Mine That Bird uncertain for Preakness
In case you missed it, a longshot won the first leg of this year’s Triple Crown trail.
You read it, it was a huge payday for some people who like underdogs as virtual longshot Mine That Bird came out of nowhere to win the 135th Kentucky Derby last weekend.
It was a shocking result to what has been a disappointing outing for some of the Derby favorites. One of the favorites, Friesan Fire, deemed by some as the horse that will finally give the sport its first Triple Crown champion in years, finished second to last.
Who would’ve thought that Mine That Bird would go on and win the Kentucky Derby after being listed by sportsbooks with 51-1 odds of winning? Heck, who would’ve thought that the thoroughbred would snatch the race lead after running in dead last coming to the final turn?
Incredible.
And while many bettors are now probably putting their money on Mine That Bird already for the next leg of the Triple Crown, that being the 2009 Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course, we found out that the Kentucky Derby champion’s availability for the next big race is still uncertain.
Yes, after shocking horse racing fans, Mine That Bird is still far from being a certainty to head to the second leg of the 2009 Triple Crown trail. This year’s Preakness Stakes is scheduled on May 16 and as of press time, the thoroughbred’s owners are not giving their prized property the green light for Pimlico just yet.
‘’We’ll let the horse tell us,’’ Mark Allen, who owns Mine That Bird with Dr. Leonard Blach, said. ‘’We’ll run some blood work on him, make sure it’s where it should be.’’
‘’The plan was that if he showed something here, to skip the Preakness and go to the Belmont, like his dad.’’
Mine That Bird is a son of Birdstone, who won the 1 ½-mile Belmont Stakes in 2004. The final leg of this year’s Triple Crown trail is scheduled for June 6.
Can Mine That Bird win the 2009 Preakness Stakes and be a step closer from becoming the 2009 Triple Crown champion? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.
Yes 7.00
No 1.10
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