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09-23-2016, 04:00 PM
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Songbird
I just found out that Songbird was named in honor of Eva Cassidy who sang this song so beautifully. She tragically died very young of cancer but her memories lives on in her music and in this great filly.
Here's the link to this video as well as her moving rendition of Fields of Gold.
Hard to listen to with dry eyes.
Every time I see Songbird running these beautiful lyrics will echo in my ears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj3aVGCZ_v0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDuye_qB-2o
Last edited by bobphilo; 09-23-2016 at 04:04 PM.
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09-23-2016, 04:10 PM
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Your first link came up busted (for me) - here's a backup link to Songbird just in case:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNLYeaL7No
Eva Cassidy was a Marylander who died way too young. Very cool to learn Songbird was named after her - thanks for the post.
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09-23-2016, 07:30 PM
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Pretty cool Bob. I have a slew of women singers I love. Can't live without em!
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09-23-2016, 09:01 PM
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Thanks guys. I was starting to think that anything not strictly relating to filthy lucre and the greedy pursuit of profits was of no interest here.
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09-23-2016, 09:32 PM
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Nice, I did not know that. Her Somewhere Over the Rainbow is amazing.
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09-24-2016, 05:10 PM
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Songbird just made it a perfect 11 for 11 by wining the Cotillion against the top 3YO fillies with ease. Eva Cassidy would have been proud.
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09-24-2016, 07:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobphilo
Songbird just made it a perfect 11 for 11 by wining the Cotillion against the top 3YO fillies with ease. Eva Cassidy would have been proud.
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Amen my man. Thanks again for posting the connection.
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09-24-2016, 09:31 PM
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She looked bigger today. Looks like she is still growing
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09-25-2016, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JustRalph
She looked bigger today. Looks like she is still growing
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Yep, 3YOs are the equivalent of teenagers and most are still growing.
It's a shame that her connections will not run against males. She has run out of competition against her gender in her age group but will never get the chance to show what she can do against colts.
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09-25-2016, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by bobphilo
Yep, 3YOs are the equivalent of teenagers and most are still growing.
It's a shame that her connections will not run against males. She has run out of competition against her gender in her age group but will never get the chance to show what she can do against colts.
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You're thinking she should run in the Classic? I'd never consider running a 3yo filly there.
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09-26-2016, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by bobphilo
It's a shame that her connections will not run against males. She has run out of competition against her gender in her age group but will never get the chance to show what she can do against colts.
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Beholder will be plenty enough of a challenge in the Distaff. We already know that Beholder is competitive with high level older Grade 1 males. So "if" she can handler Beholder (which will be no easy task), then it will make sense to try her against older males next year. If she can handle that, then the Classic is an option at the end of next year.
No reason to throw her straight into the biggest fire yet without testing her at some of the levels in between. The one difference between her and Rachel is that Rachel was further along at this stage. This filly is moving along a little slower, but she may be just as good or better before it's all over. She was certainly really good right from the start and is still getting better. We'll see.
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09-26-2016, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
You're thinking she should run in the Classic? I'd never consider running a 3yo filly there.
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Never say never.
In Europe top fillies are run against top colts all the time and win their share.
I never said she should run in the Classic this year. The point is her connections have no intention of ever running her against males ever.
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09-26-2016, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
Beholder will be plenty enough of a challenge in the Distaff. We already know that Beholder is competitive with high level older Grade 1 males. So "if" she can handler Beholder (which will be no easy task), then it will make sense to try her against older males next year. If she can handle that, then the Classic is an option at the end of next year.
No reason to throw her straight into the biggest fire yet without testing her at some of the levels in between. The one difference between her and Rachel is that Rachel was further along at this stage. This filly is moving along a little slower, but she may be just as good or better before it's all over. She was certainly really good right from the start and is still getting better. We'll see.
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I did not say she should run in this year's Classic. Perhaps if she had won in open company earlier, but her connections never gave her the chance.
Hopefully, they'll take a more enlightened attitude next year.
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09-26-2016, 01:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobphilo
Never say never.
In Europe top fillies are run against top colts all the time and win their share.
I never said she should run in the Classic this year. The point is her connections have no intention of ever running her against males ever.
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You understand the pace difference and strength requirement difference between dirt and turf, I hope.
Regarding your last statement, what are you talking about? Porter has said over and over that if she proves good enough that he'd want her to take on males next year. He ran Eight Belles in the Derby and Havre de Grace in the Woodward and Classic. What owner comes close to running multiple females in top spots in recent years? So there's no reason to not trust what he says.
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