Who won the 2009 Belmont Stakes race in Elmont, New York?
Saturday, 06 June 2009 Horse Racing Results: 2009 Belmont Stakes Results and Odds Payouts Horse Racing Results – 2009 Belmont Stakes Results and Odds Payouts: The 2009 Belmont Stakes is complete and here are the Belmont Stakes results for 2009, the rookie trainer Tim Ice and jockey Kent J. Desormeaux have won the 2009 Belmont Stakes. It appeared that Mine That Bird and Calvin Borel were on track to take the jockey’s Triple Cown. When they broke from the gate, Mine That Bird took his position in last as they made the first quarter pole. Dunkirk made the first turn as the leader and held the pace as they rounded the midway mark. Mine That Bird and Calvin Borel made their move, which according to announcers may have been early and were looking to round the final turn of the 2009 Belmont Stakes with the lead. As the field hit the home stretch Mine that Bird looked like he would deliver the Triple Corwn for jockey Calvin Borel. With Dunkirk, Mine That Bird and Charitable Man surging for the
2009 Belmont Stakes Winner is Summer Bird: Jockey Kent Desormeaux, who finished second twice before at the Belmont Stakes, wins the 2009 Belmont Stakes riding Summer Bird. The other bird, Mine That Bird, hung back for most of the race and then made an early move — maybe a bit too early — to push for the lead but ended up taking third place and still in the money. Dunkirk finished in second place. “He was fighting it just a little bit, ” jockey Calvin Borel said on Mine That Bird. “I didn’t want to fight him too much.” Summer Bird, the 11/1 odds to win the 2009 Belmont Stakes, becomes the surprise winner of the Belmont Stakes and denies jockey Calvin Borel his own ‘Triple Crown.’ “I had an armchair ride until I found some room. said winning jockey Kent Desormeaux “Well, I found some room.” Bred by owners Kalarikkal and Vilasini Jayaraman out of the mare Hong Kong Squall and a daughter of 1990 Preakness winner Summer Squall, Summer Bird has raced only four times in his entire career. Her
Long shot Summer Bird, ridden by Cajun jockey Kent Desormeaux, stormed past favorite Mine That Bird and Dunkirk in the final sixteenth of a mile and pulled way to a 2 3/4-length victory in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park. The victory denied Cajun jockey Calvin Borel, on Mine That Bird, the first Triple Crown by a rider on more than one horse. Mine That Bird finished third, a neck behind runner-up Dunkirk. Sources: http://blog.nola.com/tpsports/2009/06/long_shot_summer_bird_stuns_fa.
