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Luis Barrera to try for the Belmont...
...obscure colt upsets a famed favorite in the Belmont...
...gray, rainy dawn last week, a virtually unknown colt named Summing started the slow walk from the barn on the backstretch at New York's Belmont Park. Ominous clouds were lowering as Summing jogged onto the training track. Then an exercise rider set him down on the rail, and Summing began to run. Railbirds could not believe their eyes, and the track's dockers stared at their watches in amazement. The bay colt pounded through the mist at a sizzling pace, and when he flashed past the mile pole Summing had set a new training track record...
...season had been so unimpressive that at one point, he was dropped from stakes competition and entered in a simple allowance race. Then it was discovered that Summing was suffering from a blood infection, and he was forced to skip the Derby and the Preakness. Two weeks before the Belmont, he traveled to Keystone Race Track near Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Derby. A solid win there convinced Trainer
...congruence of speed, stamina and heart. The racing world was surprised when the relatively unknown son of His Majesty took the Derby (1¼ miles). Horsemen conceded him the shorter Preakness (1 3/16 miles) but are now murmuring that he will fade in a race as long as the Belmont (1½ miles). Not Johnny Campo. He has no doubt that Pleasant Colony will become history's twelfth Triple Crown winner. The rapid-fire, near-shout Noo Yawk accent softens only when he speaks of his colt: "He really is a good horse, this horse. Ahh, such a good...