Birdstone

dray33 · Postby **dray33** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:56 pm

Any thoughts on this guy... doing very well with only 62 runners (half as many as most other freshman sires). Also, interesting inbreeding if you have a storm cat family mare. You would inbreed to Storm Bird, but NOT storm cat... it's a Storm Bird mare. Thoughts?

zinn21 · Postby **zinn21** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:27 pm

A first time starter (Resplendently) at Hollywood Park ran a real nice race today. I like what I've seen thus far.

vallygirl927 · Postby **vallygirl927** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:50 pm

I saw resplensendtly run today at Hollywood. Nice for his first start. I had a weird feeling he would run pretty well too.

springboro · Postby **springboro** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:50 am

two Derby horses and an Oaks filly in his first crop. I suspect he'll bump up in the sales and price now.

zinn21 · Postby **zinn21** » Sun May 03, 2009 8:47 am

two Derby horses and an Oaks filly in his first crop. I suspect he'll bump up in the sales and price now.

Pretty impressive. Bet he's a surprise success for many Hardboots.. Does Marylou still own him?

oliverstoned · Postby **oliverstoned** » Sun May 03, 2009 3:22 pm

Definitely a suprise along with his peers Candy Ride and Stroll. Nothing harder than picking which sires will make it. Birdstone is so friggin cute too isn't he?

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Sun May 03, 2009 5:07 pm

Yes, Birdstone is definitely a cutie, as is Mine That Bird ... tell you what I absolutely LOVE ... Medaglia d'Oro, Tapit and Birdstone are all siring some top-notch racehorses at a fraction of the stud fee of (drum roll, please!) Smarty Jones, whose first couple of years at stud were at $100,000 a pop. Three Chimneys is desperately trying to generate some interest in Smarty with strip ads that proclaim he's had this winner and that winner ... but the bottom line is, he has no graded stakes winners in this country thus far, and just a sprinkling of allowance and maiden special weight winners this year. I liked Smarty as a racehorse, but I always thought that his $100K stud fee was obscene and downright greedy by the syndicate that owns him, and now his commercial value and appeal is probably completely shot. All hail Birdstone for knocking one out of the park yesterday!

summerhorse · Postby **summerhorse** » Sun May 03, 2009 8:07 pm

When I saw Birdstone in person I fell in love. He's just gorgeous and I'm so glad he's starting out with a bang! I feel bad for Smarty though but I did think that fee was obscene!

Sysonby · Postby **Sysonby** » Mon May 04, 2009 8:14 am

oliverstoned wrote:Definitely a suprise along with his peers Candy Ride and Stroll. Nothing harder than picking which sires will make it. Birdstone is so friggin cute too isn't he?

LB · Postby LB » Mon May 04, 2009 10:36 am

Beautiful pictures, Sysonby!

AscotStud · Postby **AscotStud** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:14 am

Gainesway sure hit a home run with Birdstone and Tapit, two smaller athletic looking horses. Maybe people will eventually start looking for that type at the sales now too.

Toccet02 · Postby **Toccet02** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:21 am

MTB has his sire's compact, rounded shape too. These are great pics of Birdstone.

Bohemia · Postby **Bohemia** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:22 am

Yes, these are great pics, and thanks for posting them!

oliverstoned · Postby **oliverstoned** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:50 pm

Thanks, I'm gonna make it my background right now.

Sysonby · Postby **Sysonby** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:45 pm

oliverstoned wrote:Thanks, I'm gonna make it my background right now.

What a nice thing to say!

I took the photos about 2 years ago in 2007. I remember thinking at the time that Birdstone was a remarkably good looking horse and had a real presence about him in a quiet unassuming way.