Fox Hill Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' and two-time champion Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro), last seen suffering her first career defeat when a painful second in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Nov. 4, is on target to make her 2017 debut in the GI Ogden Phipps S. on the GI Belmont S. undercard June 10.
Songbird, winner of last summer's GI Coaching Club American Oaks S. and GI Alabama S. at Saratoga, has posted four workouts at Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's Santa Anita base, most recently covering six furlongs in 1:13.80 (2/16) May 25.
“She went very well and galloped out well, so we're very pleased,” Hollendorfer said. “Mike Smith was up and he's very happy with the way she's coming along. She's bigger than last year, she's put on weight, looks good. She's been training the same, she doesn't act any different that way. We're looking to try to have a good campaign with her.”
Added Smith, who has ridden Songbird in all 12 of her races: “She looks good, seems happy, and is hitting the ground good. Everything's great. She's fit, and she's still got another work to go, so that's even better.”
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