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- 2009 winner: Mine That Bird
- Location: Churchill Downs
- Date: May 2, 3009
- 2008: Big Brown
- 2007: Street Sense
- 2006: Barbaro
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The Kentucky Derby 2009 winner Mine That Bird was announced on May 2, 2009. The race took place at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The horses raced one and a quarter miles and the event has been held annually since 1875. This years winner's team received two million dollars. The winner for 2008 was Big Brown.
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2009 Contenders
- West Side Bernie and Stewart Elliott
- Musket Man and Eibar Coa
- Mr. Hot Stuff and John Valazquez
- Advice and Rene Douglas
- Hold Me Back and Kent Desormeaux
- Friesan Fire and Gabriel Saez
- Papa Clem and Rafael Bejarano
- Mind That Bird and Calvin Borel
- Join in the Dance and Chris DeCarlo
- Regal Ransom and Alan Garcia
- Chocolate Candy and Mike Smith
- General Quarters and Julien Leparoux
- I Want Revenge and Joe Talamo
- Atomic Rain and Joe Bravo
- Dunkirk and Edgar Prado
- Pioneerof the Nile and Garrett Gomez
- Summer Bird and Chris Rosier
- Nowhere to Hide and Shaun Bridgmohan
- Desert Party and Ramon Dominguez
- Flying Private and Robby Albarado