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Grade:
I Purse:
$1 million
Distance:
12 Furlongs Age:
3-Year-Olds
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Track:
Belmont Park TV:
Saturday, June 6, 2009 @ 5:00 PM ET
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Summer Bird surprises in Belmont
By Jay Privman
Daily Racing Form, June 06, 2009
ELMONT, N.Y. - It was the 65th anniversary of D-Day on Saturday. At Belmont Park, that stood for Desormeaux Day.
A crowd estimated by New York Racing Association officials at 51,000 was hoping to see Mine That Bird win the 141st Belmont Stakes and give jockey Calvin Borel an unprecedented sweep of the Triple Crown with two different horses. Instead, they saw Summer Bird, an 11-1 shot, overtake Mine That Bird in the final furlong and give jockey Kent Desormeaux sweet redemption for last year's Belmont, in which he pulled up Big Brown, who was going for the Triple Crown.
Summer Bird ($25.80) finished 2 3/4 lengths in front of Dunkirk, who held off Mine That Bird by a neck for second.
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NTRAU
| Pgm | Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | | 4 | Summer Bird | Kent J. Desormeaux | 25.80 | 9.30 | 4.70 | | 2 | Dunkirk | John R. Velazquez | | 5.40 | 3.60 | | 7 | Mine That Bird | Calvin H. Borel | | | 2.60 |
Times in 100ths: :23.41
:47.13
1:12.43
1:37.86
2:01.66
2:27.54
Unplaced horses listed in order of finish.
Also ran:
Charitable Man, Luv Gov, Flying Private, Brave Victory, Mr. Hot Stuff, Chocolate Candy and Miner's Escape
Winning Breeder:
Dr. K. K. Jayaraman &Dr. V. Devi Jayaraman
Winning Trainer:
Tim A. Ice
Winning Owner:
Jayaraman, Kalarikkal K. and Vilasini D.
| Wager Type | Winning Numbers | Payoff | | $2 Daily Double | BROOKLYN-BELMONT 3-4 | $337.50 | | $2 Exacta | 4-2 | $121.00 | | $2 Superfecta | 4-2-7-6 | $852.00 | | $2 Trifecta | 4-2-7 | $295.00 | | $2 Pick 3 | 2-5-4 | $2,577.00 | | $2 Pick 4 | 4-2-5-4 | $17,085.00 | | $2 Pick 6 | 6-7-4-2-5-4 | $969,345.00 |
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Race Comments: SUMMER BIRD steadied between horses on the first turn, angled in entering the backstretch, steadied along the inside while saving ground midway down the backstretch, raced in hand in traffic along the inside to the far turn, swung to the outside for clear sailing at the five-sixteenths pole, circled six wide while rallying at the top of the stretch, made a strong move to challenge inside the furlong marker, surged to the front leaving the sixteenth pole then edged away under strong right hand encouragement in the final seventy yards. DUNKIRK sprinted clear along the rail, set the pace along the inside to the turn, dropped back a bit at the quarter pole, fought back gamely while drifting out a bit in midstretch then outfinished MINE THAT BIRD for the place. MINE THAT BIRD was brushed a bit at the start, trailed for a half, began his move from outside leaving the backstretch, made a strong middle move four wide on the turn, surged to the front approaching the quarter pole, continued on the lead into midstretch then weakened under pressure through the final sixteenth. CHARITABLE MAN broke outward at the start, angled out leaving the first turn, raced in good position while three wide for six furlongs, made a run between horses to challenge on the turn, battled between horses into upper stretch, steadied outside the runner-up in midstretch and gradually tired thereafter. LUV GOV was taken in hand on the first turn, raced far back while saving ground, gradually gained leaving the far turn, swung four wide between horses at the quarter pole then improved his position with a mild late rally. FLYING PRIVATE steadied in traffic on the first turn, raced in the middle of the pack for six furlongs, was in traffic while within striking distance on the turn, lodged a mild move in upper stretch and flattened out. BRAVE VICTORY was outrun for a half, lodged a brief move four wide on the far turn then faltered at the top of the stretch. MR. HOT STUFF raced just off the pace along the rail, dropped back a bit leaving the far turn and steadily tired thereafter. CHOCOLATE CANDY steadied repeatedly along the inside entering the backstretch and for a good portion of the opening seven furlongs while saving ground, swung five wide on the turn then flattened out. MINER'S ESCAPE pressed the pace in the two path for seven furlongs and gave way on the turn. Following a stewards inquiry into the stretch run there was no change in the order of finish. |
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