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Birdstone

11 year old Horse | Retired
Owner(s):
Marylou Whitney Stables
Trainer:
Nicholas P. Zito
Bred:
Kentucky (USA) by Marylou Whitney Stables
Pedigree:
Grindstone  -  Dear Birdie  by  Storm Bird
Rating:
 
 
Birdstone at Stud
Gainesway
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Birdstone...

Secretariat, 1973 Triple Crown Champion, was euthanized at Claiborne Farm in Paris, KY after suffering a severe case of laminitis. He was 19.Read More
What would it be like to spend six weeks shadowing: the President and CEO of a major thoroughbred racetrack, a trainer of five Triple Crown races, a horse that was in the midst of one of the greatest campaigns in recent history, and a jockey who was the darling of the media?Read More
  • zatt · Thanks for the low-down on this one, Matt ... I recently read it myself and thorougly enjoyed. O'Meara paints a vivid and colorful picture of everything that went down at the Spa in 2009, including of course Rachel raising the rafters! · 165 days ago ·
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What's the old saying? “Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.” Trying not to fall into that trap, I've decided to pour over my memory bank of Belmont's Past to better prepare myself for tomorrow's outcome. In so doing, I have found winners of previous runnings that have an awfu...Read More
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  • djp4567 · I like your comments but going to have to go with the chalk in this one. Animal Kingdom just looks too good for this field. If he stays close to the pace he should run away with it. Late closers rarely win the Belmont so don't get caught up too much on the distance thing... · 241 days ago ·
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  • 4everZenyatta · I lvoe the comparison of Drosselmeyer and Santiva ;) · 233 days ago ·
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It’s been a few years since Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito experienced that most magical moment of seeing his horse cross the Kentucky Derby wire before all the rest. 17 years to be exact. Back then, Zito won it twice in a span of four runnings with Strike the Gold in 1991 and Go For Gin in 1994, bu...Read More
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  • DipakRoy · i trust Nick Zito 100%, it is now on the hands of Julien Leparaoux, how he is going to manouvare the horse. · 285 days ago ·
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  • tiznow · I think 7/1 for the favorite to go off at is very realistic. Last year we had Lucky who was very consistent and Super Saver go off similar. With the doubts people are casting on Mo, I can definitely see it around there again for the favorite. · 284 days ago ·
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Which running style historically wins the Belmont? Iron Maidens Thoroughbreds takes a look at the last 20 runnings of the Belmont.Read More
One morning the week of the Kentucky Derby, trainer Tim Ice was asked if he thought the race might be a little ambitious for Summer Bird, who at that point had raced just three times. His career had begun just two months earlier at Oaklawn Park, with a fourth-place finish in a maiden race. Summer Bi...Read More
The third leg of racing’s Triple Crown has been the undoing of many champions aspiring for all-time greatness.  It is the site of many historical performances and it’s place in racing’s landscape as big and broad as the racetrack over which it’s contested.  Read More
I’ve been coming to the Japan Cup every year but one since 1993 and have yet to see an American-trained horse win. The first couple of years were promising: Kotashaan finished second, a length and a quarter behind Legacy World in 1993, and Paradise Creek was nosed ...Read More
Birdstone, sire of two of the three United States classic winners this year, will stand in 2010 for $30,000, up from $10,000, at the Beck family's Gainesway Farm near Lexington.Read More
That this is an exceptional crop of second-year sires is not exactly news any more. Still, the point was hammered home again at the weekend, when two second-season horses were represented by grade I winners. Read More
Summer Bird secured his place atop the 3-year-old division with his resounding victory in the slop in the $1-million Shadwell Travers Stakes.Read More
The weekend brought a couple of new players to the 3-year-old scene and also underlined just how strong the second-crop sires are.Read More
Sheikh Mohammed's agent, John Ferguson, went to $400,000 to acquire a son of Birdstone as the top-priced offering at the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale in Lexington July 20.Read More
As a tribute to Birdstone’s remarkable feat of siring two different winners of a Triple Crown race in the same year (the first stallion to do so since Count Fleet in 1951), and from his first crop no less, I am re-printing my 2004 Belmont Stakes recap from the Blood-Horse. (Sorry, it’s pretty long).Read More
Another Triple Crown season has come and gone, and as usual it did not disappoint. Many of the happenings would have been impossible to predict, however, such as:Read More
Summer Bird might have won the race, but the real winner might have actually been Marylou Whitney and Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Ky.Why? Well, Summer Bird and Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird come from the same father, Birdstone, who won the 2004 Belmont Stakes. Birdstone is owned by Whitney a...Read More
Ok, I am officially smitten with Mine That Bird. I admit to being one of those misguided souls who paid no attention to him before the Kentucky Derby other than to comment what a beautiful mover he was. After the Preakness and seeing him on the Belmont track Thursday morning, I have to say in simple...Read More
But the other unknown bird, Summer Bird, also flew past a bunch of rivals in the latter part of the race to finish sixth at 43-1. That effort didn’t gain Summer Bird much notoriety, but it did move his connections to try another classic -- the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) June 6. Like Mine That Bird, Summ...Read More
There was a quote from D. Wayne Lukas in Saturday’s New York Post suggesting the distances of the Triple Crown races be changed to 1 1/8 miles, 1 3/16 miles, and 1 1/4 miles. Lukas said, “Nobody cares about mile and a half horses any more. The living proof is that every Belmont winner winds up in It...Read More
If there’s one thing that never hurt a fledgling stallion’s career, it’s a “big horse” in the first crop to race – especially a Classic winner. Thanks to Mine That Bird and Rachel Alexandra, respectively, both Birdstone and Medaglia d’Oro have achieved the distinction of becoming Classic sires with ...Read More

Birdstone - Pedigree

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GrindstoneUnbridledFappiano
Gana Facil
Buzz My BellDrone
Chateaupavia
Dear BirdieStorm BirdNorthern Dancer
South Ocean
Hush DearSilent Screen
You All

Birdstone - Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video10/30/047thE PradoLS91 1/4 mDBreeders' Cup Classic-G103 MGhostzapperRoses In MayPleasantly Perfect1:59.02
View DetailsView Video08/28/041stE PradoSar111 1/4 mDTravers Stakes-G103 MBirdstoneThe Cliff's EdgeEddington2:02.45
View DetailsView Video06/05/041stE PradoBel111 1/2mDBelmont Stakes-G103 MBirdstoneSmarty JonesRoyal Assault2:27.50
View DetailsView Video05/01/048thE PradoCD101 1/4 mDKentucky Derby-G103 MSmarty JonesLion HeartImperialism2:04.06
View Details10/04/031stJ BaileyBel71 1/16 mDChampagne-G102 MBirdstoneChapel RoyalDashboard Drummer1:44.05
View Details08/30/034thE PradoSar87 fDHopeful-G102 MSilver WagonChapel RoyalNotorious Rogue1:23.47

 

 

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