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Mine That Bird Set to Arrive at Derby Museum

Mine That Bird Set to Arrive at Derby Museum

Mine That Bird, winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will arrive at the Kentucky Derby Museum for an extended stay April 15 at 11 a.m.

 Sunday, April 14, 2013
Mine That Bird to Make Derby Museum Home

Mine That Bird to Make Derby Museum Home

Upset winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) Mine That Bird will make the Kentucky Derby Museum his home during the spring meet at Churchill Downs this year.

 Thursday, March 07, 2013
Borderland Derby Renamed After Mine That Bird

Borderland Derby Renamed After Mine That Bird

Racing Officials at Sunland Park have renamed the Borderland Derby in honor of Mine That Bird, upset winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Friday, June 22, 2012
Mine That Bird Relaxes While Dullahan Works

Mine That Bird Relaxes While Dullahan Works

Mine That Bird, winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum Brands (gr. I) and living in retirement in New Mexico, is a half brother to 2012 Derby hopeful Dullahan.

 Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Derby Winner Mine That Bird Sent to Lukas

Derby Winner Mine That Bird Sent to Lukas

The owners of 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird have taken the son of Birdstone away from trainer Chip Woolley and shipped him to Hall of Fame conditioner D. Wayne Lukas.

 Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Mine That Bird Items on Display at Museum

Mine That Bird Items on Display at Museum

The crutches and cowboy hat worn by trainer Chip Woolley before and after last year's Kentucky Derby will be on display at the Kentucky Derby Museum when it reopens following renovation.

 Monday, March 29, 2010
Mine That Bird Out of Travers Stakes

Mine That Bird Out of Travers Stakes

The Aug. 29 Shadwell Travers Stakes (gr. I) lost some of its luster hours before entries were taken Aug. 26 when it was announced that Mine That Bird, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), would not run in the "Mid-Summer Derby" at Saratoga Racecourse.

 Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Mine That Bird's Owners Check In

Mine That Bird's entourage grew a bit the morning of May 31 as Mark Allen and Dr. Leonard Blach, the New Mexico-based co-owners of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner, made a quick stop in Louisville en route to New York for the June 6 Belmont Stakes (gr. I).

 Sunday, May 31, 2009
Haskin's Derby Recap: Rare Bird Sighting

Haskin's Derby Recap: Rare Bird Sighting

Well, we saw one bird fly over the rainbow. The vast majority of experts and racing fans were astounded, aghast, and amazed at Mine That Bird's otherworldly performance in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), in which he took off on a demonic dash as if he were being chased by a swarm of angry hornets.

 Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Report: Mine That Bird Owner Tied to Scandal

Report: Mine That Bird Owner Tied to Scandal

An Alaska newspaper article claims a co-owner of the upset winner in the May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) has alleged ties to a public scandal involving state politicians and likely bought his share of Mine That Bird with $30 million he received from the separate sale of his family's oil field services company.

 Sunday, May 03, 2009

Stakes-Placed Bay Head King to Buena Suerte in New Mexico

Bay Head King, a multiple stakes-placed son of Saint Ballado, will enter stud at Dr. Leonard Blach's Buena Suerte Equine near Roswell, N.M.

 Monday, January 26, 2004