Jun 6th, 2009 - Newsday
Thirty-five years ago, Virgil "Yu Yu" Blanchard gave the 8-year-old neighbor boy his first ride in a Cajun match race. On Saturday, he'll be rooting from Catahoula, La., for his protege, Calvin Borel, and Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the Belmont Stakes.
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Summer Bird wins Belmont Stakes, Calvin Borel & Mine That Bird third
Jun 6th, 2009 - NY Daily News
The wrong Bird won. Summer Bird, a longshot son of 2004 Belmont Stakes winner Birdsong, blew past 6-5 favorite Mine That Bird Saturday in the 141st running of the Belmont...
Summer Bird denies Borel's triple with Belmont charge
Jun 6th, 2009 - USA Today
Summer Bird did a great imitation of Mine That Bird, making a late charge to overtake the Kentucky Derby winner and win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. With Kent Desormeaux riding...
Welcome to the Belmont
Jun 6th, 2009 - New York Times
Live from Belmont Park, welcome to our coverage of the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes. Unlike last year, there is no official Triple Crown on the line, but Calvin...
Bill Frakes/SI
Jun 6th, 2009 - SI
Late Saturday afternoon, Calvin Borel will chase an odd piece of history: He will try to become first jockey in history to win horse racing's three Triple Crown races on two different horses...
Derby winner Mine That Bird gets jockey back, is poised to win Belmont
Jun 6th, 2009 - Philly
The wonderful Pennsylvania-bred sprinter Fabulous Strike headlines the True North. Justwhistledixie, owned by West Point Stable (Mount Laurel, N.J.), looms a solid favorite in the Acorn...
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5:362009 Kentucky Derby - Mine That Bird (Calvin Borel)
50-1 Mine That Bird beats out favorite Pioneer of the Nile to win the 135th Kentucky Derby. Calvin Borel's second win in the last three Derbs.
8:532009 Belmont Stakes - Summer Bird + Post Race
got second. Both Summer Bird and Mine That Bird are sons of Birdstone , who won the Belmont in 2004. Some might criticize jockey Calvin Borel for moving too soon in the 12-furlong race, but Borel said following the race that though he might have done so, "we just got outrun today ...
2:54Summer Bird wins Belmont Stakes 2009
tinyurl.com - Click link to get $1-$25 per online survey!!! Summer Bird, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, won the Belmont Stakes, denying a unique personal Triple Crown bid by jockey Calvin Borel aboard Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird ...
3:052009 Belmont Stakes - Summer Bird
got second. Both Summer Bird and Mine That Bird are sons of Birdstone , who won the Belmont in 2004. Some might criticize jockey Calvin Borel for moving too soon in the 12-furlong race, but Borel said following the race that though he might have done so, "we just got outrun today ...
