Fully Subscribed, NYRA Photo
Brian Bohl
Klaravich Stables’ Fully Subscribed showed her class in her stakes debut, entering the stretch with a slew of contenders and drawing away under jockey Dylan Davis for a 4 1/2-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Mother Goose, a nine-furlong route for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Fully Subscribed was one of two promising maiden winners sent out for the 68th running of the Mother Goose, along with Filly Freedom, for five-time Eclipse Award-winner trainer Chad Brown. Fully Subscribed, from post 6, was not part of the pace scenario early, with Queen Azteca leading the nine-horse field through an opening quarter-mile in 24 seconds, the half in 48.43 and three-quarters in 1:13.15 on the fast track.
Running on a familiar track, Fully Subscribed, who won her local debut in October 2024 and finished second in September in an optional claimer here, showed form that belied the fact she was making her stakes debut and just fourth start overall. Davis urged Fully Subscribed in the turn and gave his charge right-handed encouragement once in the stretch. Fully Subscribed was more than willing to use her late-closing speed, drawing away from Drexel Hill in what was once a tight field of contenders, to complete the course in 1:49.73.
“She broke well. She is really maturing,” Davis said. “I really like her at two turns. Just broke well and sat a great trip three-wide, a little pressure into the second turn, thought it was a little early, but the [other] filly wasn’t really getting to me that quick. I thought I had a lot of horse to just go ahead and push on, go through there, she responded really well. I think she was much the best here. Great job to the team.”
Drexel Hill, returning from a six-month layoff in her first start since running second to Good Cheer in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on May 2 at Churchill Downs, again was the runner-up, besting 4-1 favorite Lemon Zest by a neck for place honors. So There She Was finished fourth, with Ourdaydreaminggirl, Queen Azteca, Filly Freedom, Being Myself and Cue the Duckboats completing the order of finish.
“She was a little wide off the first turn from that post, but I thought he [Davis] did a good job to work his way down the backside a little bit,” said Brown, who won his fourth race on the card. “There was an early move from another horse in there and he worked his way down and saved a little bit of ground going into the final turn. When he took her out again, and it was just him and Drexel Hill, I thought I had a pretty good chance given the other filly was off a layoff. She really motored home the right way.
“She’s a horse we’ve always thought a lot of but unfortunately missed most of her 3-year-old year with an injury, but she’s back doing good and my team has done a great job to bring her back,” Brown added.
Off at 7-2, Fully Subscribed paid $9 on a $2 win wager. She increased her career earnings to $245,300 through the $165,000 winner’s share. She became the second progeny of 2020 Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets-winner Tiz the Law to win a graded stakes Saturday, as Tiz Dashing won the Grade 3 Hill Prince two races prior.
Fully Subscribed gave Brown his third Mother Goose victory, joining Dunbar Road [2019] and Gerrymander [2022].
“I think she’s a horse with a bright future,” Brown said. “Me and Seth [Klarman] are trying to organize our 2026 lineup. We’re trading some horses here at the end of the year in the racing age sale. We sold a couple this last week, higher-end horses like Randomized and Signal From Noise. We’re always planning ahead for next year and she’s a horse that fits into our 2026 plans. We’ll keep that in mind and no rush to get her back.”
Drexel Hill, ridden by Hall of Famer Javier Castellano, looked strong in her first race at the Big A since winning a one-turn mile in the Listed Busher that earned her key qualifying points to the Kentucky Oaks, where she rallied from last in the 13-horse field to finish second.
Trainer Whit Beckman said the Bolt d’Oro filly performed admirably off the layoff.
“It was a great comeback effort,” Beckman said. “She stayed a lot closer, engaged around the turn. I think fitness and the layup kind of got to her by the quarter-pole when she drifted wide. She motored home well and we’re happy to get second. We’ll get her back home and start planning things out from there.”
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