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Post by flannery on May 2, 2009 17:50:03 GMT -5
At 50-1, Mine That Bird won today--the longest of long shots in the Kentucky Derby. How great he looked in that mud.... We should adopt him as our official board pet because he is so inspiring to those of us who are feeling we may be long shots, too....  |
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Post by Legal Beagle on May 2, 2009 18:33:26 GMT -5
Good thought, Bunny! Also goes to show that the street smarts of his jockey beat the rich blue-stocking princes and captains of industry. Beagles, Bunnies, and colts - Oh my!
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Post by flannery on May 2, 2009 18:55:34 GMT -5
Yeah, Beagle, you're right. There is a kind of "captains of industry" theme vs. the "little guy." Mine That Bird's owner definitely falls within the lattter category and for that, we can all love him (a 22 hour trailer ride from dusty, dry W.Texas/New Mexico to get his mud-loving colt to the dance just barely on time)..... Maybe running in the mud was actually an advantage to a west Texas colt who was so very thirsty...
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Post by vand**e on May 2, 2009 22:01:03 GMT -5
The horse cost the owner $9,500. If he put the same amount on "miner" in the derby - he's now $475,000 ahead. Not a bad investment. Let's hear it for all those longshots that pay off in the end! ;D
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Post by Legal Beagle on May 3, 2009 7:36:05 GMT -5
Imagine what his stud fees are going to be - even if he does not win any of the other TC legs. That jockey really knew how to navigate traffic!
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Post by okeydokey on May 3, 2009 9:26:09 GMT -5
Another thought on long shots...
I have a new back-up plan if I am not chosen as an ALJ. Justice Souter is retiring...
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Post by easystreet on May 3, 2009 9:59:44 GMT -5
Calvin Borel was aboard Mine that Bird (out of Birdstone -- Marylou Whitney's entry that beat Smarty Jones in the Belmont a couple of years ago). Borel is a pretty inspiring story, too. He was aboard Rachel Alexandra the day before in the Oaks, winning by an impressive 20 1/4 lengths. Great jockey! As for those stud fees, you can forget it. Mine that Bird is a gelding!
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Post by Legal Beagle on May 3, 2009 10:58:23 GMT -5
As for those stud fees, you can forget it. Mine that Bird is a gelding! Oops. My bad! |
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Post by flannery on May 3, 2009 11:19:26 GMT -5
Beagle, just a simple faux paw-- not to worry about his gelding status. I saw a video clip the other week of weenie dogs racing. It showed about 20 dachsunds thundering down the course, ears a flapping, their keels and bellies nearly dragging along the dirt track. Remarkable, given their unique anatomy, they were really moving fast. Maybe because they were unencumbered by saddles and jockies?  I know rabbits are supposed to be fast, but that is an urban legend. I'm sure I would have been a 50-1 in the weenie dog race, even without a saddle to slow me down... |
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Post by alj on May 3, 2009 16:40:07 GMT -5
Beagle, just a simple faux paw-- not to worry about his gelding status. I saw a video clip the other week of weenie dogs racing. It showed about 20 dachshund thundering down the course, ears a flapping, their keels and bellies nearly dragging along the dirt track. Remarkable, given their unique anatomy, they were really moving fast. Maybe because they were unencumbered by saddles and jockies? I know rabbits are supposed to be fast, but that is an urban legend. I'm sure I would have been a 50-1 in the weenie dog race, even without a saddle to slow me down... OK, Bunny I laughed at that one. I do think that any bunny worth her carrots could beat a Dachshund, though. As Mine That Bird has been gelded, he will be racing well beyond his 3 year old season, just as he has been bred to do. He is in the same situation as, I think it was Funny Cide, several years ago. |
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I know rabbits are supposed to be fast, but that is an urban legend. I'm sure I would have been a 50-1 in the weenie dog race, even without a saddle to slow me down...