Cavorting Dominates in the Prioress

Stonestreet Stable’s Cavorting (Bernardini) registered another brilliant run at Saratoga in Sunday’s GII Prioress S. The filly added to her GII Adirondack S. and recent GI Test S. victories to boast a perfect three-for-three record at the Spa. The prohibitive favorite was away best of them all, but settled to stalk the pace about two wide as Ekati’s Phaeton (Tale of Ekati) led the way through fractions of :22.35 and :45.35. She improved her position and asserted for the lead as she angled out five wide on the bend. Cavorting took over in midstretch and pulled clear to finish three lengths ahead of Bar of Gold (Medaglia d’Oro), who was also runner-up to Cavorting in the Test. It was 2 3/4 lengths back to Fusaichi Red (Fusaichi Pegasus) in third. The Prioress was the second Saratoga graded stakes win in as many days for Stonestreet Stables, which was represented by ‘TDN Rising Star’ Rachel’s Valentina (Bernardini) in Saturday’s GI Spinaway S.

 

“Great trip,” winning trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said following the victory. “She broke so sharp and [jockey] Irad [Ortiz] rode her great. She loves it up here at Saratoga, as we all do, but she’s 3-for-3 up here, so this was great. She was sitting close from the start and there was enough speed up front so it worked out well. We’ll train her up to the Breeders’ Cup from here because she likes a little more space between races.”

Ortiz was equally impressed with Cavorting’s performance.

“Last time, she broke a little slow, but we were confident in the filly,” Ortiz explained. “Kiaran said, ‘Let her break and be wherever she’s comfortable.’ She broke sharp, so that helped me. I let the speed go and followed the speed. When I asked her, she was there. I give credit to the trainer; she’s not an easy horse to train. She’s tough in the morning and he really does a great job with her. She’s doing unbelievable right now.”

Cavorting was tabbed a ‘TDN Rising Star’ after her 11-length debut romp at Belmont last July before she annexed the Adirondack that August. The Stonestreet colorbearer was bumped at the start of the GI Frizette S. in the Belmont slop and finished a well-beaten seventh trying a mile Oct. 14. The bay returned from an almost four-month hiatus to finish ninth in the

GII Davona Dale S. in Hallandale Feb. 21. She was back in top form to take Belmont’s Jersey Girl S. when cutting back to six furlongs June 5, earning a career best -0 1/2 Thoro-Graph figure, and won the Test with a 2 Thoro-Graph figure Aug. 8.
Sunday, Saratoga
PRIORESS S.-GII, $300,000, SAR, 9-6, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:09.47, ft.
1–CAVORTING, 122, f, 3, by Bernardini
1st Dam: Promenade Girl (GSW & MGISP, $678,990), by Carson City
2nd Dam: Promenade Colony, by Pleasant Colony
3rd Dam: Dance Review, by Northern Dancer
($360,000 Wlg ’12 KEENOV). O-Stonestreet Stables
LLC; B-Swettenham Stud (KY); T-Kiaran P.
McLaughlin; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $180,000. Lifetime
Record: 7-5-0-0, $842,000. Werk Nick Rating:
A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the
eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.

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2–Bar of Gold, 118, f, 3, Medaglia d’Oro–Khancord
Kid, by Lemon Drop Kid. O/B-Chester & Mary R.
Broman (NY); T-John C. Kimmel. $60,000.

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3–Fusaichi Red, 120, f, 3, Fusaichi Pegasus–Gloomy
I’m Knot, by D’wildcat. O-Smart Choice Stable;
B-Jack Anderson (KY); T-George Weaver. $30,000.

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Margins: 3, 2 3/4, NO. Odds: 1.15, 8.70, 17.30.
Also Ran: Paid Up Subscriber, Tricky Zippy, Irish Jasper, Clothes Fall Off, Sky Gold, Ekati’s Phaeton, Promise Me Silver. Scratched: Hot City Girl.
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.