Mine That Bird
| Mine That Bird | |
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Mine That Bird at Santa Anita Park in Oct, 2009
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| Sire | Birdstone |
| Grandsire | Grindstone |
| Dam | Mining My Own |
| Damsire | Smart Strike |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | May 10, 2006 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Lamantia Blackburn & Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds |
| Owner | 1) Dominion Bloodstock, D. Ball and HGHR Inc. 2) Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine |
| Trainer | 1) David Cotey 2) Richard Mandella 3) Bennie L. "Chip" Woolley, Jr. 4) D. Wayne Lukas |
| Record | 18: 5-2-1 |
| Earnings | $2,228,637 |
| Major wins | |
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Silver Deputy Stakes (2008) Kentucky Derby (2009) |
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| Awards | |
| Canadian Champion 2-yr-old Male Horse (2008) | |
| Last updated on May 22, 2010 | |
Silver Deputy Stakes (2008)
Swynford Stakes (2008)
Grey Stakes (2008)
Mine That Bird (foaled May 10, 2006) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who had a racing career in both Canada and the United States from 2008 to 2010. He is best known for pulling off a monumental upset, at 50-to-1 odds, by winning the Kentucky Derby in 2009. He became one of only nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby and the second gelding to win the race since 1929. He continued to have success in the two remaining races of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing by finishing second in the 2009 Preakness Stakes and third in the 2009 Belmont Stakes. On November 6, 2010, Mine That Bird was retired from racing after being winless in nine starts since the Kentucky Derby. He amassed $2,228,637 in earnings and won five of eighteen starts during his three-year racing career.
Mine That Bird was born in Kentucky. His sire is Birdstone (winner of the 2004 Belmont Stakes), and his dam is Mining My Own. He is related to Northern Dancer from both of his parents and is related to Native Dancer and Mr. Prospector on his dam's side.
Canadian trainer David Cotey purchased Mine That Bird for $9,500 from the 2007 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling Sale. He and his partners raced the gelding at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, where he won four of six starts and was voted the 2008 Canadian Champion 2-yr-old Male Horse. Cotey nominated the horse for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and the Kentucky Derby. Chantal Sutherland rode him to victory in the Silver Deputy Stakes and the Swynford Stakes. After she and the horse won the Grey Stakes on October 11, 2008, the partnership accepted a $400,000 offer from the New Mexico partnership of Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine. His new owners turned the gelding over to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella. In the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Mine That Bird finished last of the twelve starters.
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