Thursday Insights: A New Songbird Takes Flight At Churchill

5th-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 6:59 p.m.
SOARING HIGH (Curlin), the latest “baby bird” out of dual champion Songbird, debuts for Cherie DeVaux as a Whisper Hill Farm homebred Thursday at Churchill. Mandy Pope went to a sales-topping $9,500,000 to acquire the daughter of Medaglia d'Oro back in 2017 at Fasig-Tipton's November Sale. Of seven foals, she's had three to race and one winner being her 4-year-old daughter Rumours Have It (Tapit). Songbird has one other foal by Curlin, the 3-year-old colt McCorvey who is yet to break his maiden in two starts for Bill Mott. If morning works are any indicator however, DeVaux may have a chance to add a second winner to that tally as Soaring High enters off back to back bullet drills at Keeneland going five furlongs in :59 3/5 Sept. 13 (1/9) and four furlongs in :47 3/5 Sept. 19 (1/27). She is listed at 6-1 on the morning line but will pick up a new rider as the recently-injured Brian Hernandez Jr. was set to pilot. TJCIS PPS