Paulassilverlining regains winning form

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Paulassilverlining won three races, including two stakes, from her first five starts. After losing her next four races during an 11-month span, she flashed her stakes-winning form again Thursday in a $75,000, third-level allowance race at Aqueduct.

Paulassilverlining, in her first start in seven weeks, galloped to a 9 1/4-length victory Thursday. Over an inner track that yielded slow times all afternoon, Paulassilverlining ran six furlongs in 1:10.59 and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 106.

Paulassilverlining improved her six-furlong record to 4 for 5 and is now 2 for 3 over the inner track. Her last win had come in the Ruthless Stakes over the inner track in January 2015. She entered Thursday’s race off two third-place finishes in stakes going seven furlongs and one mile at Laurel.

“She always trained well,” said trainer Michelle Nevin. “She’s an honest filly. Her last two runs, there was nothing wrong, just going too far. We cut back to a distance she likes. She’s run on this track before and showed that she likes it, so we were expecting a big run.”

The most logical next spot for Paulassilverlining is the $125,000 Correction Stakes, a six-furlong race over the inner track March 19.

The 4-year-old Paulassilverlining, who won the Grade 2 Matron at Belmont at 2, is by Ghostzapper and out of the mare Seeking the Silver. She is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Dads Caps and Vincento, a 3-year-old and recent New York-bred allowance winner. All three horses are owned and were bred by Vincent Scuderi.