Songbird wins Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita to stay unbeaten (The Associated Press)
Songbird won the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes by 3 3/4 lengths Saturday at Santa Anita to improve to 6-0. Ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, Songbird ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.02 and paid $2.10, $2.10 and $2.10 as the overwhelming favorite in a field of nine 2-year-old fillies. Songbird was hustled to the lead by Smith, who got early pressure from longshots Jade Princess and Not Now Carolyn, but began to inch clear leaving the half-mile pole and hit another gear around the far turn.