A Bird Won At Belmont-Just Not Who We Thought
So a Bird did win at Belmont. Just not Mine That Bird. No, Summer Bird, with Kent Desormeaux at the helm, stormed from behind to beat Mine That Bird and Dunkirk to win the Belmont. There was talk that Calvin Borel made his move too early, that Mine That Bird needed to wait before exploding down the stretch. I'm not well versed enough on horse racing strategy to give you full details on what Borel should or should not have done. But I can say that, Summer Bird, Mine That Bird's half-brother, looked like him, storming down the stretch, seemingly out of nowhere. As the race was unfolding, I wanted Mine That Bird to win. I wanted Calvin Borel to get the personal Triple Crown, even though I thought I wouldn't. But, sometimes, it doesn't work out the way we want. Summer Bird, Kent Desormeaux, were very deserving. Dersormeaux has never won the Belmont-- not with Big Brown, not with Real Quiet. He needed this win. The Hall of Famer needed this win on his resume. He needed it. Horse racing needed Mine That Bird, it needed Calvin Borel, it needed a superstar. It didn't get it. It never seems to. A sport that is so gracious, so beautiful, never gets the breaks it needs to enhance its popularity. We'll have to wait until next year. Next year, a horse will captivate us. We'll hope it has the goods to win it all. Hopefully, we won't be disappointed. As a horse racing fan, I can't take it anymore.
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