Mine That Bird to have surgery

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Surgery for Mine That Bird; Travers Still On
By Claire Novak
Updated: Monday, August 17, 2009 1:08 PM
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2009 12:07 PM
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Mine That Bird, winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will have surgery Aug. 18 to correct an entrapped epiglottis, trainer Chip Woolley said. The son of Birdstone will still be pointed for the $1-million Shadwell Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga on Aug. 29.

According to Woolley, the entrapped epiglottis was detected during a routine scope performed by Dr. James Hunt on Mine That Bird following his morning work at Saratoga earlier in the day. He worked five furlongs in 1:03.83, the slowest time of a dozen horses going that distance over a main track labeled "good."