Songbird (horse)

Songbird
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.