Surfin' Bird (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
28-Aug-21
Sex
mare
Colour
bay
Sire
The Autumn Sun
Prize Money
149875
Owners
First Light Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: T S Wilson), Aristia Park Bloodstock Pty Ltd (Mgr: J Guscic), Maguire Breeding & Racing (Mgr: P A Maguire), J D Widdows, Five Pickets Racing (Mgr: R Irving), L P Galliott, J G Bartlett, R L Cox, M J Castricum & P C P Investments (Mgr: J B Kruger)
About

Surfin' Bird is a 4yo bay mare (female) from Australia trained by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott, who is based at Randwick. She is sired by the stallion The Autumn Sun out of the dam Summer Surf. Surfin' Bird has managed to win 4 races in her career so far. On 15th Oct 2025 at Caulfield, Surfin' Bird scored her most significant win to date, getting the money in the $130000.00 3yo+ Benchmark 70 Handicap. She has proven a profitable horse for the punters over the journey. If you had backed Surfin' Bird throughout her career you'd have achieved a 272% return on investment.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Flemington 04-Nov-25 1400m SOFT 5 R9 G3 4YO+ M Open Set Weight With Penalties $6,000 (of $240,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:24.000, SP: 1.80 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Dance To The Boom ( K Mcevoy 56 ) 2nd Roll On High ( D Stackhouse 55 ) 0.30L 3rd Jenni The Fox ( D Bates 55 ) 1.05L 5th Surfin' Bird ( T Clark 55 ) 1.80L See full resultsT Clark 55kg 1.80L5 (14)
Caulfield 15-Oct-25 1440m GOOD 4 R3 3YO+ BM 70 Hcp $71,500 (of $130,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:24.320, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 6th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.440 1st Surfin' Bird ( B Shinn 59 ) 2nd Shadhavar ( C Williams 62 ) 4.25L 3rd Porter ( R Houston 62.5 , Cd 64.5 ) 5.00L See full resultsB Shinn 59kg1 (12)
Sandown Lakeside 20-Aug-25 1600m GOOD 4 R5 3YO+ F&M BM 70 Hcp $27,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:36.610, SP: 2.90 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.660 1st Surfin' Bird ( J Stanley 58.5 ) 2nd Stupendous ( L Bates 58 , Cd 60 ) 0.46L 3rd Realika ( B Mertens 57.5 ) 0.52L See full resultsJ Stanley 58.5kg1 (10)
Geelong 25-Jul-25 1550m SOFT 5 R8 2YO+ F&M BM 64 Hcp $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:33.240, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 1200m 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.700 1st Surfin' Bird ( J Stanley 59 ) 2nd Tournelle ( T Stockdale 60 ) 5.00L 3rd Diamanda ( L Burke 56.5 , Cd 59.5 ) 6.75L See full resultsJ Stanley 59kg1 (10)
Sandown Lakeside 09-Jul-25 1400m SOFT 5 R4 3YO BM 64 Hcp $1,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:25.810, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.620 1st Legacy Bay ( L Cartwright 57.5 , Cd 60.5 ) 2nd Lario ( J Melham 60 ) 1.75L 3rd Allinthetiming ( W Gordon 58.5 ) 1.85L 7th Surfin' Bird ( J Stanley 57.5 ) 3.26L See full resultsJ Stanley 57.5kg 3.26L7 (12)
Moe 19-Jun-25 1200m SOFT 7 R3 3YO Mdn Set Weight $20,625 (of $37,500) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:14.210, SP: 9.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.100 1st Surfin' Bird ( J Stanley 56 ) 2nd Mauna Kea Miss ( M Castle 56 ) 0.46L 3rd Rattle'n'roll ( T Stockdale 58 ) 1.71L See full resultsJ Stanley 56kg1 (11)