Inside the Numbers: Mine That Bird ‘50 to 1’
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Mine That Bird and trainer Chip Woolley make the walk out to the racetrack at Pimlico Race Course for the 2009 Preakness Stakes (Photo courtesy of Eclipse Sportswire)
A look inside the numbers on the career of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and the biographical feature film chronicling his narrative, “50 to 1”.
1 –Number of Academy Awards for Best Picture (“Dances with Wolves”) won by Jim Wilson (producer). Wilson is the director, producer, and co-writer of “50 to 1”, as well as being a racehorse owner himself.
2 – Place that Mine That Bird finished in the 2009 Preakness Stakes.
$2 – A win bet in that amount returned $103.20, making Mine That Bird the 2nd biggest upset winner in Kentucky Derby history, behind 91-to-1 longshot Donerail in 1913.
3 – Years that Mine That Bird raced (2008-2010).
3 – Place that Mine That Bird finished in the 2009 Belmont Stakes.
5 – Career wins for Mine That Bird.
5/10/2006 – The month, day and year of Mine That Bird’s birthdate.
18 – Career starts for Mine That Bird.
21/1,700 – Hours/miles driven by trainer Chip Woolley in his pickup truck hauling a horse trailer with Mine That Bird aboard to get from New Mexico to Churchill Downs for the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
24 – The popular television show in which William Devane starred. Devane stars in “50 to 1”.
50.60 to 1 – Odds that Mine That Bird went off in the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
2004 – The year Mine That Bird’s sire, Birdstone, won the Belmont Stakes.
2008 – The year Mine That Bird was voted Canadian champion 2-year-old male after winning four times in six starts.
$9,500 – Amount that Mine That Bird was purchased for at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale.
$400,000 – Amount paid on Oct. 11, 2008 by the New Mexico partnership of Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine to purchase Mine That Bird.
$1,417,200 – Amount Mine That Bird earned for winning the Kentucky Derby.
1,676,324 – The number of YouTube views for the 2009 Kentucky Derby video.
$2,228,637 – Career earnings of Mine That Bird.