Preakness News

5/5/2009 11:20 PM |  brisnet.com
2 May 2009: Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel score the 50-1 upset victory in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Maryland Jockey Club has arranged for a police escort to meet Mine That Bird and his connections on Interstate 70 prior to the Baltimore beltway and accompany them to Pimlico.

The magnitude of pulling off the second-largest mutuel shocker in Derby history ($103.20) still has not sunk in on Woolley.

"The whole thing is still a whirlwind," Woolley said. "It is hard to get a grip on it that it really happened. Eventually you'll get used to the fact that it really did happen.

"Sunday I was in the paddock getting ready to do an interview and looked up at the sign 'Kentucky Derby 2009, Mine That Bird' and I almost started crying. I couldn't believe it."


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