What a Song euthanized following training injury

Best Pal S. (G2) hero WHAT A SONG (Songandaprayer) fractured his right front

sesamoid around 7 a.m. (PDT) during a Friday workout at Del Mar and was euthanized. The

prolific two-year-old colt was the $1.9 million sale topper at the Barretts

March Sale and captured all three of his career starts, earning $179,700.

Owned by Bob and Beverly Lewis and trained by Bob Baffert, What a Song opened

his career with an easy maiden special weight victory in mid-June at Hollywood

Park and then captured the Hollywood Juvenile Championship S. (G3). He was

favored at 4-5 in the Best Pal and didn't disappoint his many supporters,

winning by 2 3/4 lengths.

From the first crop of sire Songandaprayer, What a Song was being pointed

toward the September 7 Del Mar Futurity (G2) and was one of the leading

candidates for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1).