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'Bird' has first work since Belmont

By Mary Rampellini
Daily Racing Form

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Summer Bird breezed an easy five furlongs at Louisiana Downs on Saturday in his first workout since his Belmont Stakes triumph on June 6. He is being pointed for the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational on Aug. 2, and is scheduled to ship to Monmouth Park the middle of next week, his trainer, Tim Ice, said on Saturday. Summer Bird worked at 6 a.m. under jockey Carlos Gonzalez. He covered the distance on a track rated fast in 1:04.42. Ice caught him through fractions of 13.67 seconds for the ...

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