Songbird to have few rivals in CCA Oaks

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Songbird likely will face four challengers in Sunday’s Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks. The purse will be $500,000 provided Songbird starts.

The other confirmed starters are Carina Mia, the Grade 1 Acorn winner; Weep No More, the Grade 1 Ashland winner; and Mo d’Amour, fourth in the Mother Goose last out.

Either Paola Queen, second in the Gulfstream Oaks, or Go For Broke, a winner of two of three starts, will be the other challenger. Entries for the CCA Oaks were to be taken Thursday.

Songbird’s flight to New York from Southern California was delayed about two hours, meaning she wasn’t expected to land until about 6:15 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday and would get to the track about an hour thereafter. Weep No More was also on that flight.