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Posted 2009-11-30 06:47:29  
US trained Summer Bird fractures foreleg, out of Japan Cup Dirt (G1)

 The Japan Racing Association has announced that the 2009 Belmont Stakes winner, Summer Bird (3yo colt), has withdrawn from the 2009 Japan Cup Dirt (G1) scheduled for Hanshin Racecourse on December 6, 2009.

It became clear after his training on Sunday, Nov. 29, that the Tim Ice-trained colt has a metacarpus fracture in his right foreleg.
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