Mine That Bird, Flying Under the Radar

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Terry — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:34:22 GMT

Dear WOWHORSE you will eat crow (bird) no pun intended?

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Terry — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:30:11 GMT

Lets see - I am thinking gelding, trained for a time by Richard Mandella, ummm... Tin Man.

Go Mine That Bird, win the triple crown!!!

With Barbaro as your guardian angel. :-)

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TerriZ — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:42:50 GMT

Mine that bird will be shut down at the Belmont by Quality Road. Dunkirk still has not recovered from his showdown in the Florida Derby with QR.

QR has the ability to go the distance from his dam Kobia's sire, Strawberry Road. And he has the speed from his sire Elusive Quality.

And God willing, his hooves will be healed by that time.

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outsider — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:20:00 GMT

Jocks will plug the Bo-rail in Preakness.

The little horse that did will need luck to get through again.

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cuzman — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:25:31 GMT

As I reviewed all comments here, one big one was missed.Calvin Borel was the smart jock and could have won the race with any of the horses.He just blew by a lot of tired horses in the stretch.Can he win the Preakness? He won the Derby.

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Brad — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:51:39 GMT

It is hard to listen to the TV "Experts" during the big races sometimes. They can't look at MTB's form and see he didn't have a top jockey in any of his races, and look how tough he was at Woodbine. With Borel, look out. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if he wins the TC. His running style and size could play a huge role in it. Good Luck Mine That Bird... and Calvin

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JCRobinson — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:01:24 GMT

I wonder if Zenyatta will leave Cal. again- doubt it. RA does have a Poly win, but how does that translate to Pro-Ride? I really wish that the BC was at Churchill this year.........

As for RA, her connections did what they felt was BEST FOR THE HORSE. Wouldn't it be nice if we could say that about others? If she had been beat up in the Derby, how many of you complaining that she wasn't in there would be complaining that she had run? (not to mention that if RA had been in the Derby, the Oaks would have basically been a NW of 1 other than)

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crazy stardust — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:59:40 GMT

CAM

I could not agree with you more. EVERY horse needs to be noticed. Maybe this was a wake up call for the media. OR maybe it was Barbaro saying "hey I am home finally and you guys are not giving ALL the horses a piece of the pie". #8 pink silks? Well I just agree with you. :) ALL horses are important, small, big, earnings, etc. They are all HORSES!

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crazy stardust — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:47:13 GMT

LACS70

I wonder if RA will race Zenyatta. ????????? :)

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crazy stardust — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:42:39 GMT

aspradling

Kinda makes you wish you would have Minded that Bird Saturday aye? LOL :) I'll be Minding that Bird from now on. :)

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LACS70 — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:14:29 GMT

A few thoughts...

Rachel Alexandra, hands down, is the best 3-year old in the country. Her connections did a diservice to Horse Racing by not allowing her to run against the colts in the Derby, thus allowing her to live up to her potential. What trainer is going to want to put their filly up agianst her now and have her heart broken?

Secondly, KD 135 will be remembered for the best suprise finish since 1971. With this year being the 90th anniversary of Sir Barton's triple crown win, I would love to see this gelding make history. Why not!

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aspradling — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:39:09 GMT

Wowhorse: Mine That Bird's name stems from combining his Sire, Birdstone, and Dam, Mining My Own, names.

Birdstone + Mining My Own = Mine That Bird

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gammyp6 — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:53:27 GMT

It is premature to say he won't or can't win the Preakness. I do my own handicapping and I was taught by the best-my Dad. We put our heads together for the Derby. I said "Pop, who is it gonna be?" Without blinking an eye he said "Mine That Bird". Cha-Ching!!

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Gary — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:36:16 GMT

Can't say I was disappointed at all. It was a good race and will be well remembered. Kind of reminded me of Sea Hero's dramatic move in 93. I will be rooting for MTB. I had to figure with all the scratches and injuries such as Quality Road and IWR...etc that we might not know who the best was anyway. Maybe its time for an out of nowhere run for the triple crown.

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crazy stardust — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:24:52 GMT

Denise

IF Mine That Bird and Calvin win the Triple Crown, I can only imagine the love and heartwarming feelings all around the world for those two. Calvin rocks and if he hits the TC, OMG that will be a picture perfect moment for sure. Never know. :)