DEL MAR, Calif. – Taris, the millionaire winner of the Grade 1 Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs in May and five other stakes in her career, has been sold privately and retired from racing, according to new owner Craig Bernick.

Taris will be owned by Bernick, John Sikura, and Scott Heider and will be bred to Curlin in 2017, Bernick said.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Paid Up Subscriber tuned up for her rematch with I’m a Chatterbox in next Saturday’s Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes by working a strong six furlongs in 1:12.16 on Friday over the Saratoga main track.

“She went beautiful,” trainer Al Stall said. “The track was obviously fast after the break. She eyeballed someone else’s set roughly 100 yards ahead of her. She was very focused and couldn’t have went any better.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Both Destin and Mohaymen were disappointing in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes three weeks ago, leaving their connections searching for answers ahead of the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers next Saturday.

It remains to be seen if Todd Pletcher, the trainer of Destin, or Kiaran McLaughlin, the trainer of Mohaymen, have found those answers, but both were pleased enough with their horses’ workouts on Friday to march on to what looks like a wide-open Travers.

In the last month, the 2-year-old Royal Mo has consistently shown strong workouts.

“He has a good foundation, and he’s been good out of the gate,” trainer John Shirreffs said on Friday.

Those lessons could put Royal Mo in the winner’s circle of his debut, a maiden special weight race at six furlongs at Del Mar on Sunday. Shirreffs said he was particularly encouraged by a five-furlong workout in 59.40 seconds by Royal Mo last Monday that he described as “excellent.”

DEL MAR, Calif. – Chantal Sutherland was set for a busy Friday morning in the Del Mar stables, with workouts scheduled for each training session.

Then she won Thursday’s sixth race, her first win in 25 months. After that, Friday’s task list became more crowded.

“I’ve been on five so far and have two to go,” she said at 8 a.m., moments after climbing off a horse trained by Jim Cassidy. “Two people called last night.”

Monmouth Park track announcer Frank Mirahmadi is recovering from emergency surgery at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, N.J. Mirahmadi became ill last weekend and had colon surgery Monday.

Mirahmadi said Friday that he credited Monmouth Park medical director Angelo Chinnici with saving his life.

"I was feeling bad Saturday and went and saw Dr. Chinnici, and he wanted me to go to the hospital then," Mirahmadi said. "But I was fighting him off."

Celestine, the winner of the Grade 1 Just a Game on the Belmont Stakes undercard, worked three furlongs in 38.11 seconds Thursday over the Oklahoma training track.

It was her first breeze in five weeks, owing to physical issues.

“She had some sore feet, and previous to that, she broke out in a little skin rash,” trainer Bill Mott said. “It took a while for us to get everything straightened out. She’s back on the work tab, so she’s obviously doing pretty well, and she went well. We just wanted an easy work. It’s the first time she’s breezed in a while.”

Tara’s Tango is likely to run in major stakes around two turns this fall despite winning the $100,345 Rancho Bernardo Handicap for sprinters at Del Mar on Wednesday.

On Thursday, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita on Nov. 4 is a goal he would like to pursue with Tara’s Tango as opposed to sprints.

“We’ll probably plan for two turns,” he said. “It’s encouraging that a filly we feel is a good route horse can run 6 1/2 [furlongs] and win against a good field.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Songbird’s biggest rival for the Eclipse Award in the 3-year-old filly division won’t be joining her in the starting gate for Saturday’s Grade 1 Alabama.

The biggest threat to her championship bid will be participating here Sunday, when Catch a Glimpse heads a field of seven entered for the Grade 2, $300,000 Lake Placid Stakes.

Catch a Glimpse, a winner of all five of her starts this year, including the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks in her last start, is looking for her ninth consecutive victory overall in the Lake Placid, run at 1 1/8 miles on turf.

Trainer Brad Cox has been quietly successful during the opening four weeks of the Saratoga meet, having sent out two winners from just five starters. But he will kick into high gear over the next week, sending out contenders in three upcoming stakes, including likely favorite Green Mask in Saturday’s $100,000 Troy Stakes.