Songbird

Songbird broke her maiden impressively at first asking at Del Mar in July 2015, prompting her connections to run her in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante at the end of the meet. The filly rose to the challenge, galloping off to win the Debutante by 5 1/4 lengths as the favorite. She continued her march to the 2-year-old filly championship by winning the Grade 1 Chandelier, a Win and You're In race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. She sealed the Eclipse Award up a month later when winning the Juvenile Fillies.

Songbird made her 3-year-old debut a memorable one with a runaway victory in the Grade 2 Las Virgenes Stakes. She followed that up with easy wins in the Santa Ysabel and Santa Anita Oaks but was forced to miss the Kentucky Oaks when falling ill. She returned to the track two months later and stayed undefeated in the Summertime Oaks before heading to Saratoga for the Coaching Club American Oaks. Facing Carina Mia, who was considered one of the best fillies in the crop, she made easy work of the "Graveyard of Champions" to stay undefeated. Four weeks later, Songbird won the Grade 1, 1 1/4-mile Alabama Stakes at Saratoga by seven lengths to improve to 10 wins in as many starts. Songbird extended her unbeaten streak to 11 with a 5 3/4-length victory over Carina Mia and Kentucky Oaks winner Cathryn Sophia in the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes in September at Parx Racing. She suffered her first career defeat by a nose in the Breeders' Cup Distaff after a stirring stretch battle with three-time champion older mare Beholder.

After the 2016 season, Songbird was named the Eclipse Award winner as champion 3-year-old filly.

Songbird was given an extended break after her 3-year-old season. She returned from a layoff of seven months with a hard-fought win on the Belmont Stakes undercard in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Stakes. Her second start of 2017 was also a winning one as she captured her ninth Grade 1 race of her career in the Delaware Handicap.

Songbird returned in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 26. After setting unchallenged fractions through the first mile of the 1 1/8-mile race, she was all out in the stretch under Mike Smith but could not withstand a closing charge from Forever Unbridled in the final strides, losing by a neck. That marked only her second career loss in 15 starts.

After the loss, Songbird was sent for a veterinary evaluation, which revealed a bone chip in a front leg. To avoid risking further injury owner Rick Porter retired the filly from racing. 

A $400,000 yearling purchase, Songbird is by top sire Medaglia d'Oro and out of graded stakes winner Ivanavinalot.