Songbird Returns in The Summertime Oaks

[TJ]

Songbird returns after spiking a fever which prevented her from running in the Kentucky Oaks. Past Performances below. TJ

8th Race. (C9) Summertime Oaks (Grade II)STAKES
Purse $200,000 Guaranteed One Mile And One Sixteenth
FOR FILLIES, THREE YEARS OLD.
1 THAT'S A LADY (L) '13 F 120 Gonzalez, S Michael Talla John Sadler
2 BELLAMENTARY (L) '13 F 120 Garcia, M Little Red Feather Racing or RM Racing Philip D' Amato
3 NOT NOW CAROLYN (L) '13 F 120 Desormeaux, K Big Chief Racing, LLC, Don't Tell My Wife Stables, LLC, Et Al J. Keith Desormeaux
4 SONGBIRD (L) '13 F 124 Smith, M Fox Hill Farms, Inc. Jerry Hollendorfer
5 COPPA (L) '13 F 120 Talamo, J Fanticola or Scardino Philip D' Amato
6 KAY KAY (L) '13 F 120 Quinonez, A Holly & David Wilson Vladimir Cerin
7 SUTTON'S SMILE (L) '13 F 120 Prat, F Turnley Farms Louisiana, LLC Philip D' Amato

Click on Songbird: http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/briswatc ... mmary.html

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Songbird
Bellamentary

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Here's the finish:
Songbird
Bellamentary
Kay Kay
That's A Lady

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Not to be out done by the colts, Songbird demolished her field of fillies once again. For the first time in her career she laid slightly off the pace and went to the lead as she pleased, while winning the Summertime Oaks in hand. Though Hollendorfer was pleased with her performance he gave no indication of where she might run next. In his words, "It was beautiful the way she just settled in. I was very happy with the way she looked going down the backside. She was very comfortable, with her ears up, looking for something. The opportunity presented itself to be just a little off the pace and now we’ve shown everyone that we can do that. We thought she could do that before, but you never know until you try. We’ll try to keep her doing bigger and better things." But he was quick to add, "I think we’ll stick with the girls for now and see what happens." Watch the replay below. TJ
http://www1.drf.com/displayVideo.do?tra ... ountry=USA

[Cree]

Smooth as silk.
They've stated on their public Facebook page they are looking at the Delaware Oaks or the Coaching Club American Oaks. Similar purses, but Delaware Oaks is not a grade 1 - of which she has many already.
Delaware Oaks would be 3 weeks rest, CCAO is 5 weeks.

***Scrap that - just saw on DRF that Porter said the CCAO is next.

[TJ]

Smooth as silk.
They've stated on their public Facebook page they are looking at the Delaware Oaks or the Coaching Club American Oaks. Similar purses, but Delaware Oaks is not a grade 1 - of which she has many already.
Delaware Oaks would be 3 weeks rest, CCAO is 5 weeks.

***Scrap that - just saw on DRF that Porter said the CCAO is next.

Hi Cree,
Thanks for that update. She's such a beautiful mover...Hollendorfer said bigger and better and the CCAO at Saratoga racecourse is just that:>) Can't wait to watch this one. TJ