Birdstone

Grindstone - Dear Birdie, by Storm Bird 2001 bay - Submit Mare
Entered Stud: 2005 - 2013 Fee: $10,000 
    

Birdstone News

on 4/24/2013
A colt by Birdstone topped the third day of the OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in training, bringing a winning bid of $375,000...
on 3/13/2013
Birdstone had one of the top-5 selling 2-year-olds at the March 12-13 OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale...
on 12/7/2011
In the Dec. 2 issue of the Thoroughbred Daily News, renowned pedigree expert Bill Oppenheim raved about Birdstone's value...
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on 11/8/2011
A weanling filly by Birdstone netted a top bid of $300,000 during day 2 of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale...
on 10/13/2011
Birdrun earned his second stakes win of 2011 when the 5-year-old son of Birdstone was awarded first place in the Greenwood Cup...
on 6/10/2011
Birdrun soared gate to wire, en route to a 3 3/4-length victory in the $150,000 Brooklyn H. (G2) on June 10...
on 4/3/2011
Gainesway sales graduate S. S. Stone continued his winning ways at Gulfstream on April 3, scoring his fourth consecutive victory...
on 1/17/2011
Marylou Whitney gave a passionate acceptance speech following her Eclipse Award of Merit for meritorious service...
on 11/14/2010
Birdstone's 4-year-old son Birdrun proved best in the $150,000 Carl G. Rose Classic at Calder on Nov. 13...
on 9/23/2010
Record-setting miler Birdrun soared to victory over Godolphin’s heavily favored Tahitian Warrior in a $52,000 allowance at Belmont on Sept. 22...
on 5/19/2010
Birdstone’s leading sons are gearing up for their respective 4-year-old campaigns. Champion & Classic winner Summer Bird and Kentucky Derby hero Mine That Bird...
on 4/19/2010
Stakes-winning juvenile Bet Your Boots returned to his stakes-winning ways on April 18th with a daylight victory in the Baxter S. at Fonner Park...
on 4/5/2010
A flashy looking son of Birdstone brought $310,000 early at the Keeneland 2yo sale on April 5th...
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on 1/19/2010
Three-time G1 winner Summer Bird, by Birdstone, was honored for his tremendous 3yo campaign...
on 10/4/2009
Leading 3-year-old Summer Bird continues to bolster the strength of Birdstone’s first crop...
on 8/30/2009
Classic winner Summer Bird is replicating Birdstone’s 3-year-old exploits, dominating the $1 million Travers (G1)...
on 7/20/2009
Fresh off of siring a pair of Classic winners from his first crop, Birdstone became a commercial hit on July 20th...
on 7/1/2009
The Blood-Horse interviews Michael Hernon and Carl Buckler about the success of Birdstone...
on 6/22/2009
Bet Your Boots, a 2-year-old colt by Birdstone, romped by 17 lengths in a five-furlong maiden special weight...
on 6/7/2009
Birdstone accomplished an extraordinary feat on June 6th when Summer Bird won the Belmont S. (G1)...

"Buy of the Year"

Birdstone
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"I'd call him just about the buy of the year at that price."

--Bill Oppenheim, 12-2-2011

  • Sire of Two Champions, Two Classic Winners, and Two $2-Million earners from his first crop.
  • Sire of Champion and Kentucky Derby-G1 winner MINE THAT BIRD, who placed in both the Preakness-G1 and Belmont-G1; Eclipse Champion SUMMER BIRD, first 3YO since Easy Goer to win the Belmont-G1, Travers-G1 & Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1; 2011 Breeders' Cup runner-up BIRDRUN ($612,111).
  • Quality of mares has increased 75.7% over the past two years.
  • 2012 yearlings averaging $61,403 (31 sold), including $385,000 colt, $150,000 filly, $150,000 colt, $105,000 filly, $105,000 colt.
  • Buyers of 2012 progeny include Live Oak Plantation, Barry Schwartz, Mark Casse, Joe Moss, Hidden Brook, Vinery Bloodstock.
  • Nine stakes winners, six Graded SWs, $10.5-million from his first five crops.
  • In the top 3% of all sires by average-earnings per starter.
  • First-crop son BIRDRUN set NTR at 3, won Brooklyn H.-G2 and Breeders' Cup runner-up in 2011, major stakes performer again in 2012; First-crop son S. S. STONE won 4-of-4 in 2011, including $100,000 Skip Away S.-G3.
  • Eighteen overall stakes horses also include 5-time SW BET YOUR BOOTS, debut 2YO SW BEST OF BIRDSTONE, and Kentucky Oaks-G1 runner-up Stone Legacy.
  • No colt of his generation can match Birdstone's race record: One of two in history to sweep the Champagne-G1, Belmont-G1 and Travers-G1.
  • G1 winner and Eclipse Award finalist at 2 and 3.
  • By Kentucky Derby-G1 winner GRINDSTONE, classic sire line of UNBRIDLED.
  • Half-brother to Champion BIRD TOWN, winner of the fastest Kentucky Oaks-G1.
  • Out of blue hen Dear Birdie, the 2004 Broodmare of the Year.

