Belmont, Travers and Jockey club Gold Cup winner Summer Bird returned to the track this week for the first time since suffering a condylar fracture in late November while training for the Japan Cup Dirt.

The 4-year-old son of Birdstone jogged Wednesday and Thursday mornings at Oaklawn Park for trainer Tim Ritchey, who replaced Tim Ice in early February when owners K.K and Vilasini Jayaraman moved their horses from Ice's barn.

Summer Bird took New York by storm last year, winning the Belmont in June, the Travers in August and the Gold Cup in October to become the first horse since Hall of Famer Easy Goer in 1989 to sweep all three races. The Eclipse champion 3-year-old male of 2009, he most recently finished a credible fourth behind Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Nov. 7.