First winner for deceased Summer Bird
Jul 8, 2014 8:09:43 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on Jul 8, 2014 8:09:43 GMT -5
Losing Summer Bird at such a young age was tragic. I'm hoping some of his offspring make their mark. This was a nice debut.
First winner for deceased Summer Bird
Brisnet
Champion and classic winner Summer Bird, who tragically died from a bout of colic in Japan on Christmas Eve 2013, was represented by his first winner on Sunday when Kid Brock captured the 5TH race at Prairie Meadows.
Trained by Chris Block for Maggi Moss, the bay juvenile colt rallied from midpack to take over in the stretch of the five-furlong maiden special weight. Kid Brock drew off under jockey David Mello from that point, recording a 4 3/4-length victory as the even-money favorite while finishing his career debut in :59 1/5.
Bred and raced by Drs. K.K. and V. Devi Jayaraman, Summer Bird broke his maiden in his second try at Oaklawn Park and was immediately tipped into stakes company, where he finished third in the 2009 Arkansas Derby.
In just his fourth career start, the son of Birdstone ran sixth behind 50-1 upsetter Mine That Bird in that year's Kentucky Derby and then was sent off at odds just shy of 12-1 for the Belmont Stakes a month later. The Tim Rice-trained chestnut had some trouble in the early portions of the race, but rallied into the lane to score by 2 3/4 lengths.
Second to Rachel Alexandra in the Haskell Invitational following a short break, Summer Bird added the Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup to his resume prior to a nice fourth behind Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his first start over a synthetic track.
His connections had their sights set on the Japan Cup Dirt for Summer Bird's four-year-old bow, but he suffered a fracture training up to that race. He was transferred to trainer Tim Ritchey in an attempt to bring him back for a four-year-old campaign, but X-rays taken in late spring 2010 showed he had not healed well enough to go on.
Thusly, Summer Bird retired after only one season of racing that was impressive enough to earn him an Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old male. He banked $2,323,040 in earnings while compiling a 4-1-1 scorecard from nine races.
Summer Bird is out of the Summer Squall mare Hong Kong Squall and counts as his third dam Ruby Slippers. That Nijinsky II mare didn't do much on track but would go on in the breeding shed to foal champion sprinter and sire Rubiano. Summer Bird's fourth dam is multiple stakes winner Moon Glitter, dam of successful sire Glitterman and full sister to dual Grade 3-scoring stallion Relaunch.
Summer Bird stood his first year at stud at Pauls Mill in 2011 before being moved to WinStar in 2012. He was subsequently purchased by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association and relocated for 2013. His first are yearlings of 2013.
First winner for deceased Summer Bird
Brisnet
Champion and classic winner Summer Bird, who tragically died from a bout of colic in Japan on Christmas Eve 2013, was represented by his first winner on Sunday when Kid Brock captured the 5TH race at Prairie Meadows.
Trained by Chris Block for Maggi Moss, the bay juvenile colt rallied from midpack to take over in the stretch of the five-furlong maiden special weight. Kid Brock drew off under jockey David Mello from that point, recording a 4 3/4-length victory as the even-money favorite while finishing his career debut in :59 1/5.
Bred and raced by Drs. K.K. and V. Devi Jayaraman, Summer Bird broke his maiden in his second try at Oaklawn Park and was immediately tipped into stakes company, where he finished third in the 2009 Arkansas Derby.
In just his fourth career start, the son of Birdstone ran sixth behind 50-1 upsetter Mine That Bird in that year's Kentucky Derby and then was sent off at odds just shy of 12-1 for the Belmont Stakes a month later. The Tim Rice-trained chestnut had some trouble in the early portions of the race, but rallied into the lane to score by 2 3/4 lengths.
Second to Rachel Alexandra in the Haskell Invitational following a short break, Summer Bird added the Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup to his resume prior to a nice fourth behind Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his first start over a synthetic track.
His connections had their sights set on the Japan Cup Dirt for Summer Bird's four-year-old bow, but he suffered a fracture training up to that race. He was transferred to trainer Tim Ritchey in an attempt to bring him back for a four-year-old campaign, but X-rays taken in late spring 2010 showed he had not healed well enough to go on.
Thusly, Summer Bird retired after only one season of racing that was impressive enough to earn him an Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old male. He banked $2,323,040 in earnings while compiling a 4-1-1 scorecard from nine races.
Summer Bird is out of the Summer Squall mare Hong Kong Squall and counts as his third dam Ruby Slippers. That Nijinsky II mare didn't do much on track but would go on in the breeding shed to foal champion sprinter and sire Rubiano. Summer Bird's fourth dam is multiple stakes winner Moon Glitter, dam of successful sire Glitterman and full sister to dual Grade 3-scoring stallion Relaunch.
Summer Bird stood his first year at stud at Pauls Mill in 2011 before being moved to WinStar in 2012. He was subsequently purchased by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association and relocated for 2013. His first are yearlings of 2013.