"More than 100 years after William C. Whitney entered the American
racing and breeding scene in 1896, the influence of the breeding
enterprise carried on by his descendants remains strong at the very
highest levels."
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Thoroughbred Times Today 11/19/10

Birdstone's Race and (Stakes) Record

Age Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earned
2 3 2 (1) 0 0 $339,000
3 6 3 (2) 0 0 $1,236,600
Totals 9 5 (3) 0 0 $1,575,600

Won at 2

  • Champagne S (gr. I, 1 1/16 miles, by 2 1/2, defeating Chapel Royal, Dashboard Drummer, Paddington, Notorious Rogue, Read the Footnotes, Midnight Express).

  • A maiden special weight race at Saratoga (6 furlongs, by 12 1/2, defeating Bold Love, Hornshope, My Buddy My Pal, Monopoly Money, Temescal Ridge, Tynan, Ten Pound Bay, Single File).

Won at 3

  • Belmont S (gr. I, 1 1/2 miles, defeating Smarty Jones, Royal Assault, Eddington, Rock Hard Ten, Tap Dancer, Master David, Caiman, Purge).

  • Travers S (gr. I, 1 1/4 miles, by 2 1/2, defeating The Cliff's Edge, Eddington, Purge, Sir Shackleton, Suave, Lion Heart).

  • An allowance race at Gulfstream Park (1 mile and 70 yards, by 3, defeating Capejinsky, Caiman, Smoocher, Farnum Alley, All True).

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Birdstone Generational Pedigree

Dosage Profile:

GRINDSTONE (USA)
dkb/br. 1993
UNBRIDLED (USA)
b. 1987 [BI]
FAPPIANO (USA)
b. 1977 [IC]
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA) b. 1970 [BC]
KILLALOE (USA) b. 1970
GANA FACIL (USA)
ch. 1981
LE FABULEUX (FR) ch. 1961 [P]
CHAREDI (USA) dkb/br. 1976
BUZZ MY BELL (USA)
dkb/br. 1981
DRONE (USA)
gr. 1966
SIR GAYLORD (USA) b. 1959 [IC]
CAP AND BELLS (USA) gr. 1958
CHATEAUPAVIA (USA)
ch. 1966
CHATEAUGAY (USA) ch. 1960
GLENPAVIA (USA) br. 1954
DEAR BIRDIE (USA)*
ch. 1987
STORM BIRD (CAN)
b. 1978
NORTHERN DANCER (CAN)
b. 1961 [BC]
NEARCTIC (CAN) br. 1954
NATALMA (USA) b. 1957 *
SOUTH OCEAN (CAN)*
b. 1967
NEW PROVIDENCE (CAN) b. 1956
SHINING SUN (USA) b. 1962
HUSH DEAR (USA)
ch. 1978
SILENT SCREEN (USA)
ch. 1967
PRINCE JOHN (USA) ch. 1953 [C]
PRAYER BELL (USA) b. 1954 *
YOU ALL (USA)
b. 1968
NASHUA (USA) b. 1952 [IC]
HONEY DEAR (USA) b. 1958
courtesy of Pedigree Query

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Entered Stud: 2005 - 2013 Fee: $10,000