Songbird (foaled April 30, 2013) is a retired American 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. Background Songbird is a large bay filly bred in Kentucky by John Antonelli. She was sired by Medaglia d'Oro, whose wins included the Travers Stakes, Whitney Handicap, and Donn Handicap. As a breeding stallion, Medaglia d'Oro is best known as the sire of Rachel Alexandra. Songbird's dam Ivanavinalot was a successful racemare whose six wins included the Grade II Bonnie Miss Stakes at Gulfstream Park in March 2003. Ivanavinalot was descended from Flower Bed, the dam of the leading racehorse and broodmare Flower Bowl. Owner Rick Porter named the filly in honor of the late singer Eva Cassidy. In August 2014 the yearling filly was consigned to the Fasig-Tipton sale at Saratoga and was bought for $400,000 by Rick Porter's Fox Hill Farms. She was sent into training with the veteran Jerry Hollendorfer and was ridden throughout her career by jockey Mike Smith, who also rode the mare Zenyatta. Racing career 2015: two-year-old season Songbird began her racing career in a maiden race over six furlongs at Del Mar Racetrack on July 27.