Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Kentucky Derby champion Mine That Bird is primed to pull off another shocker in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, trainer Chip Woolley said Friday....
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... already locked up by Rachel Alexandra, the super 3-year-old filly who bypassed the Breeders’ Cup.Chip Woolley, the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, who finished ninth behind Zenyatta on Saturday and a close second behind Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness, made a compelling argument for the latter.“It’s tough to separate them in a way. Zenyatta’s race (Saturday), the...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... Kid. "It was the only time in horse racing that I didn't mind getting beat in a big race."Chip Woolley Jr., trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, said before the Classic that Rachel Alexandra had already clinched Horse of the Year."She's put up eight races on eight different racetracks, beat the boys three times and beat the fillies," said Woolley, whose colt finished...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... Kid. "It was the only time in horse racing that I didn't mind getting beat in a big race."Chip Woolley Jr., trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, said before the Classic that Rachel Alexandra had already clinched Horse of the Year."She's put up eight races on eight different racetracks, beat the boys three times and beat the fillies," said Woolley, whose colt finished...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... Kid. "It was the only time in horse racing that I didn't mind getting beat in a big race."Chip Woolley Jr., trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, said before the Classic that Rachel Alexandra had already clinched Horse of the Year."She's put up eight races on eight different racetracks, beat the boys three times and beat the fillies," said Woolley, whose colt finished...
MSNBC.com: Horse Racing (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
... Kid. "It was the only time in horse racing that I didn't mind getting beat in a big race."Chip Woolley Jr., trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, said before the Classic that Rachel Alexandra had already clinched Horse of the Year."She's put up eight races on eight different racetracks, beat the boys three times and beat the fillies," said Woolley, whose colt finished...
GeoffShackelford.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... onlookers the owners of top horses have an obligation not to duck the Breeders' Cup, he ran into Chip Woolley, the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird."Practice what you preach," Woolley tersely told Player, noting Lady Windermere's absence from Arcadia.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... I want to hook the softest bunch I can hook every time, so you hate to see her in there," said Chip Woolley Jr., who trains Mine That Bird."At the same time, she's got a lot of work to do. This is maybe the deepest Breeders' Cup group you've seen in a long time. You throw her in the mix, it just makes it that much tougher."The 14-horse Classic field promises to be loaded with as many...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... of her rivals."I would have entered her with the fillies so I didn't have to run at her," said Chip Woolley Jr., who trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. "You know she's going to be running late and she has a lot of style, much the same as my horse. She's twice his size, so if she decides to knock him out of the way, she's got a good chance."Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert...
MSNBC.com: Horse Racing (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
By Jay PrivmanDaily Racing Formupdated 2:06 p.m. ET Nov. 3, 2009ARCADIA, Calif. - A few weeks in California, and look how well Mine That Bird and Chip Woolley are moving. Mine That Bird, the Kentucky Derby winner, has progressed since running sixth in the Goodwood Stakes last month, and completed his preparation for Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic with a five-furlong work...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Gearing up for the Breeders' CupBy Don Agriss, Sports NetworkThe best thoroughbreds in the country are training in southern California in preparation for the 26th annual Breeders' Cup World Championships on November 6 and 7 at Santa Anita Park.Monday morning Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird worked five-furlongs in a very fast time of 58 1/5-seconds. Trainer Chip Woolley had the gelding...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
... his race in the Goodwood Stakes (sixth, beaten about four lengths)," said Mine That Bird's trainer Chip Woolley, "but now that I've had a chance to sleep on it and talk things over with the owners, we're going to the Breeders Cup Classic."Summer Bird was second to Rachel Alexandra, something his brother knows about, in the Haskell and then won the Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup."He...
