| LUKAS HAS MINE THAT BIRD WORK AT SARATOGA
- Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports
Network) - Former Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird put in a
one-mile workout Wednesday morning at Saratoga Race Course. The
four-year-old gelding is being readied for a start in the Whitney
Handicap next month.
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Mine That Bird, the 2009 Kentucky Derby
winner, worked six furlongs in 1:12.40, handily, over the Oklahoma
Training Track Thursday morning with Calvin Borel aboard in
preparation for the Grade 1 Whitney Invitational at Saratoga Race
Course on August 7.
“I was real pleased – I thought it was his best work
yet,” said Lukas of the move, which was the lone workout at the
distance over the course. “We won’t work him between now and the
Whitney.”
Lukas was also happy with the 4-year-old gelding’s recent physical
development.
“He’s put on a lot of weight and muscle,” said Lukas. “Calvin
remarked about how much he has changed.”
With the Whitney expected to draw Quality Road, Blame, and
Haynesfield, Lukas knows Mine That Bird has a formidable task ahead.
“We’re definitely going into the deep end,” said Lukas. “You can’t
go into a race like this soft.” |
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Lukas
not making predictions but he likes Mine That Bird
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(Times Union) August 4, 2010 - SARATOGA SPRINGS — If Mine That
Bird beats Quality Road in Saturday’s Whitney, you bet it’s a
monumental upset. Mine That Bird, the 50-1 winner of the ‘09
Kentucky Derby, is 12-1 on the Whitney morning line; Quality Road,
the dominant horse in the handicap division, is holding at 2-5.
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Quality
Road the favorite for Whitney at Saratoga -
(Post Star)
SARATOGA SPRINGS -
August 5, 2010 - As Saratoga Race Course announcer Tom Durkin
tackled a short list of six horses entered in Saturday's Grade I
Whitney Handicap, most of the names rolled off his tongue.
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Mine
That Bird sharp in work - August 24, 2010
- SARATOGA, SPRINGS, N.Y. - Mine That Bird worked six furlongs in
1:11.85 over the Oklahoma training track Tuesday morning in
preparation for the Woodward Stakes on Sept. 4. He was equipped in
blinkers, equipment he will wear for the first time in the Woodward.
Jockey Rajiv Maragh was aboard for the work, in which
Mine That Bird went the first three furlongs in 36.03 seconds and
the last three-eighths in 35.82.
“That was the best work he’s had since we’ve had him,” Lukas said.
Lukas said that while Maragh worked the gelding, that doesn’t
necessarily mean he is going to replace Calvin Borel for the next
race. |
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Mine
That Bird to Get Blinkers for Woodward -
August 28, 2010 - Mine That Bird,
winless since taking the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum!
Brands (gr. I) at odds of 50-1, remains on target for the $750,000
Woodward (gr. I) at Saratoga in New York Sept. 4, but will get a
change of equipment, according to Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne
Lukas.
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Mine
That Bird has final drill for Woodward -
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - August 30,
2010 - Mine That Bird, the 2009 Kentucky Derby winner, continues to
work sharply in preparation for Saturday’s Grade 1 Woodward Stakes,
drilling five furlongs in 1:00.25 over the Oklahoma training track
on Monday. Saratoga clockers caught his first three furlongs in
36.94 seconds and his last quarter in 23.31 under jockey Rajiv
Maragh.
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Rajiv
Maragh will ride Mine That Bird at Woodward Stakes instead of jockey
Calvin Borel - SARATOGA SPRINGS - September 2, 2010 - The Kentucky Derby joyride is
over for Calvin Borel and Mine That Bird.
Rajiv Maragh will ride the little 4-year-old gelding in Saturday's
Woodward Stakes, replacing Borel.
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Maragh
will ride Mine That Bird in Woodward
SARATOGA
SPRINGS, N.Y. – It will be
blinkers on and Calvin Borel
off Mine That Bird when the
2009 Kentucky Derby winner
takes on Quality Road and
five others in Saturday’s
Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward
Stakes at Saratoga.
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DERBY WINNER MINE THAT BIRD WORKS AT
CHURCHILL DOWNS - LOUISVILLE, KY. (Sunday,
October 17, 2010) – Mine That Bird, winner of the 2009 Kentucky
Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), and Haynesfield, upset
winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (GI) last time out, tuned up for
runs in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships with workouts on
Sunday at Churchill Downs.
Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Serte Equine’s Mine That Bird breezed
five furlongs in 1:01.20 for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
The move by the 4-year-old Birdstone gelding was the sixth-fastest
of 25 at the distance over a “fast” track. Lukas is pointing Mine
That Bird, who has failed to win eight races since his victory at
odds of 50-1 in Kentucky Derby 135, toward a possible run in the $1
million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI) on Saturday, Nov. 6. |
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2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird to take aim at
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile - October 18,
2010 - Mine That Bird, winless since taking the 2009 Kentucky Derby
at 50-1 odds, is being pointed for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt
Mile on Nov. 6, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said.
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Mike
Smith is back aboard Mine That Bird for Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
- Louisville, KY - October 20, 2010 - Hall of Fame
jockey Mike Smith will ride 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That
Bird in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said.
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Mine That Bird Zips in
Churchill Workout
Louisville, KY - October 25,
2010 - Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine’s Mine That Bird,
winless since his huge 50-1 upset victory in the 2009 Kentucky Derby
Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), worked five-eighths of a mile in
1:00 at Churchill Downs Oct. 25.
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- Photo: Reed Palmer
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Mine That Bird to Retire
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November 7, 2010 - The team behind
Mine That Bird had hoped running him in the $1 million Breeders' Cup
mile Saturday would help steady the slumping horse. |
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Mine That Bird Day set for November 28
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Nov. 23, 2010 - Churchill Downs fans will have an
opportunity to bid farewell to the long shot winner of the 2009
Kentucky Derby (G1) on November 28 when MINE THAT BIRD makes his
final appearance on the site of one of the biggest upsets in
American racing history. |
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Fans get opportunity to say good-bye to Mine
That Bird - By Marty
McGee/Daily Racing Form - LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Nov. 26, 2010 - They
will scatter like the wind after the fall meet ends Sunday at
Churchill Downs, departing for Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
elsewhere. The horses, that is. One will even leave Monday morning
on a van bound for New Mexico, completing a storybook circle that
began a little more than 18 months ago.
Mine That Bird
is going home, apparently for good, but not before the fans who turn
out here Sunday get to say farewell. His saga is the kind that makes
Kentucky Derby lore richer by the year, an almost unbelievable tale
of an underdog emerging from nowhere to reach the apex of the sports
world.
“He’s been good
to us, and we’re honored that Churchill will be having us in Sunday
so that the people can say good-bye,” said Leonard Blach, the equine
veterinarian who co-owns Mine That Bird with Mark Allen, his
Roswell, N.M., neighbor. “We’ll be here for that, then leave out
Monday morning.”
Mine That Bird
will be led over from the backstretch to the paddock along with the
runners for the seventh race. After the race, a winner’s circle
ceremony honoring the 4-year-old Mine That Bird will be conducted
with the co-owners and former trainer Chip Woolley on hand.
Mine That Bird
arrived at Churchill about as unheralded as possible for a Derby
starter on April 21, 2009, following a two-day trip from New Mexico.
He was 50-1 when he won the 135th Derby by 6 3/4 lengths under
Calvin Borel, becoming the second longest priced winner in race
history.
Churchill
officials said Friday they were unsure whether Borel would be able
to participate in the farewell because the three-time Derby-winning
jockey is recovering from the multiple jaw fractures he sustained in
a Nov. 20 spill at Delta Downs. |
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Emotional Farewell to
Popular Kentucky Derby Winner Mine That Bird Caps Churchill Downs'
2010 Fall Meet -
Nov. 28, 2010 - The curtain
dropped on the Churchill Downs Fall Meet on Sunday, Nov. 28 with a
farewell salute to 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, who is
heading home to New Mexico after retiring from his career on the
track. |
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Mine
That Bird Statue Makes Sunland Park Home -
A statue of Mine That Bird has been housed for
the past year at the Kentucky Derby Hall of Fame at Churchill Downs
in Louisville, Kentucky is now on display at Sunland Park Racetrack.
It was given to owners, Mark Allen and Leonard Blach after the 2010
Kentucky Derby. Mine That Bird winner of the 135th running of the
Kentucky Derby as a 50-1 odds, 2009. |
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Mine That Bird adjusting to life in
retirement - Dec. 17, 2010 - Mine That Bird has
spent the past three weeks making the transition from racehorse to
retiree at his new home, Double Eagle Ranch in Roswell, N.M |
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Mine That Bird, winner of the 135th
Kentucky Derby, enjoying his new toy and retirement at Double Eagle
Ranch, Roswell, NM - photos by Susan Hunter - 1/3/2011. |
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Mine That Bird Anniversary
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