Pretty Mischievous Posts Final Work Before Test Stakes

The first horse on the main track at Saratoga Race Course at 5:30 a.m. ET July 29 was Pretty Mischievous , the leader of the 3-year-old filly division.

With jockey Tyler Gaffalione aboard, Pretty Mischievous had her final work before the $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) Aug. 5 at the Spa. Pretty Mischievous went four furlongs in :49.70 in her third work since arriving at Saratoga from Kentucky for trainer Brendan Walsh.

"She felt great," said Gaffalione, who has ridden the daughter of Into Mischief   in six of her eight starts. "It was a nice maintenance work. We let her have a good finish down the lane and into the gallop out. She handled everything fine. She just has so much class; she loves her job.

"The last few works she has started to wake up again," he said. "The last two works she has really sparked up and shown a lot more energy and I think we are ready to fire."

Godolphin's Pretty Mischievous has won three of four starts this year, the Rachel Alexandra Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds Course and Slots Feb. 18, the Kentucky Oaks (G1) May 5 at Churchill Downs and the Acorn Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park June 9. 

In the Test, Pretty Mischievous will be cutting back to seven furlongs, a distance she has run once, winning her second career start on a sloppy track at Churchill Oct. 30, 2022.

Three of her four races this year have been at 1 1/16 miles; the third, the Kentucky Oaks, was 1 1/8 miles.

"She has shown is pretty of speed," Walsh said outside his barn on the Oklahoma Training Track. "I know she is going to be fast enough. We don't have to go out and blow the doors off them in the morning with a filly like her."