Mine That Bird - 2009 Preakness Stakes Contender
- Trainer: Bennie Woolley Jr.
- Jockey: Calvin Borel
- Owner: Double Eagle Ranch & Bueno Suerte Equine
- Breeder: Lamantia, Blackburn & Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds
The $184.90 payoff after Donerail's victory in 1913 remains the Kentucky Derby standard, but Mine That Bird's $103.20 mutuel eased past that of Giacomo, who paid $102.60 in 2005 after sliding past 71-1 Closing Argument and upsetting future Preakness-Belmont champion Afleet Alex. The 6 3/4-length margin of victory was the largest in the Derby since Assault, a Triple Crown winner, won by eight lengths in 1946; Assault was hard-pressed to win his Preakness by a neck.
Donerail didn't try the Preakness, but Giacomo did and he finished third at 6-1. It would figure Mine That Bird's odds would take a precipitous drop as well. Incidentally, Mine That Bird's sire, Birdstone, upset Smarty Jones in his Triple Crown bid when he won the Belmont Stakes at 36-1. The Kentucky-bred made his first five starts at Woodbine, showing nothing in his debut but winning his next four, including three stakes following a victory in a $62.5 claiming race, to wrap up the Sovereign Award as Canada's top 2-year-old.
The intoxication of success brought the colt to Santa Anita where he finished last of 12 in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Mine That Bird was trained by David Cotey, who purchased the gelding for $9,500 and owned him in partnership with Derek Ball, Dominion Bloodstock and HGHR Inc. They sold the gelding to current owners for $400,000. He made two starts at 3, both at Sunland Park, finishing a neck back in second in the Borderland Derby, then fourth in the Sunland Derby in his final Kentucky Derby prep race March 29. As a May 10 foal, it could be said that he was only 2 years old when he won the Kentucky Derby. From preakness.com.
Mine That Bird Preakness Odds »
2009 Preakness Stakes Entries
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10-1 Preakness Odds Big Drama
Trainer: David Fawkes Jockey: John Velazquez
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6-1 Preakness Odds Mine That Bird
Trainer: Bennie Woolley Jr. Jockey: Mike Smith
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8-1 Preakness Odds Musket Man
Trainer: Derek Ryan Jockey: Eibar Coa
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50-1 Preakness Odds Luv Gov
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Jockey: Jamie Theriot II
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6-1 Preakness Odds Friesan Fire
Trainer: Larry Jones Jockey: Gabriel Saez
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30-1 Preakness Odds Terrain
Trainer: Albert Stall Jr. Jockey: Jeremy Rose
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12-1 Preakness Odds Papa Clem
Trainer: Gary Stute Jockey: Rafael Bejarano
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20-1 Preakness Odds General Quarters
Trainer: Thomas R. McCarthy Jockey: Julien Leparoux
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5-1 Preakness Odds Pioneerof the Nile
Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Garrett Gomez
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50-1 Preakness Odds Flying Private
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas Jockey: Alan Garcia
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30-1 Preakness Odds Take The Points
Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: Edgar Prado
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50-1 Preakness Odds Tone It Down
Trainer: Bill Komlo Jockey: Kent Desormeaux
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8-5 Preakness Odds Rachel Alexandra
Trainer: Steve Asmussen Jockey: Calvin Borel
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