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Mine That Bird not certain for Preakness

Updated: May 3, 2009, 7:47 PM ET
By Jay Privman | Daily Racing Form

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mine That Bird, the shocking winner of the 135th Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs, is not a certainty to head to the second leg of the Triple Crown, the May 16 Preakness Stakes, trainer Chip Woolley said Sunday morning, though co-owner Mark Allen said, "If he's doing good, we will run."

"We'll let the horse tell us," Allen, who owns Mine That Bird with Dr. Leonard Blach, said Sunday morning as a light rain fell at Churchill Downs. "We'll run some blood ...

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