Stonetastic brushes off foes in Prioress

"Very impressive," Lopez said. "I know the filly has never run here, but I

know that filly. I rode her last time at Monmouth. Kelly said, 'Hey Paco, when

they open the gates, come away, take your position, and look where you are.'

Cutting back from a longer distance to a shorter distance, I thought someone

might be coming a little bit (in the stretch). But there was no competition for

this filly."

Miss Behavior got up for second by a neck over third-place finisher Southern

Honey. Tea Time, Who's In Town, Sweet Whiskey, Princess Violet and Thirteen

Arrows rounded out the order of finish.

Stonetastic broke her maiden by 12 lengths in her racing debut at Monmouth

Park in August 2013. She made her stakes bow in her next start the following

month in the Pocahontas at Churchill Downs, missing by a half-length to eventual

2014 Kentucky Oaks winner, Untapable. The gray had a difficult stretch trip in

the Tempted Stakes in November at Aqueduct, finishing fourth and closed out her

two-year-old campaign later that month with a third-place finish in the Golden

Rod back at Churchill.

Stonetastic came in third in her sophomore debut in the Gingerbrew Stakes at

Gulfstream Park on January 5, as she tried the grass for the first time. She was

not seen again until a 6 3/4-length win in an optional claiming race at Monmouth

Park on July 27. Stonetastic banked $180,000 to more than double her bankroll to

$299,121 from a 7-3-1-2 career line.

"I think we are (looking toward the Breeders' Cup) today," said Terri Burch,

racing manager for Stoneway Farm. "We shelved her for a little while in January

and brought her home to grow up. This is her second race back for us. But,

that's what we're looking for. That's why we were here today, to challenge

everyone and see. So we're excited.

"She was running fine (before her layoff earlier this year) but she was very

immature. We sent her home to grow up. She raced really hard for us in the fall,

but she didn't grow. And then we put her back in training, she had a giant

growth spurt, so we had to wait and go slow on her and wait for her to come

around."

Bred in Kentucky by Machmer Hall and Carrie & Craig Brogden, Stonetastic is

out of the Unbridled's Song mare Special Me, who is a half-sister to 2004 Dubai

Golden Shaheen victor, Our New Recruit. Her female family also includes Grade 2

victor Domasca Dan.

Stonetastic sold for $77,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

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