Should Songbird retire?

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Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

Pretty sure she beat Stellar wind. Who has only beaten Val, not songbird. Stellar wind will never beat Songbird. She won't lose again. Her star reads all wins except in the personal ensign . awarded second money despite winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff

You have no idea how much that Distaff photo cost me....
Here's how I view Songbird.
At 2 & 3 she was as good as it gets,nobody could get near her(except Beholder)........plain and simple.
I never bought into the speed figure argument criticizing her,half the time Mike Smith had her shut down.........she could of run faster if Smith pleased.
The other "phantom" knock on her was she was third best in her first defeat..........you run that one by a majority of sharps that puts serious time/effort/money into the game and you'll be laughed out of the room.
At 3 she was better then every F/M except Beholder.........fact.
This year: I'll start this by saying I thought Beholder was through before the BCD last year..........I couldn't of been more wrong,so who's to say I won't be wrong again.
But I just don't see the same Songbird.........can't quite put my finger on it,perhaps it's as simple as she just doesn't do things as easily as before.
Or........ she's just taking awhile to sharpen this year........I don't know.
But right now I think others are going better.
Of course......if she wins the Distaff(at a number to boot)she returns to the rarefied air she was once in..........right now I don't think she will,but since this is horse racing........I'm probably wrong........she'll probably find the winners circle on BC Friday.