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Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird and the next three finishers in the Belmont Stakes came out of the race in good shape and will be rested before coming back for the summer horse racing season.
Race horse trainer Tim Ice said Sunday that his colt Summer Bird could go to Saratoga Race Course to race in the Jim Dandy Stakes on August 1 followed by the Travers Stakes on August 29.
“If we go, like we did for the Belmont, we’ll go well ahead of time, ship up a month before the Jim Dandy,” Ice said of possible Saratoga plans.
The next big stakes races for 3-year-olds are the $1-million Haskell Invitational on August 2 at Monmouth Park and the $1-million Travers Stakes.
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Kalarikkal and Vilasini Jayarana’s Summer Bird, ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, won Saturday’s 141st running of the $1-million Belmont Stakes 2009 June 6 at Belmont Park.
Trained by Tim Ice, Summer Bird raced 1 1/2 miles in 2:27.54 and paid $25.80, $9.30 and $4.70. Dunkirk, under jockey John Velazquez, placed second and returned $5.40 and $3.60. Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird with jockey Calvin Borel aboard came in third and paid $2.60 to show.
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Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird had his first tour of Belmont Park Thursday morning as he galloped briskly over the sloppy, sealed race track in preparation for Saturday’s 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes 2009.
The Belmont Stakes 2-1 morning line favorite Mine That Bird fairly skipped over the surface as he came down the middle of the stretch with exercise rider Carlos Figueroa up.
Charitable Man, the second choice with morning line Belmont Stakes odds of 3-1, jogged twice around the training track with race horse trainer Kiaran McLaughlin looking on.
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By GREG MELIKOV
The Belmont Stakes has become a tricky race to handicap lately for several reasons.
Favorites have triumphed nearly 43 percent in the past 140 races, but during the last 30 years only six scored — 23 percent. And a dozen winners paid double-digits — 40 percent.
During the past decade the Belmont Stakes winners averaged less than two lengths behind after a mile. While there was only a single wire-to-wire winner, seven had the lead after 1 1/4 miles, two were second and another was third.
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The field for the 141st running of the $1-million Belmont Stakes 2009 on June 6 at Belmont Park is headed by Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird who will be ridden by jockey Calvin Borel hoping to be the first jockey to win the Triple Crown in different mounts.
Raced at 1 1/2 miles, Belmont Park’s Belmont Stakes entries with jockeys and morning line odds:
- Chocolate Candy ridden by jockey Garrett Gomez with morning line odds of 10-1
- Dunkirk ridden by jockey John Velazquez, 4-1
- Mr. Hot Stuff ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, 15-1
- Summer Bird ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, 12-1
- Luv Gov ridden by jockey Miguel Mena, 20-1
- Charitable Man ridden by jockey Alan Garcia, 3-1
- Mine That Bird ridden by jockey Calvin Borel, 2-1
- Flying Private ridden by jockey Julien Leparoux, 12-1
- Miner’s Escape ridden by jockey Jose Lezcano, 15-1
- Brave Victory ridden by jockey Rajiv Maragh, 15-1
The Belmont Stakes is the 11th race in Belmont Park’s June 6 horse racing program. Belmont Stakes post time is 6:27 pm.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Jockey Calvin Borel has emerged as the star of this year’s horse racing scene and stands a good chance of becoming the only jockey to win the Triple Crown on two different horses.
With Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra sitting out the Belmont Stakes, Borel climbs aboard Mine That Bird, who he guided to a surprising Kentucky Derby victory.
Borel and Mine That Bird trainer Chip Woolley got the news at Churchill Downs, BloodHorse.com reported.
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Charitable Man and Dunkirk, who could be the second and third horse betting picks behind Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in Saturday’s 141st running of the $1-million Belmont Stakes 2009, turned in their final works at Belmont Park.
Charitable Man covered a half-mile in 49.00 with exercise rider Renzo Morales aboard. Dunkirk went the same distance in 49.57 under jockey John Velazquez.
Other Belmont Stakes entries are: Brave Victory, Chocolate Candy, Flying Private, Luv Gov, Miner’s Escape, Mine That Bird, Mr. Hot Stuff, Summer Bird and possibly Nowhere To Hide.
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The Preakness winner filly Rachel Alexandra will not race in the $1-million Belmont Stakes 2009 on June 6 at Belmont Park.
Co-owner of filly Rachel Alexandra Jess Jackson said, “We feel Rachel deserves a well-earned vacation.”
With filly Rachel Alexandra off the Belmont Stakes 2009, and jockey Mike Smith, who rode Mine That Bird to a second place finish in the Preakness Stakes, committed to ride in California on Belmont Stakes day, it left jockey Calvin Borel free to ride Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the third leg of the Triple Crown.
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By GREG MELIKOV
Fillies, it might surprise you, have done well in Triple Crown events dating back to the late 1800s. Overall, one-third of 114 female runners hit the board.
In the Belmont Stakes, 10 fillies that ran in 22 races finished in the money since Ruthless captured the inaugural in 1867 — that’s 45%. The two other Belmont Stakes winners: Tanya, 1905, and Rags to Riches, 2007.
Nearly 40% of fillies in 53 runnings of the Preakness hit the board, including this year’s winner filly Rachel Alexandra.
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Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird and Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra worked at Churchill Downs.
Mine That Bird, under jockey Calvin Borel breezed 4 furlongs in :51 in his first serious training move since the Preakness. Filly Rachel Alexandra cruised a half mile in :50.20 under exercise rider Dominic Terry.
Race horse trainer Bennie “Chip” Woolley Jr. said he and co-owners Mark Allen and Dr. Leonard Blach would wait a few more days before making a decision on a rider for the Belmont Stakes 2009.
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