Following a first-out maiden win at the fall Belmont at the Big A meeting last year, Fully Subscribed got hurt and had to miss the next 10 months. After a couple of placings in allowance races in September, it would seem the rust is off. A narrow favorite off her most recent performances, she won her stakes debut in fine style, winning the Mother Goose Stakes (USA-G2) over Longines Kentucky Oaks (USA-G1) runner-up Drexel Hill by 4½ lengths. Her victory made her the sixth graded winner for second-crop sire Tiz the Law, who got his fifth such an hour earlier when Tiz Dashing won the Hill Prince Stakes (USA-G3) on the same card.
Fully Subscribed is a seventh-generation descendant of Tempted, the American champion handicap female of 1959. A tough mare who ran for four seasons, Tempted was good enough to win the Alabama Stakes and Maskette Handicap as a 3-year-old but peaked the following year, when she won the Ladies Handicap in new American record time of 2:09 flat for 10.5 furlongs and also won the Beldame Handicap, New Castle Stakes, and Diana Handicap. She added second editions of both the Diana and the Maskette to her tally as a 5-year-old and retired having won 18 of 45 starts.
A mare of relatively modest antecedents, Tempted was a moderate success as a dam of winners and a greater success as a dam of broodmares. The best of her three winners was multiple stakes winner Lead Me On (by Native Dancer), dam of 1976 Comely Stakes (USA-G3) winner Tell Me All (by Cyane). Tempted also produced unraced Bee for Me (by Cyane), dam of 1985 Premio Umbria (ITY-G2) winner Nacacyte (by Star de Naskra) and second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Channel Three (by Tri Jet). In addition, the champion became the dam of unraced Near Me Now (by Nearctic), dam of 1979 Tropical Park Derby (USA-G3) winner Bishop’s Choice (by King’s Bishop) and second dam of 1992 Prix du Jockey Club Lancia (French Derby, FR-G1) winner Polytain (by Bikala).
Turn to Me, Tempted’s 1965 daughter by Cyane, failed to win in nine tries but produced 1987 Countess Fager Handicap (USA-G3) winner Adorable Micol (by Riverman) and stakes winners Brokerette (by King’s Bishop; dam of multiple stakes winner Hushi, by Riverman) and Columbia Gold (by Key to the Mint). Adorable Micol, in turn, is the dam of 1999 New Hampshire Sweepstakes Handicap (USA-G3) winner Adcat (by Storm Cat) and Grade 1-placed restricted stakes winner Adorydar (by Alydar).
Unfortunately, Adorydar died without issue, but her Grade 2-placed half sister Adoryphar (by Lyphard) was able to keep the family going, producing listed stakes winner Ruthian (by Rahy) and stakes producers Adorable and Smart (by Gulch) and Adorable Heidi (by Gimmeawink). Ruthian, in turn, produced 2007 Del Mar Oaks (USA-G1) winner Rutherienne (by Pulpit), 2012 Lady Violet Stakes (USA-G3) winner Ruthenia (by Pulpit), and listed stakes winner Ruthville (by Afleet Alex). Ruthenia is the dam of Grade 3-placed listed stakes winner Pubilus Syrus and stakes winner Our Bay B Ruth (both by Candy Ride), and Rutherienne is the second dam of Fully Subscribed through her winning Candy Ride daughter, Sweetbaby. Since producing Fully Subscribed, Sweetbaby has become the dam of an unnamed 2023 filly by Union Rags, a yearling filly by Highly Motivated, and a weanling full brother to Fully Subscribed. She most recently visited Maxfield.
Tempted did not have the fortune of founding one of the great matriarchies of the turf, but her family has a better record than most, and Fully Subscribed has now proven a worthy representative. One can hope that with her physical problems now behind her, she can continue improving as a 4-year-old and continue the legacy of a fine mare perhaps little remembered now but deserving an honored place in memory.
Fully Subscribed is a seventh-generation descendant of Tempted, the American champion handicap female of 1959. A tough mare who ran for four seasons, Tempted was good enough to win the Alabama Stakes and Maskette Handicap as a 3-year-old but peaked the following year, when she won the Ladies Handicap in new American record time of 2:09 flat for 10.5 furlongs and also won the Beldame Handicap, New Castle Stakes, and Diana Handicap. She added second editions of both the Diana and the Maskette to her tally as a 5-year-old and retired having won 18 of 45 starts.
A mare of relatively modest antecedents, Tempted was a moderate success as a dam of winners and a greater success as a dam of broodmares. The best of her three winners was multiple stakes winner Lead Me On (by Native Dancer), dam of 1976 Comely Stakes (USA-G3) winner Tell Me All (by Cyane). Tempted also produced unraced Bee for Me (by Cyane), dam of 1985 Premio Umbria (ITY-G2) winner Nacacyte (by Star de Naskra) and second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Channel Three (by Tri Jet). In addition, the champion became the dam of unraced Near Me Now (by Nearctic), dam of 1979 Tropical Park Derby (USA-G3) winner Bishop’s Choice (by King’s Bishop) and second dam of 1992 Prix du Jockey Club Lancia (French Derby, FR-G1) winner Polytain (by Bikala).
Turn to Me, Tempted’s 1965 daughter by Cyane, failed to win in nine tries but produced 1987 Countess Fager Handicap (USA-G3) winner Adorable Micol (by Riverman) and stakes winners Brokerette (by King’s Bishop; dam of multiple stakes winner Hushi, by Riverman) and Columbia Gold (by Key to the Mint). Adorable Micol, in turn, is the dam of 1999 New Hampshire Sweepstakes Handicap (USA-G3) winner Adcat (by Storm Cat) and Grade 1-placed restricted stakes winner Adorydar (by Alydar).
Unfortunately, Adorydar died without issue, but her Grade 2-placed half sister Adoryphar (by Lyphard) was able to keep the family going, producing listed stakes winner Ruthian (by Rahy) and stakes producers Adorable and Smart (by Gulch) and Adorable Heidi (by Gimmeawink). Ruthian, in turn, produced 2007 Del Mar Oaks (USA-G1) winner Rutherienne (by Pulpit), 2012 Lady Violet Stakes (USA-G3) winner Ruthenia (by Pulpit), and listed stakes winner Ruthville (by Afleet Alex). Ruthenia is the dam of Grade 3-placed listed stakes winner Pubilus Syrus and stakes winner Our Bay B Ruth (both by Candy Ride), and Rutherienne is the second dam of Fully Subscribed through her winning Candy Ride daughter, Sweetbaby. Since producing Fully Subscribed, Sweetbaby has become the dam of an unnamed 2023 filly by Union Rags, a yearling filly by Highly Motivated, and a weanling full brother to Fully Subscribed. She most recently visited Maxfield.
Tempted did not have the fortune of founding one of the great matriarchies of the turf, but her family has a better record than most, and Fully Subscribed has now proven a worthy representative. One can hope that with her physical problems now behind her, she can continue improving as a 4-year-old and continue the legacy of a fine mare perhaps little remembered now but deserving an honored place in memory.
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