Undefeated champion Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro) was in fine form Sunday morning following her seven-length romp in Saratoga's GI Alabama S. Saturday and is scheduled to return to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's California base Monday morning, according to assistant trainer Christina Jelm.
“She's happy. She had a nice long walk, posed for a bunch of photos, ate grass, wanted her ears rubbed a bunch,” Jelm said. “[She's] totally relaxed. We'll get her out again [Sunday] afternoon and she'll have another walk and some more grass before she goes back to her California home.”
Jelm has been overseeing Songbird's training during her stay in New York, but Hollendorfer checked on his star pupil at 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning before catching a flight to California and was pleased with what he saw.
“This morning, she jogged beautifully on the road, ate up all her dinner,” Jelm reported. “[She] came out of her race better than she went into it. She soared and had a beautiful landing.”
The Fox Hill Farm runner will be accompanied on her flight by her groom Caesar Orante, exercise rider Edgar Rodriguez and Dr. Fager's Gal (Wild Desert), who finished third behind GSW Hot City Girl (City Zip) in the New York-bred Union Ave S. Aug. 18. Songbird could possibly return to the East Coast for Parx's GI Cotillion S. Sept. 24.
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