Paid Up Subscriber put on a show for the Churchill faithful while making her two-turn debut in this 'Win and You're In' contest for the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff.
After registering back-to-back wins in 2015, she was fourth in the GII Prioress S. at Saratoga Sept. 6 and ninth in the GII Lexus Raven Run S. Oct. 17, her final start at three. She returned from a winter vacation to run third as the 2-1 favorite in a 6 1/2-furlong Keeneland allowance race Apr. 8. The chestnut broke through in her most recent appearance with a one-length score in a one-turn one-mile allowance race beneath the Twin Spires May 6.
Stalking the pace along the rail under a firm hold behind a half-mile in :47.82, Paid Up Subscriber commenced her rally on the turn, split horses and took charge in midstretch to win going away. Champion Untapable (Tapit) was very headstrong in the early stages and never mounted a serious challenge.
“She's supposed to do [two turns] on paper, but you never know until you try,” trainer Al Stall Jr. said. “We just didn't want to ship anywhere to try it, so we decided to stay home in a short field. Even though we knew that there were some tigers in here, the way she trained up to it really gave us a lot of confidence going in. I've had quite a few good horses, but she's trained as any mare I've ever had in my life.”
The two-time winning mare Shriek, a half sister to MGSW Stanley Park (Swain {Ire}), has a 2-year-old colt named Panic Button (Mineshaft); and a yearling filly by Scat Daddy. The Bruce and Laurie Berenson homebred, a $37,000 purchase by Chad Schumer while in foal to Scat Daddy at the 2014 KEENOV sale, was bred to Fed Biz last year.
Saturday, Churchill Downs
FLEUR DE LIS H.-GII, $200,000, CD, 6-18, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8m, 1:48.44, ft.
1–#@PAID UP SUBSCRIBER, 114, f, 4, by Candy Ride (Arg)
1st Dam: Shriek (SP), by Street Cry (Ire)
2nd Dam: Tricky Bird, by Storm Bird
3rd Dam: Tricky Squaw, by Clever Trick
($135,000 Ylg '13 KEESEP). O-Klaravich Stables Inc. & William
Lawrence; B-Bruce & Laurie Berenson (KY); T-Albert Stall, Jr.;
J-Ricardo Santana, Jr. $122,760. Lifetime Record: 8-4-0-1,
$278,300. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: D+.[bullet ad=”kbif-g2g3″][bullet ad=”sheltowee-freshened”][bullet ad=”schumer-dam-purchased”][bullet ad=”de-meric-de-meric-stables-purchase-and-graduate”][bullet ad=”blackburn-farm-foaled-raised-sold”]2–Brooklynsway, 117, f, 4, Giant Gizmo–Explosive Story, by
Radio Star. (C$10,000 Ylg '13 CANSEP; $180,000 3yo '15
FTKNOV). O-Naveed Chowhan; B-H.J.T. Racing Stable (ON);
T-Bernard S. Flint. $39,600.[bullet ad=”ontario-bred-sold”][bullet ad=”eaton-sold”][bullet ad=”carabloodstock-graduate”]3–Engaginglee, 117, m, 5, Fusaichi Pegasus–Lee Gage, by Fit to
Fight. O/B-Paul Lichtefeld & Jack Stewart (KY); T-Dale Romans.
$19,800.
Margins: 3, 2, 4 1/4. Odds: 6.30, 9.20, 16.70.
Also Ran: Untapable, Ahh Chocolate, Big Book. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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