Mine That Bird
I admit it gives me great pleasure to learn that Mine That Bird's new trainer D Wayne Lukas has reunited the four-year-old gelding with jockey Calvin Borel and they are doing very fast fractions over the Churchill Downs track.
MTB may race in the $63,000 Allowance at 1-1/16m at Churchill, the $250,000 Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park - both on July 3 - or the $175,000 Firecracker Handicap at Churchill on July 4.
Whichever race is chosen, it would be a prep for the Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga on August 7 where MTB could confront Quality Road and Blame.
Lukas has not disguised his enthusiasm for the colt and said "I've got him nominated to everything but the Tokyo Fair."
I suspect MTB could be game for that as well now that he is firing again.
Racing International http://www.racingint.com
MTB may race in the $63,000 Allowance at 1-1/16m at Churchill, the $250,000 Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park - both on July 3 - or the $175,000 Firecracker Handicap at Churchill on July 4.
Whichever race is chosen, it would be a prep for the Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga on August 7 where MTB could confront Quality Road and Blame.
Lukas has not disguised his enthusiasm for the colt and said "I've got him nominated to everything but the Tokyo Fair."
I suspect MTB could be game for that as well now that he is firing again.
Racing International http://www.racingint.com
Posted by susan trevelyan-syke at 6/26/2010 8:49 PM 
Categories: Mine That Bird
Tags: D Wayne Lukas Racing International Whitney Handicap Churchill Downs Calvin Borel Saratoga
Categories: Mine That Bird
Tags: D Wayne Lukas Racing International Whitney Handicap Churchill Downs Calvin Borel Saratoga
I'm glad your happy that Lucas is training Mine that Bird. However if you look at Lucas's record in graded stakes in the last few years it's unlikely that he will ever see the winner's circle at the highest level in the near future.
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