Jerry Hollendorfer

Friday Start Bodes Fantastic for Del Mar’s 77th Summer

TGIF. Thank God It’s Friday. Excuse Del Mar Thoroughbred Club racing fans if they add a rider to that popular rallying cry to festivities. Make it Thank God It’s Friday, […]

Track Reports

Santa Anita Stable Notes: Songbird Breezes for East Coast Tour

Superstar filly Songbird, who reels off fractions with the rhythmical precision of a metronome, worked six furlongs on Santa Anita’s main track Saturday morning in 1:13.40, breezing, as the undefeated […] Read More

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G1 Coaching Club American Oaks Purse Increase to $500,000, Contingent on Songbird Starting

ELMONT, N.Y – The New York Racing Association announced today the total purse for the 99th running of the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks on July 24 at Saratoga […] Read More

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Santa Anita Stable Notes: Songbird Likely Heads East for Next Race

Wow! If Secretariat moved like “a tremendous machine,” Songbird moves like something “rarely seen,” although when it comes to styles, she is Zenyatta in reverse. Songbird goes to the front and […] Read More

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Songbird Stays Undefeated in G2 Summertime Oaks, Romps by 6 1/2 Lengths

ARCADIA, Calif. (June 18, 2016)—How good is she? Although that question wasn’t answered completely, it would appear the sky continues to be the limit for superstar filly Songbird as she […] Read More

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Undefeated Filly Songbird Heads Saturday’s G2, $200,000 Summertime Oaks

ARCADIA, Calif. (June 15, 2016)—Idle since winning the Grade I Santa Anita Oaks on April 9 by nearly four lengths, Fox Hill Farms’ undefeated superstar filly Songbird heads a field of seven […] Read More

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Santa Anita Stable Notes: Songbird Fires Bullet Work

Unbeaten and unchallenged champion Songbird worked six furlongs in 1:13 flat under regular rider Mike Smith Saturday morning for a possible start in the Grade II Summertime Oaks at 1 […] Read More

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Santa Anita Stable Notes: Champion Songbird Works Towards Her Return

SONGBIRD TAKES A MINUTE FOR SUNDAY BREEZE On an overcast Sunday morning, Songbird, racing’s perfect filly, worked five furlongs on Santa Anita’s fast main track shortly after daybreak in a […] Read More

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Wild Dude Rallies From off the Pace to Take G2, $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. (May 21, 2016)—With a lively pace to run at, Wild Dude skimmed the rail turning for home under Rafael Bejarano and overtook favored Subtle Indian in the final […] Read More

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I Will Score Leads Throughout, Wins G3 $100,000 Lazaro Barrera Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. (May 14, 2016)—Breaking from the far outside in a field of seven sophomore colts and geldings, I Will Score made the lead while securing the rail and virtually […] Read More