Paulassilverlining Debuts for Juddmonte Farms in Madison

Multiple graded stakes winner Paulassilverlining will make her debut for new owner Juddmonte Farms on Saturday when she faces eight rivals in the 16th running of the $300,000 Madison (G1) for fillies and mares.

The seven-furlong Madison will go as the eighth race on Saturday’s 11-race program with a 5:03 p.m. ET post time. First post Saturday is 1:05 p.m.

Now trained by Chad Brown, Paulassilverlining won four stakes in 2016 with the highlight coming in the Gallant Bloom (G2). She was third in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita last year.

Jose Ortiz will have the mount on Paulassilverlining and break from post position six.

Other top contenders in the Madison include LNJ Foxwoods’ Constellation, winner of the La Brea (G1) at Santa Anita last Dec. 26, Cheyenne Stables’ Clothes Fall Off, a two-time winner of the Correction at Aqueduct, and High Ridge Road, winner of the Barbara Fritchie (G2) at Laurel in her most recent start.

The field for the Madison, from the rail out, is: Paid Up Subscriber (Joel Rosario, 118 pounds), Clothes Fall Off (Julien Leparoux, 120), Kathballu (Channing Hill, 120), Constellation (David Flores, 123), High Ridge Road (Horacio Karamanos, 120), Paulassilverlining (Ortiz, 118), Wheatfield (Edgar Prado, 118), Ponder Lea (Florent Geroux, 118) and Mines and Magic (Robby Albarado, 118).

Source: Keeneland Association