Sheikh Mohammed’s agent, John Ferguson, went to $400,000 to acquire a son of Birdstone as the top-priced offering at the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale in Lexington ...

Marylou Whitney's Birdstone, winner of his 3-year-old debut in allowance company, may skip the March 13 Florida Derby and run in the following week's $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) at Turfway ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — As rain furiously pounded Saratoga Race Course on Saturday under a dark and gloomy sky, Belmont Stakes winner Birdstone proved he’s the brightest 3-year-old in the land by winning ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The connections of Summer Bird are probably hoping for better weather this Saturday than when his sire ran in the Travers — but the same result. Five years after Birdstone shocked ...

Too far? Too soon? Too rusty? Those are the main questions for the three biggest names in Saturday's 135th Travers Stakes at Saratoga (ESPN, 5-7 p.m. ET). Can Lion Heart stay 1¼ miles? Can Purge run ...

Trainer Nick Zito’s Birdstone, who sits perched atop the Post’s “Derby Dozen” simply because he’s the only member of the original cast who hasn’t stubbed his toe yet this year, will be heavily favored ...

The look on trainer Nick Zito’s face, shocked and bewildered, said it all after his beloved Birdstone straggled home a well-beaten fifth as the 3-5 favorite in Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Lane’s End ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 28 -- When Birdstone won the Belmont Stakes in June, trainer Nick Zito was almost apologetic. Some fans hissed and threw beer cans at owner Mary Lou Whitney, because her ...