Hall of Famers and
the million dollar sure-things.
Not the tiny horse with the funky feet and unsightly gait. Not the
cowboy trainer with the black hat, busted leg and horseshoe mustache
to match. Not the owner who met the trainer in a bar fight.
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Rachel Alexandra Sold
May 7, 2009
Jess Jackson’s Stonestreet Stables and Harold T.
McCormick have purchased spectacular Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner
Rachel Alexandra from Dolphus Morrison and Mike Lauffer.
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At Least Nine to Run in Preakness
May 7, 2009 - The
prospective field for the Preakness (gr. I) grew by three confirmed
starters when the connections of Musket Man, General Quarters and
Terrain committed to the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown on
May 6. The $1 million race now has nine definite starters, with Big
Drama the first to arrive at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 1
3/16-mile event is on May 16.
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Kentucky Derby gets highest ratings
since ’92 -
Mine That Bird’s long-shot win gets 11 percent
increase over last year
May 8, 2009 - NEW YORK - The Kentucky Derby’s television ratings are
the highest in 17 years. NBC says Saturday’s coverage of 50-1 long
shot Mine That Bird’s win drew a 9.8 national rating and a 23 share.
That’s up 11 percent from last year’s 8.8/21.
It’s the highest rating since a 10.3/30 when Lil E Tee won in 1992.
The rating is the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned
into a program, while the share is the percentage of all TVs in use
at the time.
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Saylor Ponders Future for Bird's Half-Brother
By Deirdre B. Biles - May 8,
2009
Paul Saylor said "I nearly fell out of my
chair” while watching the May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum!
Brands (gr. I) on television.
Like a lot of people, he was surprised by Mine That Bird’s huge
upset. But what really knocked Saylor for a loop was the realization
that a juvenile Yonaguska colt he owned suddenly had become a
half-brother to a classic winner.
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Mine That Bird a longshot since birth
By Glenye Cain Oakford/
The Daily Racing Form
LEXINGTON, Ky. 5/8/2009- Peter Lamantia,
co-breeder of Mine That Bird, watched the Kentucky Derby from home
in Toronto last Saturday. He didn't harbor any real hopes the
gelding would win, but he invited a handful of friends over to watch
the race.
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Breeder's ties run deep in female line
By Glenye Cain Oakford
LEXINGTON, Ky. 5/8/2009- Peter Lamantia, Jim Blackburn, and
Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds not only bred Mine That Bird, they also
bred his dam, Mining My Own. And Lamantia's connection goes back
even further, because he bred and raced Mine That Bird's second dam,
Aspenelle, and also raced her dam, Little to Do, in the early 1990s.
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Haskin's Derby Wrapup: Bird to Take Wing
By Steve Haskin -
BLOODHORSE - May 8, 2009
Calvin Borel would have made a great captain of the
starship Enterprise, because time and again he boldly goes where no
man has gone before. What he is able to do at Churchill Downs is
mind-boggling. On Derby Day, the firmer rail was beckoning, but only
Borel heeded the call. What was most amazing was how quickly Mine
That Bird kicked in the afterburners when Borel engaged warp speed
at about the three-eighths pole. When he spotted a small opening
between Join in the Dance and the rail, he steered the runaway Mine
That Bird to his favorite spot on the track. Mine That Bird was
moving so fast at that point, had the hole closed up he likely would
have still won by the same margin, only on the grass course.
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FILLY MAY NOT BE
ALLOWED IN PREAKNESS MIGHT NOT BE ROOM IN FIELD FOR PROBABLE
FAVORITE
AP - May 8, 2009 - There may not be enough room in
the Preakness field for filly Rachel
Alexandra, who would likely be the favorite if she is allowed to
race. Rachel Alexandra looks ready to challenge the boys in the
Preakness.
Owner Jess Jackson, however, isn't sure his superstar filly will get
the chance.
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Pimlico RACE COURSE- Preakness Notes
Saturday, May 9, 2009
A decision as to whether Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner
Rachel Alexandra will be supplemented into the field for the $1
million Preakness (gr. I) could be made May 10 or 11 after the filly
works for her new trainer, Steve Asmussen. The Preakness will be
held May 16 at Pimlico Race Course.
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Preakness
tide turns for Rachel; filly's spot in race now likely
By Tom Pedulla,
USA TODAY
Making room for a star filly?
May 10, 2009 - On Sunday
afternoon it appeared there would be enough colts and geldings with
modest credentials to keep Rachel Alexandra from strutting her stuff
against the boys in Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
But by late Sunday night, the
co-owner of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird said that he
decided not to enter a second horse in the race. And Marylou
Whitney, owner of Luv Gov, said that she would not stand in the way
of the filly, whose strong workout Sunday prompted her new owner to
say she would run if space permitted.
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Borel Commits to
'Rachel'; Filly to Preakness
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Stonestreet Stables and partner Harold T. McCormick announced May 8
that Calvin Borel has agreed to ride Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner
Rachel Alexandra for the current racing season. Also, Stonestreet
said it plans to run the filly in the May 16 Preakness Stakes (gr.
I).
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Whitney Will Not Exclude Rachel Alexandra
By Steve Haskin - May 11, 2009
BLOODHORSE
John Hendrickson, husband and racing and
breeding manager for Marylou Whitney said neither he nor Marylou
have ever spoken to Ahmed Zayat, and although they plan on running
Luv Gov in the Preakness (gr. I) at the request of trainer D. Wayne
Lukas, they would withdraw him if it meant excluding Rachel
Alexandra.
