Major Upset! Canadian Horse Mine That Bird wins the Kentucky Derby!
Photo Credit - Mark Zerof, US PresswireI am so thrilled about this - I love these kinds of stories. If you missed the Kentucky Derby, here it is from YouTube
The horse, Mine the Bird, has a great pedigree but was purchased for $9,500 and rode in a trailer for 3 days, being hauled by a pick-up truck by its owner, to get to the race. They are saying this is the biggest upset in derby history! The jocky was Calvin Borel. Way to go Calvin, smooth moves! The announcers are so busy talking about the horses in the lead that they completely missed this horse threading his way up to the front as if the other horses were standing still.
I am sure everyone is Googling Mine That Bird. I found this news story online - http://www.usatoday.com/sports/horses/triple/derby/2009-05-02-race-final_N.htm
In another news story I read that his training jockey described this horse as "very intelligent."
Way to go!
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