Mine That Bird Retired 11/2010

[Gremlin Lad]

RACING NEWS: Mine That Bird, who stunned the racing world when he won the 2009 Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds, has been retired. "They told me they were going to pick him up and take him home," trainer D. Wayne Lukas said of owners Dr. Leonard Blach and Mark Allen. "He is just not mentally into it." Lukas said Mine That Bird will be sent to Blach’s Buena Surte Ranch in Roswell, N.M. Lukas said the decision was made Nov. 7, one day after Mine That Bird finished 10th in the 12-horse field in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I). "We talked it over quite thoroughly before the race," Lukas said. "His weight was excellent and he was still physically sound. He was just going through the motions. I am really disappointed about the Mile. Before the race, I really thought we were going to win it but he didn’t get the trip and the winner (Dakota Phone) ran a great race."


found on Brisnet.com

[Thunder Gulch]

Lukas is so out of touch it isn't funny....Hamazing Destiny did key a nice exacta for me though on Saturday

[zebra58]

let wolley have another shot

[unusialsusp5]

this horse has been a total stiff since that fluke derby win. he couldn't win a 5000 claimer at mountaineer. i had the foresight to throw him out of every race he ran after that derby rail skimming win.

[callmejrk1]

he should of retired allready

[zebra58]

horse probably lost all interest during the cross-country road trip w/chip woolley & his pick up truck, side swiping other trucks windows broken out who knows what else, gotta keep the horse happy

[MadTiger]

horse probably lost all interest during the cross-country road trip w/chip woolley & his pick up truck, side swiping other trucks windows broken out who knows what else, gotta keep the horse happy

Hahaa!

And double lulz for can't win a $5,000 claimer at Mountaineer.

Yeah, that horse fell the hell off after the Derby win.

I was explaining to someone before that horses are just like people in that some days, they just don't feel like working.

[robmpink]

this horse has been a total stiff since that fluke derby win. he couldn't win a 5000 claimer at mountaineer. i had the foresight to throw him out of every race he ran after that derby rail skimming win.

He finished 2nd in the preakness. Not bad for a stiff. After that, he tanked.

[gtkid911]

Just an early bird in the crop. He excelled at 2 and then gradually got worst.

[tim0402]

Just an early bird in the crop. He excelled at 2 and then gradually got worst.

obviously a horse enthusiast here.. smart man

[unusialsusp5]

yes, he had enough left to get that 2nd in the preakness. but after that he needed binoculars to find the finish line. they should of sold him after that preakness placing. owner and trainer inept.

[robmpink]

yes, he had enough left to get that 2nd in the preakness. but after that he needed binoculars to find the finish line. they should of sold him after that preakness placing. owner and trainer inept.

Kind of like Giacomo (sic). Funnycide didn't fair much better, but he raced a few more years after 3.

[Racing Form]

Time for lots of horsey sex at about $10k a pop.

[tim0402]

10k?? that much

[zebra58]

Time for lots of horsey sex at about $10k a pop.

no horsey sex for the bird he's a gelding, that's while they kept racing after the belmont, surely would of been sent straight to breeding shed,, makes you wonder how many past derby winners would have turned out to be flops in racing, had they not been retired soon after & sent to the breeding shed

[Racing Form]

no horsey sex for the bird he's a gelding, that's while they kept racing after the belmont, surely would of been sent straight to breeding shed,, makes you wonder how many past derby winners would have turned out to be flops in racing, had they not been retired soon after & sent to the breeding shed

omg my bad, wow now that would be dumb to pay 10k for servicing by a gelding