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Mine That Bird Moves to Lukas' Barn; Chip Woolley 'Devastated'

By FanHouse NewswireMay 19th 2010 – 7:45PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas is the new trainer for 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. Chip Woolley, who guided the gelding to a 50-1 upset in last year's Derby, said Wednesday the 4-year-old is being shipped to Lukas' barn at Churchill Downs immediately. Mine That Bird had been resting in...

Hopes, Dreams Riding on Mine That Bird

By Lisa OlsonJun 5th 2009 – 12:15AM

NEW YORK -- Chip Woolley sometimes looks like he wants to dart out of a room as fast as he can. He fidgets with his welterweight-sized belt buckle, adjusts his 10-gallon black hat, scuffs his cowboy boats on the marble floor and nervously smoothes the mustache that frames his mouth like parentheses. Put the cowboy on the...

Background on Chip Woolley

Bennie L. "Chip" Woolley Jr. (born December 21, 1963 in Raton, New Mexico) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer best known for conditioning the 2009 winner of the Kentucky Derby.

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