Cavorting, an authoritative heroine of last summer's GI Test S. at GII Prioress S. at the Spa, brought her 'A' game here following some disappointing form since.
Fourth as the 3-1 favorite in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Keeneland Oct. 31, she was third as the 7-5 chalk after getting squeezed at the start in the GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita Dec. 26. Subsequently freshened, the Stonestreet colorbearer returned with a runner-up finish as the even-money chalk in Aqueduct's GIII Distaff H. at the Big A Apr. 17.
Looking for her first win beyond seven furlongs from a rail draw here, Cavorting tracked on the outside from fourth as Calamity Kate (Yes It's True) ticked off early splits of :23.75 and :47.05 while closely shadowed by favored Carrumba. Cavorting made a menacing move while three deep on the far turn and powered clear down the stretch to win for fun.
“The key was sitting back and able to make a run, which she did,” trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said. “Her start in California [third in the La Brea], I was a little disappointed in, and in her last race a very fast filly beat us [Paulassilverlining] and we had kind of a funny trip. This was a big race. It gives us more confidence now.”
As for what's next, McLaughlin continued, “Winning that way, it looks like she'll be able to get a mile or plus. There's a big race at 1 1/16 miles [GI Ogden Phipps] on Belmont S. Day [June 11] we might try.”
Cavorting, tabbed as a 'TDN Rising Star' out of her Belmont debut during her 2-year-old season, also captured a graded stakes that season in Saratoga's GII Adirondack S.
Promenade Girl's 2-year-old colt Thirstforlife (Stay Thirsty) finished a close third in Churchill's Kentucky Juvenile S. at first asking. She also has a yearling colt by The Factor and was bred back to Uncle Mo.
Saturday, Belmont Park
RUFFIAN S.-GII, $250,000, BEL, 5-14, 4yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:34.05, ft.
1–CAVORTING, 123, f, 4, 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
'TDN Rising Star' ($360,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV). O-Stonestreet
Stables LLC; B-Swettenham Stud (KY); T-Kiaran P. McLaughlin;
J-Javier Castellano. $150,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 11-6-1-1,
$1,128,000. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*.
[bullet ad=”eaton-sold”][bullet ad=”kbif-g2g3″]2–Carrumba, 121, f, 4, Bernardini–Castanet, by El Prado (Ire).
O/B-Phipps Stable (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III. $50,000.
3–Spelling Again, 121, m, 5, Awesome Again–Spelling, by
Alphabet Soup. O-Seajay Racing LLC; B-George Strawbridge
(PA); T-Brad H. Cox. $25,000.
[bullet ad=”webb-carroll-another-wctc-grad”][bullet ad=”irt-shell”][bullet ad=”eqb-cardio-scan-and-consulting-client”]Margins: 5, 2 1/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 2.90, 1.00, 4.30.
Also Ran: Calamity Kate, Include Betty, Welcome Aboard. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
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