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 Mine That Bird pulls off upset in Kentucky Derby

By BETH HARRIS – 

“LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — 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.

“Those cowboys,” trainer Bob Baffert said, “they came with a good horse.”

Mine That Bird went off at 50-1 odds Saturday, but that was only one measure of how little attention he garnered before pulling away in the stretch to score a 6 3/4-length victory at Churchill Downs, the second-biggest stunner in Derby history. The margin was the largest since Assault won by eight lengths in 1946…”

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• As seen from Woodbine (Trip-Dead-Heat)
•  Andy  Beyer tries to rationalize The Bird
• Also see   Winning breeder says he’s ‘in shock’
• From Kentucky.com , see excellent , complete coverage