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Original Message LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mine That Bird dug up a miracle, stunning the field to win the Kentucky Derby with a dynamic stretch run through the mud at Churchill Downs.

The 3-year-old colt and jockey Calvin Borel found room along the rail deep in the stretch Saturday then pulled away to give the 50-1 long shot the second-biggest upset in the 135-year history of the race.

Mine That Bird paid $103.20 for a $2 bet. That's second only to Donerail, which paid $184.90 in 1913.

The win was the second Derby victory in three years for Borel, who used a similar stretch run to send Street Sense to the winner's circle in 2007.

Pioneerof the Nile held off Musket Man for second, but neither were a match for the unheralded colt from New Mexico.

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