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Mine That Bird May Skip Preakness

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted May 3, 2009 3:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird may pass over the Preakness and aim for a strong Belmont Stakes run in June instead, the AP reports. "The Preakness tends to be a little more speed-biased and I don't know that that's going to fit our horse," said trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. But co-owner Mark Allen said the horse will run if he's "doing good." A Derby winner hasn't skipped the Preakness in 13 years.

Jockey Calvin Borel smiles as he grabs the halter of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the stable area at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009.
Jockey Calvin Borel smiles as he grabs the halter of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the stable area at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
Calvin Borel rides Mine That Bird to a victory during the 135th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Louisville, Ky.
Calvin Borel rides Mine That Bird to a victory during the 135th Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Louisville, Ky.   (AP Photo/John Flavell)
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird peers from his stall before dawn at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009.
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird peers from his stall before dawn at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr., talks with reporters outside his barn at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009. Woolley trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.
Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr., talks with reporters outside his barn at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009. Woolley trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.   (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird is held outside his stable by exercise rider Charlie Figueroa at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009.
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird is held outside his stable by exercise rider Charlie Figueroa at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, May 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Garry Jones)
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If this horse is doing good, you bet we'll run, but he's going to have to tell us. The horse will tell us. We don't owe nobody nothing. - Mine That Bird co-owner Mark Allen

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