2009 Belmont Stakes: Like Father, Like Son

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com

Moderate longshot (12-1), Summer Bird won the 2009 Belmont Stakes in a very similar fashion to how his father, Birdstone, won it in 2004- coming from out of nowhere on the outside and with happy feet. I'll show both races below and what you'll think for each of them is the same. As they come down the stretch you'll think, "Ok, I don't see him yet. It really looks like the horse on the lead is gonna win. Ok, still looks like the leader is gonna win this r....oh wait, who the hell is that on the outside? Well the leader still has a pretty big. Oh wow. He's still coming from the outside? Who the hell is that horse? Oh wow, the leader looks tired and this closer on the outside has some serious happy feet. Oh jeez, he's gonna win by a few lengths. There he goes..."

The 2004 Belmont won by Birdstone


The 2009 Belmont won by Summer Bird