Preakness Stakes 2009- Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore
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Well, Bird was the 2nd favorite, behind Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness, so the line-makers got it right this race.
Owners is usually around 45-55%, trainer around 30ish and the jockeys around 15%....
I know because my dad is the trainer/owner of one of the most infamous horses EVER to run....
...none other than Zippy Chippy...!!
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This is amazing!! Can you believe that MINE THAT BIRD does NOT have a jockey for the Belmonte??!!
Smith takes off Mine That Bird
Updated: May 18, 2009, 5:06 PM ET
By Jay Privman - Daily Racing Form
Mike Smith, who rode Mine That Bird to a second-place finish in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, will not ride him in the June 6 Belmont Stakes, choosing instead to ride Madeo in the Grade 1 Whittingham Stakes at Hollywood Park that day.
Brad Pegram, Smith's agent, informed Chip Woolley, the trainer of Mine That Bird, on Monday morning. The decision opens the possibility that Calvin Borel, who rode Mine That Bird to a victory in the Kentucky Derby before opting to ride the filly Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness, can get back on Mine That Bird for the Belmont, if Rachel Alexandra does not run. As of Monday she was only considered possible for the Belmont.
"We made this commitment to Madeo before the Preakness, before the filly was sold and Calvin took off Mine That Bird to ride the filly and we got a chance to ride Mine That Bird in the Preakness," Pegram said Monday.
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown09/news/story?id=4175615"]Mike Smith takes off Mine That Bird for Belmont Stakes - ESPN[/ame]
Smith takes off Mine That Bird
Updated: May 18, 2009, 5:06 PM ET
By Jay Privman - Daily Racing Form
Mike Smith, who rode Mine That Bird to a second-place finish in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, will not ride him in the June 6 Belmont Stakes, choosing instead to ride Madeo in the Grade 1 Whittingham Stakes at Hollywood Park that day.
Brad Pegram, Smith's agent, informed Chip Woolley, the trainer of Mine That Bird, on Monday morning. The decision opens the possibility that Calvin Borel, who rode Mine That Bird to a victory in the Kentucky Derby before opting to ride the filly Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness, can get back on Mine That Bird for the Belmont, if Rachel Alexandra does not run. As of Monday she was only considered possible for the Belmont.
"We made this commitment to Madeo before the Preakness, before the filly was sold and Calvin took off Mine That Bird to ride the filly and we got a chance to ride Mine That Bird in the Preakness," Pegram said Monday.
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown09/news/story?id=4175615"]Mike Smith takes off Mine That Bird for Belmont Stakes - ESPN[/ame]
Oh, that poor horse! No one wants to stick with this horse? He has a heart the size of Texas! Come on people, show this horse some due respect!
I wish I was light and small so I could ride the homestate horse in the Belmont.
I just can't believe Rachel Alexandra may not race in the Belmont. the sports report I just saw on TV reported that her owners said she has nothing left to prove.
Let's see, she barely won the shortest of the 3 triple crown races. I bet in the mile and a half belmont, she'd get her ass kicked badly.
I think Rachel Alexandra's owners are smart in knowing she can't be competitive over that much longer length.
She doesn't. There are two ways to make money in the horse game.
One involves winning races, one involves sex.
A female is only going to have five to eight foals. A male is going to have dozens. (Mine That Bird, a gelding, is going to have zero).
The smart thing to do with her is to run her in a few races as a 3 year old and then a four year old, pointing towards the Breader's Cup Ladies Classic, and then put her out to pasture. She can be bred to the best males of her generation and the money is big.
Let's not discount the strain that a long, grueling race such as the Belmont can put on a horse, especially a Filly such as Rachel Alexandra.
We don't need another Eight Belles incident.
Let's not discount the strain that a long, grueling race such as the Belmont can put on a horse, especially a Filly such as Rachel Alexandra.
We don't need another Eight Belles incident.
Amen.
It's not like a Triple Crown is at stake.
I am sort of "iffy" on whether she should run or IF she has anything to prove. IF she does not tun...and MINE THAT BIRD wins....it looks like her win was a fluke because she won the shortest of the 3 Triple Crown races...especially with the late charge of MTB and the fact that he needed a new jockey that had never ridden him before.
...so yeah, I guess to me..and to some, the victory in the Preakness could be considered a fluke.
Good point....I guess it would be impossible to "say no to that ride"....as if Megan Fox asking for a date....you could not say no....LOL!
Megan Fox might be able to "transform" me from a loyal husband to a two timin' ahole.
Megan Fox might be able to "transform" me from a loyal husband to a two timin' ahole.
HEY!! I saw her 1st..! LMAO!!!:up:up
