Mine That Bird defies odds to win Kentucky Derby
China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-04 07:38
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: Mine That Bird trainer Chip Woolley does not like to give too much advice to his jockeys but offered Calvin Borel a little gem on Saturday.
"All I asked him was to lay the horse back and be patient," said Woolley. "And he did that magically."
Borel guided Mine That Bird to the second-biggest shock in the 135 years of the Kentucky Derby, leading the 50-1 long shot - the $103.20 payout for a $2 win ticket was the largest since Donerail returned $184.90 in 1913 - to a 6 3/4 length victory.
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