| Songbird | |
|---|---|
&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Songbird_preparing_for_the_Distaff.jpg) Songbird at the 2016 Breeders' Cup Distaff | |
| Sire | Medaglia d'Oro |
| Grandsire | El Prado |
| Dam | Ivanavinalot |
| Damsire | West Acre |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | April 30, 2013[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | John Antonelli |
| Owner | Fox Hill Farms Inc |
| Trainer | Jerry Hollendorfer |
| Record | 15: 13-2-0 |
| Earnings | $4,692,000[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Del Mar Debutante Stakes (2015) Chandelier Stakes (2015) Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2015) Las Virgenes Stakes (2016) Santa Ysabel Stakes (2016) Santa Anita Oaks (2016) Summertime Oaks (2016) Coaching Club American Oaks (2016) Alabama Stakes (2016) Cotillion Stakes (2016) Ogden Phipps Stakes (2017) Delaware Handicap (2017) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2015) American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2016) | |
| Honors | |
| National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2023) | |
| Last updated on 26 April 2023 | |
Songbird (foaled April 30, 2013) is a retired US Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was a two-time Eclipse Award winner. She won thirteen times, nine of them in Grade I races, and had career earnings of almost $4.7 million.
She was the 2015 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly after being undefeated in four starts, including Grade I victories in the Del Mar Debutante Stakes, Chandelier Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. She was undefeated against three-year-old fillies in 2016 including the Grade I Santa Anita Oaks, Coaching Club American Oaks, Alabama and Cotillion Stakes. Her 11-race undefeated streak ended in the Breeders' Cup Distaff, where she was second by a scant nose to the 6-year-old champion mare, Beholder. Despite the loss, she was a unanimous selection as the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2016. In 2017 after her return to the racetrack was delayed by injury, she won the Grade I Ogden Phipps after a seven-month layoff and then won the Delaware Handicap in July for her ninth Grade I victory. In August, she finished second, beaten by just a neck, in the Personal Ensign Stakes in what became her final start. After the race, an exam uncovered some hidden injuries to her front and hind legs, causing her to be retired. She was sold as a broodmare at the November Fasig-Tipton sale for a near-record price of $9.5 million.
- ^ "Songbird pedigree". equineline.com.
- ^ "Songbird - Equibase Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.