Autumn Bird

On a spectacular fall-like morning at Belmont Park, Summer Bird had his penultimate work for the October 3 Jockey Club Gold Cup, covering five furlongs in a spritely 1:00.05 with Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux up. Trainer Tim Ice was ecstatic over the work (but not nearly as ecstatic as when he and his wife, Heather, welcomed their first child, Carson James, on Tuesday) and gave it an A+. So did we!