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Summer Bird back for more?

By Claire Novak
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

ARCADIA, CALIF - On a cool November morning at Santa Anita Racetrack, Breeders' Cup Classic contender Summer Bird is taking a nap. He sleeps in a borrowed stall at the end of Patrick Biancone's barn, sturdy legs tucked up under his powerful chest. Trainer Tim Ice smiles when he arrives to check o his charge. All is well. Seven months have passed since Ice arrived, amiable and accommodating, on the big-time racing scene. In that amount of time his shiny chestnut colt has gone from an unrecognize ...

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