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Birdbirdistheword

Stats Updated Through: 1/2/2008

Trainer: Kenneth G. McPeek Jockey: Javier Castellano
Owner: Raymond H. Cottrell, Sr.
Age/Sex 4-year-old Colt

2006 Stats:
Starts
5
1st-2nd-3rd
3-0-0
Earnings (Rank)
$702,100 (43)
Win % (In-The-Money %)
60% (60%)

In The News:

• Lattice loves Louisville 'Cap length

• Brass Hat to run in Louisville H.

• Millions Turf looks to be wide open

• 'Bird' off Derby trail; Future wagering ...

• Bold Start, McPeek both get second shot

• MORE

Racing Career:

Date	Purse	Race Name	Track	Grade	Finish
03/21/09	$45K	Allowance Optional Claiming	Gulfstream Park		2
05/24/08	$150K	Louisville H.	Churchill Downs	3	3
05/10/08	$56.4K	Allowance Optional Claiming	Churchill Downs		1
04/18/08	$62K	Allowance Optional Claiming	Keeneland		3
03/08/08	$65K	Challenger S.	Tampa Bay Downs		4
02/14/08	$75K	Shotintheheart S.	Gulfstream Park		6
01/26/08	$500K	Sunshine Millions Turf S.	Gulfstream Park		7
12/29/07	$100K	Pete Axthelm S.	Calder Race Course		6
05/04/07	$150K	Crown Royal American Turf S.	Churchill Downs	3	7
03/31/07	$1M	Florida Derby	Gulfstream Park	1	7
03/10/07	$600K	Louisiana Derby	Fair Grounds	2	5
12/01/06	$1M	Boyd Gaming's Delta Jackpot S.	Delta Downs	3	1
10/07/06	$500K	Lane's End Breeders' Futurity	Keeneland	1	4

Silks and Media:

Bet You Didn't Know: Birdbirdistheword is named after the term Vietnam soldiers used to describe helicopters that retrieved them from the battlefield.

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