Kentucky Derby News
May 8, 2009
Heavy Rain, Storms Prompt Churchill Downs to Cancel Final Five Friday Races
In the interest of human and equine safety, Churchill Downs called off its final five races late Friday afternoon following a heavy wave of showers and thunderstorms. It was just the third cancellation of its kind in the last 19 years at the historic...
May 7, 2009
BARN NOTES (May 7, 2009) -- Rachel Alexandra Gallops for New Connections/Mine That Bird Gallops/Leparoux Grabs Riding Lead
RACHEL ALEXANDRA MOVES TO NEW BARN – Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick’s new purchase Rachel Alexandra began her new life in the care of trainer Steve Asmussen on Thursday morning by galloping once around a sloppy Churchill Downs main...
May 7, 2009
Oculuna Noses Northern Belle to Win Churchill Downs Feature
Silverton Hill’s Oculuna outgamed Northern Belle through a stretch-long duel to win Thursday’s $51,785 featured allowance at Churchill Downs by a nose.
Ridden by Julien Leparoux, Oculuna ranged alongside Northern Belle at the top of the...
May 6, 2009
Huge Carryover Pools In Pick 6, Super HI-5 As Racing Resumes at Churchill Downs on Wednesday
Fans who are still recovering from the 135th Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and the surprise victory by 50-1 shot Mine That Bird will have added motivation to return to the track when the Spring Meet resumes on Wednesday as huge carryover pools...
May 6, 2009
BARN NOTES (May 6, 2009) -- Mine That Bird Gallops Two Miles/Terrain Preakness-Bound/Oaks Winner Rachel Alexandra Back On Track
MINE THAT BIRD GALLOPS TWICE AROUND – Longshot Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird galloped twice around the Churchill Downs through a light drizzle Wednesday morning with exercise rider Charlie Figueroa up. “He looked super...
May 6, 2009
Tap Dancing Splashes to Hobert Summers Memorial Win
Elizabeth Alexander’s Tap Dancing held off a late bid from Silver Mountain by a length to win the featured $43,760 Hobert Summers Memorial over a “sloppy” track at Churchill Downs in a field reduced to four on Wednesday afternoon.
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May 5, 2009
Mine That Bird Gallops Toward Preakness; Terrain, Stall Near Preakness Decision; Pure Clan Works
MINE THAT BIRD ‘LOPES’ ONCE AROUND – Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine’s Kentucky Derby 135 winner Mine That Bird back-tracked to the paddock tunnel and then ‘loped’ once around a “fast” Churchill...
May 4, 2009
Kentucky Derby 135 Sunday Wrap-Up: Mine That Bird Well After Upset
The morning after the stunning victory in the $2,177,200 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) by Mine That Bird was a busy one for his owners and trainer – and for the 3-year-old gelding that won the roses with his last-to-first rally...
May 4, 2009
Mine That Bird Team Salutes Barbaro, Offers Roses From Derby Garland to Fans
Kentucky Derby fans who visited Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum on the day after the 135th “Run for the Roses” got a surprise gift from the team behind Mine That Bird, the 50-1 longshot that won America’s greatest race...
May 4, 2009
Mine That Bird Back to Track and Preakness Bound/General Quarters Possible for Preakness/Einstein Eyes Foster 'Cap
KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER MINE THAT BIRD RETURNS TO CHURCHILL DOWNS TRACK – “I have never been to Baltimore, but it looks like I won’t be able to say that in a few days,” Bennie “Chip” Woolley Jr. said Monday morning at...
