Klaravich Stables’ Kentucky-bred Fully Subscribed continued to make her case for a divisional championship with an authoritative victory in the $650,000 Spinster (G1) at Keeneland.
Matched up against just two rival –multiple Grade 1 winner Counting Stars and 2024 champion 2-year-old filly Immersive–Fully Subscribed gave trainer Chad Brown and jockey Flavien Prat their first wins in the Spinster.
Sent off as the 1-2 favorite, Fully Subscribed raced just to the outside of Immersive past the finish the first time and into the first turn. Immersive and Jose Ortiz held a narrow lead through the opening quarter in :24.19 and half in :48.43 over the fast main track. Prat kept Fully Subscribed close to Immersive on the backstretch and toward the far turn. She cruised past Immersive at the five-sixteenths pole and opened up.
Fully Subscribed turned for home well clear, and rolled home from there, winning by 3 1/4 lengths in 1:50.60. Counting Stars finished six lengths clear of Immersive for the place spot.
“She jumped well and everything set up good,” said Prat. “She was traveling well and gave me a good run. Obviously when I saw (jockey) Irad (Ortiz Jr. on Counting Stars) coming around, I asked her to get going and she responded well, and after that I was just trying to save some energy.”
Fully Subscribed earns berth in Breeders’ Cup Distaff
With the win, Fully Subscribed locked up a spot in the Distaff field by winning the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” event.
Bred by Payson Stud Inc. and a $35,000 graduate of the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Fully Subscribed has won six of 10 starts. She earned $403,000 for her third win in five starts this season and boosted her career bankroll to $1,441,800.