Noble Bird Sweeps into Clark Handicap on Winning Streak
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Momentum of the good kind has proven a tricky thing for Noble Bird.
When the son of Birdstone notched his first Grade 1 triumph in 2015, it figured to be the launching point for more of the same — not the four-race losing skid that followed. And just when the headstrong chestnut horse appeared to right the ship with an 11 1/4-length triumph in this year’s Grade 3 Pimlico Special Handicap, the wheels seemed to come loose again with consecutive off-the-board outings in Grade 1 races.