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Zayat Reconsiders; Won't Keep Rachel Out
By Steve Haskin - May 11, 2009
BLOODHORSE
After being besieged with unfavorable comments
regarding his earlier decision to enter enough horses to prevent
Rachel Alexandra from running in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), Ahmed
Zayat, owner of Pioneerof the Nile, said on TVG that he has decided
to reconsider and will not enter any other horses.
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Derby result was no surprise to some
Southwest bettors
by
Pete Denk
Monday, May 11, 2009
THOROUGHBRED TIMES
Mine That Bird’s improbable victory in the
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) at 50.60-to-1 odds
provided a major payday for some bettors in the Birdstone gelding’s
adopted home state of New Mexico.
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Mine
That Bird works with Borel aboard
By Marty McGee/
The Daily Racing Form
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 5/11/2009- The top two
finishers in the Kentucky Derby made their final major preparations
for Saturday's 134th Preakness when Mine That Bird and Pioneerof the
Nile were sent through half-mile breezes over a fast Churchill Downs
racetrack.
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Birds of a feather: Ripken
took shot on Derby winner
Orioles great followed signs to unlikely
pick, victory at Churchill Downs
By Peter Schmuck |
The
Baltimore Sun
May 12, 2009 - Generally, you're not going to find a
good rationale for betting a 50-1 long shot in the Daily Racing
Form, so the bettors who laid down their hard-earned cash on Mine
That Bird to win the Kentucky Derby probably had their own reasons.
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Travel Plans Set For
Rachel Alexandra
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The prospective field for the May 16 Preakness (gr.
I) received a boost in star power when assistant trainer Scott Blasi
informed
Maryland Jockey Club director of horsemen’s relations Phoebe Hayes
that Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Rachel Alexandra is scheduled to
fly to Baltimore May 13 for the May 16 $1 million classic. A
decision on whether she actually gets on the plane will not be made
until the filly works.
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Kentucky Derby Winner Mine
That Bird Breezes
By Ron Mitchell - May 13, 2009
Trainer Chip Woolley, who had said Mine That Bird
would not have a workout prior to the May 16 Preakness Stakes (gr.
I), apparently
called an audible and breezed the son of Birdstone at Churchill
Downs May 11.
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Hull to Skip Preakness;
Smith Named Backup
By Steve Haskin - May 13, 2009
BLOODHORSE
Derby Trial Stakes (gr. III) winner Hull, who
is undefeated in three career starts, will bypass the Preakness
Stakes (gr. I) and will run
instead in the seven-furlong Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) on
Belmont day. Also trainer Chip Woolley confirmed that Mike Smith
will ride Mine That Bird if Rachel Alexandra runs in the Preakness.
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THE BIRTH OF A LEGEND - Preakness
Stakes
Historic
Pimlico
Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes and second oldest
racetrack in the nation behind Saratoga, opened its doors on October
25, 1870. Pimlico has hosted many racing icons for over a century;
legendary horses such as Man o’ War, Sir Barton, Seabiscuit, War
Admiral, Citation, Secretariat and Cigar have thundered down her
stretch in thrilling and memorable competition.
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Mine That Bird Ships to
Pimlico
May 13, 2009 (From
Churchill
Downs)
A few minutes after 9 a.m. EDT on May 12,
Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine’s Mine That Bird rolled
out of the Churchill Downs barn area headed for Baltimore and the
second leg of racing’s Triple Crown.
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Woolley: Pimlico Surface
'Looks Super'
By Tom LaMarra - May 14, 2009
The chance of rain and potential for a wet
racing surface don’t bother trainer Bennie “Chip” Woolley Jr. But he
said dry and fast conditions wouldn’t hurt the chances of Kentucky
Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird.
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Super winner wishes he had
$2 ticket
By Dave Tuley /
Sports Betting
5/14/2009-When 50-1 longshot Mine That Bird pulled
away from the field to win the 135th Kentucky Derby, the scene here
in the Las Vegas race and sports books was just like it was probably
everywhere else in this country: the yells and screams as the field
entered the stretch - when everyone thought they had a shot to cash
- were replaced by stunned silence with just a scattering of shrieks
by those who played their lucky No. 8 or otherwise landed on the
unlikely upsetter.
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The Little Horse that
Could
Mine That Bird brings underdog popularity to
challenged industry
- by Leslie Deckard -
Business Lexington Features
Lexington, KY - Since winning the Kentucky
Derby (gr. I) and finishing a close second to super filly Rachel
Alexandra in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), Mine That Bird has become
a household name from Lexington to New York to Los Angeles, and in
the process is helping to generate a renewed interest in the sport
of horse racing.
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Guests
of the Kentucky Derby Museum wish MINE THAT BIRD luck in the
Preakness
May 13, 2009 - Dozens of visitors to the museum
signed a banner to wish MINE THAT BIRD luck in Saturday’s upcoming
Preakness Race. The second leg of the Triple Crown is eagerly
awaited by fans each year with more than a 30 year streak without a
winner. (The last Triple Crown Winner was Affirmed in 1978.)
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Haskin's Preakness Report:
Haywire
By Steve Haskin - Thursday,
May 14, 2009 BLOODHORSE
There is no denying that Ahmed Zayat started a
firestorm of controversy when he went on HRTV and TVG to announce
and then take
back his intentions of trying to keep Rachel Alexandra out of the
Preakness Stakes (gr. I). The predicted fallout occurred, but it is
now time to cut him some slack.
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