Article: Summer Bird, Desormeaux Soar to Belmont Upset

by Beth Chaisson

 

Summer Bird, Desormeaux Soar to Belmont Upset
By Dan Liebman

A year ago jockey Kent Desormeaux lost a bid for a Triple Crown when he had to pull up heavy favorite Big Brown . On June 6 in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) (VIDEO), he got his elusive Belmont victory when he guided Summer Bird to an upset in the third leg of the Triple Crown before a crowd of 52,861.

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Posted on Jun 7, 2009, 12:47 PM

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