What a battle! Classic duel between two great jockeys, Mike Smith on Songbird and Gary Stevens on Beholder's last race...
In a race for the ages, the sport’s grand dame Beholder (Henny Hughes) just got her nose in front of the previously unbeaten sophomore star Songbird (Medaglia d’Oro) after a toe-to-toe, eye-to-eye stretch-long battle in the GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Friday (TDN)
With a three-wide move in the final turn, Beholder looked undefeated Songbird in the eye and the rest of the field essentially disappeared as the gaze of an entire sport locked on the two champions. In a stretch run that will be remembered forever, it was the older, more experienced champion who edged the other by the slimmest of margins at Santa Anita Park in what was Beholder's final race. Bloodhorse
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