Sidelined since May with a suspensory injury, Ray Cottrell Sr’s Delta Jackpot winner Birdbirdisword has returned to training at Ken McPeek’s Magdelena Farm in Lexington Kentucky. Tentative plans call for Birdbird to return to the races in early December at Delta Downs, the scene of his most lucrative and commanding performance when he won [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Birdbirdistheword’
April 1, 2007
What To Do When The Bird Won’t Sing?
Birdbird did not give me or anybody else much reason to believe he should remain on the Derby trail after yesterday’s Florida Derby. He’s a better horse than what we saw yesterday. He looked washed out loading into the gate, after the break Manny Cruz managed to get over to the rail and [...]
April 1, 2007
What To Do When The Bird Won’t Sing?
Birdbird did not give me or anybody else much reason to believe he should remain on the Derby trail after yesterday’s Florida Derby. He’s a better horse than what we saw yesterday. He looked washed out loading into the gate, after the break Manny Cruz managed to get over to the rail and [...]
March 19, 2007
Any Given Monday to Reflect On Any Given Saturday
Weekends are slow on the TBA feed, that’s why I look forward to Monday and the chance to read what other bloggers have to say about the weekend’s events. Any Given Saturday was knocked off his pedestal by Street Sense who everybody thought was not cranked up enough to win. Was Carl [...]
January 2, 2007
Birdsofafeather
Just in case you haven’t heard Birdbirdblog has landed here at the TBA. It is dedicated exclusively to coverage of Birdbirdistheword and his connections. I want to thank Ray Cottrell Sr., Larry Green and all the connections of Birdbirdistheword for this opportunity and boy am I excited about it. It may be the first blog [...]
