Kentucky Derby 2009 Amazing Overhead replay of Mine That Bird

25 Responses to “Kentucky Derby 2009 Amazing Overhead replay of Mine That Bird”

1. spam1237 Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

   A fluke horse? MTB has won before in stakes races which is a step up from claiming races. He is a good horse. He just hasn’t had his day yet to win again. In Canada was a Champ 2 yr old. Also, he was second in the Preakness, third at the Belmont. At least he finished in the money. Lastly he doesn’t take to Synthetics well prior his last two starts.

2. JessieAckles Says:
   December 29th, 2009 at 4:37 am

   coming from the back of the pack and winning the kentucky derby is not a fluke. awesome race.

   is is just me or do alot of the horses who start at the back of the pack are the ones who win the race?lol.not all the time but sometimes.

3. checkosiskt Says:
   January 12th, 2010 at 3:08 am

   your chick is a dud. nice race like that horse

4. level2789 Says:
   January 19th, 2010 at 12:08 pm

   This American Life!

5. thesimpaticos Says:
   January 21st, 2010 at 5:30 pm

   I watched this because of This American Life, too! (The episode is called “Long Shot”)

6. darlhar Says:
   January 22nd, 2010 at 7:50 am

   Yes thanks to This American Life!

7. dehlz Says:
   January 23rd, 2010 at 4:40 pm

   Incredible, I love This American Life

8. ensurePlus1 Says:
   February 1st, 2010 at 3:53 pm

   yup. this american life. i paused the opening story to watch this. incredible. now back to the losing football team. do they ever win? soon find out.

9. appljuicekiss Says:
   February 18th, 2010 at 11:38 am

   @ensurePlus1 hilarious. I just did the same thing. Paused the story (I’m a tad bit behind on my podcasts), came to check the video and am now a click away from getting back to my beloved Ira Glass!

10. kevinluu2003 Says:
    March 8th, 2010 at 1:37 am

    This American Life rules!

11. afreuden Says:
    March 16th, 2010 at 7:51 am

    @ensurePlus1 exact same at this exact moment.

12. M4rkB4rden Says:
    March 22nd, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    haha…ok ok, so everyone loves this american life. take me, ira. take me.

13. SherylandN Says:
    March 24th, 2010 at 8:55 pm

    LOL, i paused it too! of all the Mind That Bird clips we could have clicked on, all the This American Life fans clicked on the same vid! great minds…

14. SherylandN Says:
    March 24th, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    LOL, i paused it too! of all the Mind That Bird clips we could have clicked on, all the This American Life fans clicked on the same vid! great minds…

15. DartsRme312 Says:
    April 7th, 2010 at 9:49 am

    can’t believe that pioneer of the nile didn’t get taken down….

16. CrazyCappy44 Says:
    April 7th, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    wow…

17. Luweee28 Says:
    April 25th, 2010 at 10:47 am

    amazing jockey! i cant imagine how far and how tight he went to get the front position and of course nice horse too!

18. ghostzapper2006 Says:
    April 25th, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    @109367 he did not come from 40 lengths back. The official DRF chart say his furthest distance back was 19 lengths. Also, I’m not sure how you translate 40 lengths into 3 football fields or 900 feet??? That would mean each horse length is 22 1/2 feet (900/40). The average thoroughbred is about 8 feet long, not a Godzilla like 22 1/2 feet. 19 lenths translates to about 152 feet (19×8). Stop sipping the Derby koolaide.

19. ghostzapper2006 Says:
    April 25th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    Track was sloppy sealed which usually leads to very fast times and the fiish time for this race was average. Reality is he beat a weak crop of 3 year olds, there was nothing amazing or spectacular about it. Put this horse against say a Smarty Jones or Barbaro or big Brown type and he’d have been closing for a well beaten 2nd place.

20. 109367 Says:
    April 25th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    @ghostzapper2006
    Well I heard it from somewhere, jesus christ, didn’t mean to offend.

21. 8USMNT17 Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    0:16 that’s what she said

22. Kulaness Says:
    May 5th, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    According to Ghostzapper every Derby field is weak and a lot of horses are overrated. What the hell pleases this guy then.

23. Epiphify Says:
    May 20th, 2010 at 8:15 pm

    Seriously people. Stop trying to make excuses. The Kentucky derby doesn’t have “weak” horses. It just so happens that Mine That Bird was better than all of them that day. Mine That Bird is an amazing horse, and his jockey was amazing too. And 40 or 19 lengths is a big difference, but it’s still a long shot to come from the very back to win it.

24. goldroad7 Says:
    June 22nd, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    This still makes the hair on my arms stand up EVERYTIME I watch it…A YEAR LATER!!

    Amazing

25. Emma8887 Says:
    July 4th, 2010 at 8:01 am

    Mine That Bird makes it look like the other horses are running backwards. He is soooo fast, amazing!

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