from the Albany Times-Union:

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- It looks as though Mine That Bird's problems are behind him.

The Kentucky Derby winner was back on the main track Friday morning at Saratoga, showing no ill effects from minor surgery he had Tuesday to correct an entrapped epiglottis. "He's as good as he's ever been at any point in time, including before the Kentucky Derby," trainer Chip Woolley said. "In my mind, the Travers is absolutely a go."

Woolley had said he would not run the gelding in the $1 million Travers unless he recovered 100 percent, and it looks like he has so far. Mine That Bird galloped over the main track with exercise rider George Smith on his back. Before he went out on the track, the gelding was scoped by veterinarian James Hunt.

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