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 For Summer Bird jockey Kent Desormeaux, Saturday's victory was vindication after he rode Big Brown to wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness last year before losing a shot at the Triple Crown at the Belmont. (AP) Racing Charts Computer-based handicapping charts for race days at Pimlico, Laurel Park and Colonial Downs.
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Summer Bird denies Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel a shot at a personal triple crown by coming from back in the pack to capture the 141st Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
• Photos: Other 'Bird' Wins Belmont
Sally Jenkins
Big dreams get buried in the sand and distance at the Belmont's mile- and-a-half track, and that's exactly what happened to cocky jockey Calvin Borel and Mine That Bird.
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