Looking back on Mine That Bird's victory in the Kentucky Derby

The 145th Kentucky Derby takes place at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday. Owners and trainers and jockeys of 20 thoroughbred horses will be hoping their prayers will come true.

In 2009, Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds. Ten years ago, the weather was cloudy and it was 62 degrees. The Churchill Downs track was labeled sloppy.

Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby. The horse was trained by Bennie "Chip" Woolley, who was injured in a motorcycle accident. He was on crutches and couldn't train his horse. His trainer, Dr. Leonard Blach, and the owners, Mark Allen and Mark Blacach had never started a horse in the Derby before. Mine That Birds was the third longest price on the board. It was ridden by Calvin Borel, a popular jockey who won a Derby two years earlier on Street Sense. Bob Baffert was running Pioneerof the Nile. Baddert and his wife, Jill, thought he had a great chance to win.

Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby.