One morning the week of the Kentucky Derby, trainer Tim Ice was asked if he thought the race might be a little ambitious for Summer Bird, who at that ...
It’s been a month since Belmont/Travers/Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Summer Bird underwent surgery for a nondisplaced fracture of his left fore cannon ...
“With the close of each racing year comes the interesting problem of the best horse…In past years this was much easier than it is in the present. Toda...
SUMMER BIRD (Birdstone), whose sophomore campaign was cut short by injury in Japan, arrived at Oaklawn Park this week and will begin the process of re...
Summer Bird, winner of the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), Travers (gr. I), and Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I), underwent successful surgery to repair a nondisp...
I’ve been coming to the Japan Cup every year but one since 1993 and have yet to see an American-trained horse win. The first couple of years were prom...
Trainer Tim Ice said he hopes to ship Summer Bird back to the United States Wednesday on a flight that would also include Marsh Side, one of the Ameri...
Summer Bird will miss the Japan Cup Dirt on Dec. 6 after being diagnosed with a small bone chip in his right front ankle, his co-owner, K.K. Jay...
Like a sudden cold front of Arctic air, trainer Tim Ice blasted his way to national prominence in the world of Thoroughbred racing this year by condit...
After traveling from Arkansas to Kentucky, to New York and New Jersey, back to New York and then to California, Summer Bird next will be discovering J...