Mine That Bird

NTRA photo

2006, Birdstone - Mining My Own, by Smart Strike

Breeder: Lamantia, Blackburn, and Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds (Ky.)

Owner: Double Eagle Ranch and Buena Suerte Equine

Trainer: Bennie Woolley Jr.

Regular Rider: Calvin Borel

Pedigree

Mine That Bird

Birdstone

Mining My Own

Grindstone

Dear Birdie

Smart Strike

Aspenelle

Unbridled

Buzz My Bell

Storm Bird

Hush Dear

Mr. Prospector

Classy 'n Smart

Vice Regent

Little to Do

Purchase Info

Private purchase.

Pedigree Highlights

Click on the highlighted sire name to go to the Thoroughbred Times Stallion Directory page for Birdstone.

Race Record

Age	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
2	6	4	0	0	$304,381
3	7	1	2	2	$1,892,200

At 2: 1– Grey S. (G3), Silver Deputy S., Swynford S.

At 3: 1– Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), 2– BlackBerry Preakness S. (G1), Borderland Derby, 3– Belmont S. (G1), West Virginia Derby (G2)

Last Start

Sixth in Goodwood S. (G1) on Oct. 10 at Santa Anita

Future Plans

Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) on Nov. 7 at Santa Anita

Classic Field

Horse	Sire	Trainer
Mine That Bird	Birdstone	Bennie Woolley Jr.
Colonel John	Tiznow	Eoin Harty
Summer Bird	Birdstone	Tim Ice
Zenyatta	Street Cry (Ire)	John Shirreffs
Twice Over	Observatory	Henry Cecil
Richard's Kid	Lemon Drop Kid	Bob Baffert
Gio Ponti	Tale of the Cat	Christophe Clement
Einstein (Brz)	Spend a Buck	Helen Pitts
Girolamo	A.P. Indy	Saeed bin Suroor
Rip Van Winkle	Galileo (Ire)	Aidan O'Brien
Regal Ransom	Distorted Humor	Saeed bin Suroor
Quality Road	Elusive Quality	James Jerkens
Awesome Gem	Awesome Again	Craig Dollase