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The Triple Crown season ended the way it started - with an upset. (AP Images)

It was Summer Bird, not Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel, who came roaring down the long stretch and won the final jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday.

Summer Bird, sent off at +1100 to win, gave jockey Kent Desormeaux a Belmont victory he desperately wanted. The longshot won the Belmont in just his fifth career start.

Summer Bird, trained by the recently licensed Tim Ice, returned US$25.80, $9.30, and $4.70. Dunkirk paid $5.40 and $3.60, and Mine That Bird returned $2.60 to show.

Charitable Man was fourth Saturday, followed by Luv Gov, Flying Private, Brave Victory, Mr. Hot Stuff, Chocolate Candy, and Miner's Escape.

The Belmont remains a race usually reserved for longshots. The favorite has won only six of the last 30 runnings of the longest and most grueling of the Triple Crown races.

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