Joel Politi's Stress Relief (Not This Time) did the majority of her work down the road at Keeneland and capped things off with an easy five-eighths from the gate over the Churchill main track in a solid 1:02 1/5 on June 13 and was a 15-2 chance in a field of mostly first-time starters.
The homebred showed good gate speed to vie for the early lead outside of favored Subliminal (McKinzie) through an opening quarter in :22.16. Sent into the lead by Brian Hernandez, Jr. turning into the stretch, the dark bay went through her gears in the final furlong and a half and had a cushion of five lengths on the wire over Etna (Volatile).
Kentucky Oaks-winning owner Joel Politi purchased dam Littlestitious for $190,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September sale and raced her to three victories, including a pair of listed stakes. The mare's most recent produce is a filly by Liam's Map.
2nd-Churchill Downs, $120,000, Msw, 6-20, 2yo, f, 5f, :58.75, ft, 5 lengths.
STRESS RELIEF (f, 2, Not This Time–Littlestitious {MSW, $216,840}, by Ghostzapper) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $68,496. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Joel Politi (KY); T-Kinnon LaRose.
STRESS RELIEF ($17.24) dominated in R2 at @ChurchillDowns with Brian Hernandez Jr. in the irons. The daughter of Not This Time (@TMStallions) is trained by @kinnonlarose and owned by Joel Politi. pic.twitter.com/zN1xUhdlcH
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