Perhaps the best long shot underdog on the Kentucky Derby odds is Mine That Bird, even if past results have not gone his way.

With just one win over the last four starts, it’s not a big surprise that Mine That Bird is not amongst the Kentucky Derby favorites but I’m having a hard time figuring out why he is such a long shot at nearly 60/1 currently. 

Coming off a 4^th place finish in the Sunland Derby and a 2^nd place at the Borderland Derby, it does appear to be quite a stretch for this horse to compete with the strong Kentucky Derby lineup but I don’t think we’ve seen all there is to see with this horse that won 4 straight races at one point in it’s career.

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One huge positive that Mine That Bird has over the Kentucky Derby lineup would be that legendary jockey Calvin Borel will be atop him for the 135^th running of the Kentucky Derby. 

Borel won this race in 2007 against Street Sense and with over 4000 career wins, a little veteran leadership could be just what Mine That Bird needs to propel him amongst the Kentucky Derby favorites.

Mine That Bird is coming off a promising 5 furlong work that he completed in 1:01:0 and has the pedigree with Birdstone and Grindstone in his family tree and at 50/1 on the Kentucky Derby odds, this one just might be worth a shot in hopes that the horse figures out what he needs to finish atop the Kentucky Derby lineup.

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