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Mine That Bird was still listed with +350 odds to win the 2009 Preakness Stakes this coming Saturday even after his shocking upset at this year's Kentucky Derby.
He worked a half-mile in :49 1/5 under jockey Calvin Borel, according to BloodSport.com. His recorded fractions were :12.80, :25.20, and :37 as he galloped out five-eighths in 1:02.80.
"That was no work for him," Woolley said. "He didn't flare a nostril coming back. Calvin did a great job."
Rachel Alexandra remained the Preakness Stakes favorite at near even odds: -120.
BloodSport was also reporting that Hull (still listed with odds at SBG Global) will bypass the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) and will run instead in the seven-furlong Woody Stephens Stakes (gr. II) on Belmont day. Also trainer Chip Woolley confirmed that Mike Smith will ride Mine That Bird if Rachel Alexandra runs in the Preakness.
The following odds are courtesy of SBG Global:
6101
Big Drama
+1600
6102
Conservative
+1200
6103
Flying Private
+1600
6104
Friesan Fire
+500
6105
General Quarters
+600
6106
Hull
+1400
6107
Mine That Bird
+350
6108
Musket Man
+500
6109
Papa Clem
+500
6110
Pioneer of the Nile
+500
6111
Rachel Alexandra
-120
6112
Take The Points
+1500
6113
Terrain
+2500
6114
Tone It Down
+5000
Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
