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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 STONESTREET GOES CAVORTING AGAIN PRINCE OF BADEN BADEN Stonestreet Stable=s Cavorting (Bernardini) registered With an already soft edition of the prestigious another brilliant run at Saratoga in Sunday=s GII Prioress G1 Longines Grosser Preis von Baden weakened further S. The filly added to her GII Adirondack S. and recent by the late scratching of the leading domestic hope Ito GI Test S. victories (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) due to a high temperature, the to boast a perfect opportunity looked three-for-three record gilt-edged for at the Spa. The Jean-Francois prohibitive favorite was away best of Gribomont=s Prince them all, but settled Gibraltar (Fr) (Rock of to stalk the pace Gibraltar {Ire}) and he about two wide as duly delivered under a Ekati=s Phaeton (Tale perfectly timed ride of Ekati) led the way from Fabrice Veron. through fractions of Cavorting | NYRA Last seen finishing :22.35 and :45.35. Prince Gibraltar | Scoop Dyga third in the She improved her position and asserted for the lead as G2 York S. over 10 she angled out five wide on the bend. Cavorting took furlongs July 25, the chestnut was held up in last early over in midstretch and pulled clear to finish three and was brought stand=s side as the field fanned out at lengths ahead of Bar of Gold (Medaglia d=Oro), who the top of the stretch. Surging to the front with just was also runner-up to Cavorting in the Test. It was over a half furlong left, the 6-4 favorite was given three 2 3/4 lengths back to Fusaichi Red (Fusaichi Pegasus) smacks with the whip to make sure and hit the line in third. The Prioress was the second Saratoga graded stakes win in as many days for Stonestreet Stables, with 1 3/4 lengths to spare over the filly Nightflower which was represented by >TDN Rising Star= Rachel=s (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}). One of France=s premier Valentina (Bernardini) in Saturday=s GI Spinaway S. middle-distance Classic hopes last spring, Prince Cont. p3 Gibraltar was on a roll entering the G1 Prix du Jockey Club after taking the 2013 G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud HOPEFUL HAS DARTBOARD FEEL and G2 Prix Greffulhe also at that venue last May. Pick a number, any number, and you could be a Cont. p10 winner, as Monday=s GI Hopeful S. at Saratoga has a definite wide-open air about it. Each of the eight runners has posted a Beyer Speed Figure of between 72 and 77 and it isn=t hard to envision several horses on the wire together. Sticksstatelydude (First Dude), one of a surprising seven first-crop winners for his freshman sire (by Stephen Got Even), looks to have as much upside as anyone in this seven- furlong affair. The Virginia- bred outran debut odds of 8-1 to finish a strong second in a highly rated Churchill maiden June 27 for trainer Greg Burchell and was saddled by Kiaran McLaughlin in an Aug. 1 heat at this track. Settled Sticksstatelydude | Adam Coglianese off a generous pace that afternoon, he swung up four wide into contention, but got to playing a bit inside the final furlong. He looked an unlikely winner at the sixteenth pole, but came out and dug in gamely to best subsequent Spa maiden winner Ready Dancer (More Than Ready) by two lengths. Burchell handles the training duties again here. Cont. p6 In 2014, NY-breds earned $86,963,418 “New York-breds now have more earning potential than their Kentucky counterparts.” MarketWatch divided North American starters over the past 12 months into groups by state bred. In each group the horses were placed into deciles by their earnings in the past year. © 2015 Blood-Horse Daily. 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We'll train her up to the Breeders' Cup from here because she likes a little more space between races." Sunday, Saratoga Ortiz was equally impressed with Cavorting=s PRIORESS S.-GII, $300,000, SAR, 9-6, 3yo, f, 6f, performance. 1:09.47, ft. ALast time, she broke a little slow, but we were 1--CAVORTING, 122, f, 3, by Bernardini confident in the filly,@ Ortiz explained. AKiaran said, 'Let 1st Dam: Promenade Girl (GSW & MGISP, her break and be wherever she's comfortable.' She $678,990), by Carson City broke sharp, so that helped me. I let the speed go and 2nd Dam: Promenade Colony, by Pleasant Colony followed the speed. When I asked her, she was there. I give credit to the trainer; she's not an easy horse to 3rd Dam: Dance Review, by Northern Dancer train. She's tough in the morning and he really does a ($360,000 Wlg '12 KEENOV). O-Stonestreet Stables great job with her. She's doing unbelievable right now." LLC; B-Swettenham Stud (KY); T-Kiaran P. Cavorting was tabbed a >TDN Rising Star= after her McLaughlin; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $180,000. Lifetime 11-length debut romp at Belmont last July before she Record: 7-5-0-0, $842,000. Werk Nick Rating: annexed the Adirondack that August. The Stonestreet A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the colorbearer was bumped at the start of the GI Frizette eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 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 2--Bar of Gold, 118, f, 3, Medaglia d Oro--Khancord GII Davona Dale S. in Hallandale Feb. 21. She was back = in top form to take Belmont s Jersey Girl S. when Kid, by Lemon Drop Kid. O/B-Chester & Mary R. = cutting back to six furlongs June 5, earning a career Broman (NY); T-John C. Kimmel. $60,000. best -0 1/2 Thoro-Graph figure, and won the Test with graduate SEQUEL BLO ODSTOC K a 2 Thoro-Graph figure Aug. 8. NY-BRED OWNER AWARD: $6,000 nybreds.com 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. Brookdale foaled & raised for Smart Choice Stable 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. Cavorting (yellow silks) leads in the stretch of the Prioress | NYRA Headline News • PAGE 4 of 15 • thetdn.com Monday • Sept.