Summer Bird Soars at the Spa

Welcome to On The Muscle. The mission of this blog is to bring the “sport” back into the Sport of Kings. We will follow the exploits of the world’s top Thoroughbreds in all divisions as they continue on their quests to the year-end Breeders’ Cup World Championships and possibly an Eclipse Award as the best racehorse in all of the land.

The Week that Was

A new leader in the 3-year-old division emerged this past weekend when Summer Bird won the Travers Stakes over a sloppy track at Saratoga. Summer Bird, who had previously won the Belmont Stakes before adding the Mid-Summer Derby, has seemingly pulled ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the race for champion 3-year-old colt honors.

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