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The
Twelfth Annual
"Hats
Off to the Horses:
The
Road to the Derby"
The
“Birdstone” Hat
created
by
MAGGIE
MAE DESIGNS®
Click
on the hat above to learn more about this auction hat to
support Old Friends!
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The
Twelfth Annual
"Hats
Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby"
A
Unique Online Derby Hat Auction Benefiting Old Friends
sponsored
by
MAGGIE
MAE DESIGNS®
Custom
Derby Millinery by Sally Faith Steinmann
Featured
Horse
Birdstone
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Pedigree:
Foaled
in KY on May 16, 2001; 19 year old Bay stallion
Sire
– Grindstone;
Dam – Dear
Birdie (Storm Bird)
Trained
by:
Nicholas
P. Zito
Owner:
Marylou
Whitney Stables LLC
Breeder:
Marylou
Whitney Stables LLC
Jockey:
Edgar
Prado
Record:
9
Starts: 5 - 0 - 0
Career
Earnings:
$1,575,600
Notable
Wins:
At
2: 1st Champagne S (G1);
At
3: 1st Belmont S (G1), Travers Stakes (G1)
Retired
after discovery of a chip fracture in his left front ankle
Stud
Career: 2005 - 2020 Gainesway Farm, Ky
Sired
two classic winners in his first crop: Mine That Bird &
Summer Bird
Sire
of 22 stakes winners, 10 graded stakes winners, 3 champions,
and more than $29 million in progeny earnings
Pensioned
August 28, 2020 from stud duty at Gainesway and retired to Old
Friends on August 28, 2020
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Birdstone
at Old Friends
Courtesy Old Friends
website
August
20, 2020
Belmont
Stakes and Travers winner Birdstone has been pensioned to Old
Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, KY.
A
homebred for owner Marylou Whitney and trained by Nick Zito,
Birdstone captured the G1 Champagne Stakes as a two-year-old
in 2003. Birdstone ran up the track in the Kentucky Derby and
sat out the Preakness, before surprising most of the sell-out
crowd when he got up in the final yards in the Belmont Stakes
to ruin Smarty Jones' try for the Triple Crown. That summer,
at Saratoga Race Course, Birdstone proved that the Belmont was
no fluke when he added a victory in the Travers Stakes to his
impressive resume.
The
son of Grindstone, out of the Storm Bird mare Dear Birdie,
Birdstone retired from racing in 2004 after a chip was found
in his left front ankle after his final start was in the GR1
Breeders’ Cup Classic. Birdstone retired with five
victories from nine starts and earnings of $1,575,600.
He
spent his stallion career at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, KY
where he became one of very few sires to have produced a
Kentucky Derby winner in their first crop when Mine That Bird
captured the 2009 Run for the Roses at 50-to-1 upset in 2009.
That same year, his son Summer Bird repeated his sire’s
efforts by winning both the Belmont and Travers Stakes.
"We
are so grateful to John Hendrickson for allowing Old Friends
to care for Birdstone in his post-breeding career," said
Blowen. "He's a living tribute to the late Marylou
Whitney, and we plan to carry on her great contributions to
the aftercare of both humans and horses," he added.
"We're extremely grateful to John for trusting us to care
for his tremendous stakes winner. Birdstone had a great life
at Gainesway and we plan to continue that tradition at Old
Friends."
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The
“Birdstone” Hat by MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS®
Acacia
Courtney
modeling
The
“Birdstone” Hat by MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS®
Special
thanks to Acacia Courtney, Gulfstream Park and New York
Racing Association paddock reporter and the host of the
America's Day at the Races shows on FOX Sports and MSG
Networks, for helping us this month with our “Hats Off
to the Horses” fundraiser.
Thanks
also to Old Friends volunteer and photographer Laura Battles
for her stunning images!
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The
Rosie Signature Hat Collection
by
MAGGIE
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A
very special ongoing hat collaboration with retired jockey
Rosie Napravnik to benefit Old Friends of KY!
Please
click on the above photo to visit the updated collection!
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